Crime

Council Passes Historic Maternal Health Package to Help Address Racial Disparities

By SÍLE MOLONEY
For the first time in the history of the City Council, on Thursday, Aug. 11, the legislative body passed a package of legislation addressing significant disparities in maternal health, mortality, and morbidity. City Council representatives said that while about 30 birthing people in New York City die each year of a pregnancy-related cause, statistics indicate that approximately 3,000 women “almost die,” or experience morbidity, during childbirth, with the majority of cases being people of color.   In New York City, Black women are eight times more likely than white women to die from a pregnancy-related cause, and nearly three times


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Woodlawn Subway Station: Gun Retrieved from Female Passenger’s Backpack

By SÍLE MOLONEY
MTA chief safety and security officer, Patrick Warren, issued a statement further to news that a person was found to have been carrying a gun in the Woodlawn Road Subway Station, serving the 4 line.   “The NYPD’s presence at subway stations continues to pay off as alert officers spotted a woman evading the fare, and when stopping her, discovered a loaded gun and an outstanding warrant,” Warren said. “In addition to taking a weapon out of the transit system, it drives home that those who want to prey on people in the transit system should expect to be caught


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UPDATE Boy, 14, Arrested following Shooting of 2nd 14-Year-Old Boy inside Fordham Manor Lobby

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Police said they arrested a 14-year-old boy following the fatal shooting of another 14-year-old boy in the lobby of a Fordham Manor building that took place on Thursday.   An NYPD spokesperson said on Thursday, Aug. 11, at around 1.06 a.m. police were alerted to a report of a man, shot at East 194th Street and Briggs Avenue. An NYPD spokesperson said, “Police observed an unidentified male teenager with a gunshot wound to his chest,”   The spokesperson added, “EMS also responded and transported the male to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.” The victim was later identified


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Four Men, One from Kingsbridge Heights, Charged in Slaying of LA-Based Drill Rapper, MoneyGangVontae

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Wednesday, Aug. 10, that four men were indicted for murder and additional charges in the fatal shooting of Avanti Frowner, aka, “MoneyGangVontae,” an LA-based Drill rapper, as he left a pharmacy with a friend in the Crotona section of The Bronx in June. The rapper was in New York City for a show at the time of the shooting.   Announcing the charges, Clark said, “The defendants allegedly attacked two men, robbing them of money, their phones, and jewelry. One of the men, Avanti Frowner, “MoneygangVontae,” was in New York to perform,


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Norwood: NYPD Offers Reward for Information on Gun Hill Road Multiple Shooting

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Officers from the 52nd Precinct have offered a reward for information on a shooting that occurred in Norwood on July 26.   As reported on our social media channels, Norwood News received unconfirmed reports from local businesses of a shooting on Tuesday afternoon, July 26, on East Gull Hill Road in the vicinity of Hull Avenue. When contacted on two different occasions later that day by Norwood News, a police press office spokesperson said they had no record of the alleged incident.   However, the next day, July 27, the 52nd Precinct tweeted that a reward of up to $3,500


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Kingsbridge Heights: Man Sought for Groping Woman at Market

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in locating the man seen in the attached video and photo who is sought for questioning in connection to a groping incident that occurred in Kingsbridge Heights. It was reported to police that on Thursday, Aug. 4, at around 8 p.m., inside of Antillana Meat Market, located at 123 West Kingsbridge Road, the man, who is unknown to a 39-year-old female victim, grabbed her buttocks while she was shopping. The victim did not sustain any physical injuries as a result of the incident. The man fled the location on foot, heading


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UPDATE Fordham Manor: Two Sought following Multiple Stabbing, Reward Offered

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the two people seen in the attached photos who are sought for questioning in connection to an assault that occurred in Fordham Manor.   Members of the 52nd Precinct said a felony assault took place in front of 61 East Kingsbridge Road on Monday, Aug. 8, at 4:30 a.m. They said the pictured individuals allegedly stabbed a 26-year-old male victim multiple times, causing serious physical injuries, in an unprovoked attack.   A police spokesperson said the victim was stabbed more than 15 times about the chest and back. The two fled


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Mt Hope: Multi-Drug Seizure of Heroin, Fentanyl, Cocaine, Crystal Meth and Counterfeit Pills

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A court-authorized search of an apartment in the Mount Hope neighborhood of The Bronx resulted in the seizure of approximately 110 kilograms of heroin, fentanyl and cocaine, plus 50 pounds of a substance believed to be crystal meth, and up to 75,000 counterfeit pills believed to contain fentanyl, according to the City’s Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor (SNP).   The drugs, which law enforcement officials said were intended for citywide distribution, carry an estimated street value of approximately $24 million. Julio Mota Plasencia was arrested in the stash apartment in which the drug consignment was allegedly located on Monday,


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Crotona: $5 Million in Street-Ready Heroin/Fentanyl Seized from Bronx Packaging Mill, 6 Arrested

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  Six individuals were arrested in connection with a large-scale heroin/fentanyl packaging mill in the Crotona neighborhood of The Bronx, representatives from the City Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor (SNP) said on Monday, Aug. 8. A consignment of over 25 kilograms of narcotics (more than 55 pounds), carrying a street value of more than $5 million, was destined for distribution throughout New York City and in Massachusetts, according to law enforcement officials. The packaging mill was located inside an apartment across the street from a public elementary school, near the Bronx Zoo.   Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s


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