Kingsbridge Heights/Fordham Manor: Woman & Toddler Robbed at Gunpoint

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the person seen in the attached video and photo who is sought in connection to a robbery that occurred in the 50th precinct. On Wednesday, March 9, at approximately 8.20 a.m., the individuals approached a 35-year-old female victim and her 3-year-old son inside the lobby of her apartment building in the vicinity of Sedgwick Avenue and West Kingsbridge Road on the border of the Kingsbridge Heights and Fordham Manor neighborhoods. They produced a gun and pointed it at the woman’s torso and demanded her property. They then pointed the

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Wednesday, March 9, that a man has been charged with attempted rape in the first degree and additional charges for attacking a five-months’ pregnant woman in front of her apartment building in Melrose in August 2021. Clark said the defendant, Amara Doumbouya, 27, who was apprehended in Cincinnati, Ohio, was arraigned on Wednesday on attempted rape in the first degree, second and third-degree burglary, first-degree sexual abuse, second-degree strangulation, criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, third-degree assault, and attempted rape in the third degree before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Steven

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) has issued a winter operations advisory for Wednesday, March 9, beginning at 6 a.m., in advance of expected snowfall. A winter operations advisory is the department’s lower level winter weather message, as opposed to the higher level “snow alert.” Following warm temperatures earlier in the week, snow is expected to fall throughout the day Wednesday. Accumulation on pavement is not likely, but a coating to two inches may accumulate on unpaved surfaces. This could lead to slick, dangerous conditions and impact the collection of trash and recycling. DSNY officials said

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Friday, March 4, that a Rikers Island inmate has been charged with second-degree assault and additional charges for throwing scalding water at a New York City Department of Correction (DOC) officer in the jail, causing first-degree burns. Clark said the defendant, Darrell Woods, 36, an inmate at the jail, was arraigned on March 3, on two counts of second-degree assault, third-degree assault, second-degree menacing, fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon and second-degree obstructing governmental administration before Bronx Supreme Court justice, Steven Barrett. Bail was set at $25,000 cash/$75,000, bond/$75,000, partially secured

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached surveillance video and photos who is sought in connection to an attempted gunpoint robbery that occurred just north of the Baychester neighborhood. It was reported to police on Sunday, March 6, inside 3431 Baychester Avenue (Bodega), at approximately 10.53 a.m., an unknown man entered the location, pulled out a gun and approached a 27-year-old male victim. The gunman demanded the victim’s property but the victim resisted, and began to fight with him. The victim was able to flee the location on foot

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD said the person sought in connection to the reported murder of a 26-year-old woman and a 6-year-old girl in the Eastchester section of The Bronx, has been found deceased. On Saturday, March 5, at approximately 11.56 p.m., police responded to a call for a wellness check at a building on Monticello Avenue in Eastchester, located in the 47th precinct. Upon arrival, police observed the 26-year-old woman and the 6-year-old girl, both with stab wounds about their bodies and both unconscious and unresponsive. EMS responded and pronounced both deceased at the scene. The identities of the

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE

Police report a man was assaulted in the Norwood section of The Bronx on Sunday at the Jerome Avenue Men’s Shelter (JAMS), and another man has been arrested in connection with the incident. An NYPD spokesperson told Norwood News the assault was reported at around 10 a.m. on Sunday, March 6, at 3600 Jerome Avenue, the address for JAMS. “A 45-year-old male victim claims that he received a laceration to the lip inside a cafeteria because he was punched,” the spokesperson said. “Then, he lost a tooth. The person responsible was detained and subsequently arrested.” Police said the

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE

Police confirm that officers are attempting to engage in dialogue with a man who has reportedly barricaded himself inside 3100 Webster Avenue at E 204th Street in the Norwood section of The Bronx. The incident was reported at around 10.45 a.m. on Sunday, March 6. An NYPD spokeswoman had no further information on the incident. A source at the scene says the man is on the roof and that an officer and a K9 unit just entered the building. He also said there is concern among residents along the block in connection with the incident. We

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx Fashion Week, JoJo’s Fabulous Corner, an accessories business, and Straight Walk Runway modeling agency are appealing for donations for The Bronx’s 2nd Annual Prom Dress and Suit Donation Drive. The donation drive has been running since Feb. 16, and ends on Saturday, April 30, and is sponsored by Bronx Fashion Week, JoJo’s Fabulous Corner, Make-up Designory (MUD), a private, for-profit trade school focused on make-up artistry, Straight Walk Runway, graphic designer, Isabela Designer, and Alfred E. Smith Career and Technical Education High School, located at 333 E 151st Street in the Melrose section of The Bronx.