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Profile America: National Crime Prevention Month

Profile America: National Crime Prevention Month

Sunday, October 27th. Everyone is a potential crime victim, and October is when government agencies, civic groups, schools, businesses and youth organizations join in trying to reduce the threat. This is National Crime Prevention Month, with special awareness and education […]

by · October 27, 2019 · Census, Crime, Profile America
Gov. Cuomo addressing the media during his SALT revenue decline press conference.

NEW YORK PRESS CLUB TO GOV. CUOMO: DON’T CURTAIL RELEASE OF MUG SHOTS AND ARREST REPORTS

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is seeking to curtail the public release of arrest reports and booking photos (“mug shots”), unless there is a reasonable law enforcement purpose in releasing them. The governor has suggested that the routine release of such photos […]

Happy 40th Anniversary to the Guardian Angels. Photo credit: Robert Press

Guardian Angels 40th Anniversary Celebration

Guardian Angels Celebrate 40th Anniversary By Robert Press On February 10, 1979, thirteen young workers at a Bronx McDonald’s on East Fordham Road came together to do something about the steadily declining area around the IRT 4 train on Jerome […]

by · February 11, 2019 · Bulletin Board, News
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Press Clips: Crime Spikes in The Bronx

Bronx Police Statistics for Year Ending 2018 Show big increase over 2017 By Robert Press The year-end 2018 NYPD Comp Stat report shows a 25 percent increase in murder, and an 14+ percent increase in rape over 2017 in the […]

by · January 13, 2019 · Crime, News, Police Blotter, Press Clips
Bronx DA: Bronx Man Indicted In Attempted Murder Of Pregnant Fiancée

Bronx DA: Bronx Man Indicted In Attempted Murder Of Pregnant Fiancée

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Bronx DA: Man Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison For Shooting His Wife In Their Home

Bronx DA: Man Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison For Shooting His Wife In Their Home

Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of July 16, 2018

Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of July 16, 2018

Mourners pay their respects for Lesandro "Junior" Guzman-Feliz, who police say died in a case of mistaken identity.--Photo courtesy of William Rivera

Summer violence Explodes Across the Borough

Summer violence Explodes Across the Borough by David Greene The NYPD has released startling new statistics that show the boroughs homicide rate is more than 92% higher than last year after the first 6 months of the year– and that […]

by · July 15, 2018 · Crime, News
Kingsbridge residents (l-r):  Debra Williams, Iris Melendez and Cassandra Wallace hosting their unusual "Bakers Against Violence" bake sale.--Photo by David Greene

3rd Annual Bakers Against Violence in Kingsbridge

3rd Annual Bakers Against Violence in Kingsbridge by David Greene Several Kingsbridge residents are stepping outside the box to combat the onslaught of needless violence on the streets of our borough– by hosting a bake sale. Iris Melendez, 22, Cassandra […]

by · July 15, 2018 · Domestic Violence, News
Bronx DA: Tyrone Frank indicted pleads

Bronx DA: Tyrone Frank indicted pleads

Credit: Bob Press

Crime Down Citywide But Murders Up in the Bronx

By Robert Press Mayor Bill de Blasio, Police Commissioner James P. O’neill, and Chief of Police Terrace Monahan came to the 40th police precinct on East 138th Street to announce the six-month crime statistics for 2018. Before they went into […]

by · July 11, 2018 · Crime, News
Mayor Bill de Blasio, Police Commissioner James O'Neill and School Chancellor Carmen Fariña hold a press conference on school safety at M.S. 88 in Brooklyn on Tuesday, August 1, 2017. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office

Where The Pols Are, December 4 – Latest Crime Stats

Monday, December 4 Governor Andrew Cuomo is in Albany. 9:00 AM – City Comptroller Scott Stringer delivers remarks at UFT Rally for Puerto Rico. Alexander Hamilton Custom House, 1 Bowling Green, New York, NY. 9:05 AM – First Lady Chirlane […]

Bronx School Aide Indicted for Rape of Autistic Minor

Bronx School Aide Indicted for Rape of Autistic Minor

Former Bronx School Aide Indicted for Repeated Acts of Rape of 12-Year-Old Autistic Boy for Over a Year   A former Bronx paraprofessional has been indicted for repeated acts of rape and sexual assault against one of her former students, […]

by · August 11, 2017 · Crime
Another surveillance photo shows the two suspects fleeing north on Bainbridge Avenue after the stick-up.  Photo courtesy of the NYPD

Manhunt Continues for Norwood Bodega Bandits

by David Greene Detectives continue to search for the two brazen bandits who robbed a deli at gunpoint in Norwood, clearing out the cash register of nearly $2,000. The NYPD has released surveillance photos and video of the incident that […]

by · January 8, 2017 · Crime, Local News, News

October Is National Crime Prevention Month

October is National Crime Prevention Month, with special awareness and education events planned across the country.