Crime

Bronx Student at Tennessee College Gets 10 Years for Selling 73 Guns to Undercover Cop

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Wednesday, Nov. 16, that a 23-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for trafficking 73 weapons and high-capacity magazines to The Bronx and Manhattan, where they were sold to an undercover NYPD officer.   Clark said of the case, “The defendant, who was a college student at the time in Tennessee, trafficked semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines from the south to New York City. He brought some of the weapons in duffle bags by bus and then sold them to an undercover NYPD officer. The illegal influx of guns


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Mt Hope: Two Sought following Assault of 57-Year-Old Man at Tremont Ave Subway Station

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance identifying two people sought in connection to an assault that occurred at Tremont Avenue subway station in Mt. Hope.   It was reported to police at the 46th Precinct that the incident occurred on Saturday, Nov. 5, at around 1.20 a.m., as a 57-year-old male victim was exiting the subway station, which serves the B and D trains. The man was climbing the subway stairway from the mezzanine level to the street level when two people approached him. One hit the man in the face with an unknown blunt object.   “The


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Fordham Manor: Man Sought following Non-Fatal Shooting

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached video and photo who is sought in connection to a shooting in Fordham Manor.   It was reported to police at the 52nd Precinct that on Friday, Nov. 4, at around 9.28 p.m., at the corner of Valentine Avenue and East 194th Street, an unknown male suspect discharged several rounds from a firearm, striking two unoccupied, parked cars before fleeing the location. “No injuries were reported,” a police spokesperson said. A surveillance photo and a video of the suspect, obtained from the incident location,


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NYS to Auction More than 1,300 Surplus Items from Decommissioned COVID-19 Care Facilities

By SÍLE MOLONEY
New York State Office of General Services (OGS) commissioner, Jeanette Moy, announced on Sunday, Nov. 13, the State will sell more than 1,300 items of FEMA-supplied inventory from decommissioned COVID-19 alternate care facilities at two auctions taking place on consecutive days.   The auctions will be held at the New York State Preparedness Training Center located at 5900 Airport Road in Oriskany, Oneida County, beginning at 9:30 a.m. on both Tuesday, November 29, and Wednesday, Nov. 30. Bidders can participate in the auctions in person or by proxy in Oriskany and virtually here.   Among items from the alternate care


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Kingsbridge Heights: Man Robbed / Threatened at Kingsbridge Road Subway Station

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help locating the people seen in the attached photo who are sought in connection to a robbery that occurred at Kingsbridge Road subway station in Kingsbridge Heights.   It was reported to police at the 52nd Precinct that on Thursday, Nov. 3, at around 9.20 p.m., inside the Jerome Avenue and East Kingsbridge Road subway station, a 32-year-old man was riding on a northbound 4 train when he was was approached by another person who grabbed the victim’s cellphone.   A police spokesperson said, “Two additional individuals also approached him, and threatened to


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Woman Attacks Mother & Daughter, 10, Aboard Subway, Punching Them in Face

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the woman seen in the attached photos who is sought in connection to an assault that occurred on a mother and daughter, while in transit in the Foxhurst section of The Bronx, a neighborhood south of Charlotte Gardens.   Police from the 41st Precinct said it was reported to them that on Tuesday, Oct. 18, at around 4.37 p.m., the victims, a 36-year-old woman and her 10-year-old daughter, were standing aboard the northbound 5 train at the Westchester Avenue and Simpson Street subway station, when a woman began punching them in


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Bedford Park: Woman Sexually Assaulted in Subway Station

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Officers from the 52nd Precinct and Transit District 11 are asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached video and photos who is sought for questioning in relation to an allegation of sexual abuse that allegedly occurred, in transit.   The NYPD said that it was reported to police that on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at around 8.22 p.m., the victim, a 59-year-old woman, was going up the stairs of the Bedford Park Boulevard [and Grand Concourse] subway station, serving the B and D lines, when a man, unknown to her, approached her from behind and pressed


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West Farms: HPD Launches Housing Lottery for Senior Apartments at 915 Elsmere Place

By SÍLE MOLONEY
NYC Department of Housing, Preservation & Development (HPD) has launched an affordable housing lottery for senior apartments at 915 Elsmere Place, a nine-story building in the West Farms section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY.   Designed by Marin Architects and developed by Stagg Group, the structure yields 72 residential units and 15 parking spaces. Available on NYC Housing Connect, HPD’s online portal, are 39 units for residents earning 80 to 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $55,612 to $187,330. Amenities include parking, pet-friendly policies, a shared laundry room, gym, and recreation


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Norwood: Around 50 Pounds of Fentanyl/Heroin Seized at Drug Stash Apartment in The Bronx

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A Bronx man was arrested in connection with the seizure of approximately 23 kilograms of fentanyl/heroin (50 pounds) from a Norwood apartment located at 3535 Dekalb Avenue, not far from Van Cortlandt Park in The Bronx. The narcotics carry an estimated street value of $7 million.   The arrest was announced by Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s special narcotics prosecutor, Frank A. Tarentino III, special agent in charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) New York division, Police Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell and New York State Police acting superintendent, Steven A. Nigrelli, following a short term investigation by


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