Crime

Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of October 12, 2015

Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of October 12, 2015

  Cases of Interest for the Week of October 12, 2015 Monday, October 12th, 2015 ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details HOLIDAY COLUMBUS DAY All court parts except for arraignments will be closed.   Tuesday, October 13th, […]

by · October 11, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Crime
Op-Ed: Public Advocate James ‘Stands Her Ground’ Over Walmart And Guns

Op-Ed: Public Advocate James ‘Stands Her Ground’ Over Walmart And Guns

Divesting from Walmart By Public Advocate Letitia James On January 8, 2011, Jared Lee Loughner walked into a Walmart and purchased gun ammunition. Within three hours of this purchase at a local Walmart he opened fire and callously murdered six […]

by · October 11, 2015 · Crime, Guns, Op Ed
Our Public Advocate Leticia "Tish" James

Public Advocate Tish James Joins Hillary Clinton on Gun Control

In an email sent to supporters late Monday afternoon, NYC Public Advocate Letitia “Tish” James expressed her support for gun control measures to curb the gun violence that plagues parts of the Bronx and Brooklyn. In supporting Democratic presidential candidate […]

by · October 6, 2015 · Crime, Government, Public Safety
Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of October 5, 2015

Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of October 5, 2015

Cases of Interest for the Week of October 5, 2015   Monday, October 5th, 2015 ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details Borgstedt, A. Justice Whiten Part B (no set time) Appearance JENNIFER BERRY Berry is facing charges […]

by · October 4, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Crime

WYSK: President Obama and Christian Persecution

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW  By Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz  District 32 Bronx Senator Rev. Diaz on President Obama and Christian Persecution     Last night, I watched President Barack Obama speak on national television about the massacre at Oregon’s Umpwua […]

Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of September 28, 2015

Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of September 28, 2015

Cases of Interest for the Week of September 28, 2015   Monday, September 28th, 2015 ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details DeFilippi, D. Justice Torres Part 86   Hearing GABRIEL VASQUEZ Vazquez is facing charges of Assault […]

by · September 27, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Crime
SUV: Shooting Response Wed 9/30/15 6:00pm @ Olinville & Britton

SUV: Shooting Response Wed 9/30/15 6:00pm @ Olinville & Britton

by · September 26, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Crime
Bronx DA: Former Rikers C.O. Indicted in Inmate Seizure Death

Bronx DA: Former Rikers C.O. Indicted in Inmate Seizure Death

Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson announces the Supreme Court indictment of former Rikers Island Correction Officer WICKENSON DeMAITRE on charges related to the October 1, 2014 death of inmate Victor Woods.   DeMAITRE pled not guilty before Supreme Court Justice Steven […]

by · September 26, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Crime
Bronx D.A.: 21+ Years for Killing of Hurricane Sandy Strangling  Victim

Bronx D.A.: 21+ Years for Killing of Hurricane Sandy Strangling Victim

  21+ YEARS FOR A CO-WORKER’S KILLING Richard Bloomfield Sentenced in Post-Hurricane Sandy Strangling   (Bronx, NY – September 18, 2015) – Nurse Madonna Martin survived Hurricane Sandy, even though her Far Rockaway, Queens apartment was devastated by the November […]

by · September 21, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Crime
Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of September 21, 2015

Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of September 21, 2015

Cases of Interest for the Week of September 21, 2015   Monday, September 21st, 2015 ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details Wiczyk, O. Justice Barrett Part 60   Ongoing Trial MARC MANARA, MICHAEL LOTURCO, JEFFREY REGAN, CHRISTOPHER […]

by · September 21, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Crime
Bronx DA: Two Rikers COs, Four Inmates, Charged in “Boat” Attack

Bronx DA: Two Rikers COs, Four Inmates, Charged in “Boat” Attack

January 2014 Incident Occurred on the Rikers Boat   (Bronx, NY – September 17, 2015) – Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson announces the Supreme Court indictment of two Rikers Island correction officers on charges of Falsifying Business Records, Offering a […]

by · September 19, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Crime
RELEASE: Manhattan US Attorney Announces Major Law Enforcement Action Taken Against Synthetic Cannabinoid Manufacturers and Distributors

RELEASE: Manhattan US Attorney Announces Major Law Enforcement Action Taken Against Synthetic Cannabinoid Manufacturers and Distributors

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; William J. Bratton, Commissioner of the New York Police Department (“NYPD”); James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug […]

by · September 16, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Crime
Bronx DA: Rikers Captain and C.O. Indicted for Beating Teen

Bronx DA: Rikers Captain and C.O. Indicted for Beating Teen

CONFRONTATION IN A CLOSET Rikers Officers Accused of Beating Teenage Inmate   (Bronx, NY – September 4, 2015) – Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson announces the Supreme Court indictment of two Rikers Island correction officers for their parts in an […]

by · September 16, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Crime
WYSK: What’s Going On At the New York State Nursing Board? 

WYSK: What’s Going On At the New York State Nursing Board? 

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW By Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz District 32 Bronx What Is Going On At the New York State Nursing Board?    You should know that on February 19, 2014, Mr. Nanic  Aidasani, LPN was arrested for allegedly raping […]

by · September 15, 2015 · Crime, Op Ed
US Attorney Preet Bharara Is Hard On A Pimp Killer

US Attorney Preet Bharara Is Hard On A Pimp Killer

Boston Man Pleads Guilty to Bronx Murder Arising Out Of Prostitution Business Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Samuel L. Whiteside pled guilty on September 10, 2015, in Manhattan federal court to […]