Former Bronx High School Teacher Gets 15 Years for Possession of Child Pornography

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A 40-year-old Bronx man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for enticing minor children to send him nude and sexually explicit photographs and videos of themselves over the internet. On April 5 of this year, Jonathan Skolnick, 40, of The Bronx, pled guilty before U.S. Judge Colleen McMahon, who imposed the sentence. Damian Williams, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, made the announcement on Oct. 6, when Skolnick was sentenced. In the context of the announcement, Williams said, “For approximately seven years, Jonathan Skolnick abused his position of trust as an associate principal

By DAVID GREENE

Bronxites bid farewell to Summer 2022 at the Fordham Road Business Improvement District (BID) Annual Street Fair in Fordham Manor on Saturday, Oct. 8, after the event was postponed due to rain at the end of September. According to the Fordham Road BID’s website, the Street Fair is the largest street festival in The Bronx. The Fordham Road BID is a non-profit founded in 2005 with the aim of fostering promoting and growing local businesses. Held along East Fordham Road, between the Grand Concourse and East Kingsbridge Road, the daylong event featured concession stands featuring food from local restaurants,

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A 30-year-old man was arrested in connection with the murder of a man in Olinville in October. Police from the 47th Precinct said that on Wednesday, Oct. 19, at around 3.34 a.m., officers responded to a 911 call regarding a man who had been shot in the vicinity of East 216th Street and White Plains Road. “Upon arrival, officers observed a 40-year-old male with gunshot wounds to the chest, in front of 3734 White Plains Road,” a police spokesperson said. “EMS responded to the location and transported the victim to NYC Heath & Hospitals/Jacobi, where he was pronounced deceased.”

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help locating the people seen in the attached photos and video who are being sought in connection to a local gunpoint robbery pattern identified in Van Cortlandt Village. Police from the 50th Precinct said the first incident took place on Monday, Oct. 10, at around 2.39 p.m. when two victims, a 34-year-old woman and a 26-year-old man were walking in the vicinity of the corner of Sedgwick Avenue and Hillman Avenue. “Five unidentified male individuals on motorcycles pulled out a firearm (pistol) and demanded their property,” a police spokesperson said. “The male

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Police are seen responding to a reported assault at 112 Van Cortlandt Avenue West in the Van Cortlandt Village section of The Bronx on Monday morning, Oct. 17, 2022 at 7.10 a.m. Video courtesy of the Citizens’ App. A woman was charged with an alleged assault on her husband in the Van Cortlandt Village section of The Bronx, police said. According to the NYPD, officers responded to an incident at 112 Van Cortlandt Avenue West at 7.10 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 17. An NYPD spokesperson said, “A 37-year-old female, Unme Tanjina, was charged with assault for striking a

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help locating the group of people seen in the attached photos who are sought in connection to a reckless endangerment incident that occurred in the Laconia section of the East Bronx. It was reported to police in the 47th Precinct that on Sunday, Oct. 9, at around 8.45 p.m., the group of unidentified male individuals shot multiples rounds in front of 3386 Boston Road. “They then fled in a silver BMW X3 to parts unknown,” a police spokesperson said. “There were no injuries reported as a result of this incident.” A photo of

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Two men have been charged in connection with the seizure of around 300,000 fentanyl pills, in assorted colors, and another 20 pounds (10 kilos) of fentanyl in powdered form from a drug stash location in the Wakefield section of the Bronx, according to Bridget G. Brennan, special narcotics prosecutor at the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York. Prosecution officials said the drug stash location, at 4030 Bronx Boulevard, an apartment situated adjacent to the Bronx River Parkway, also contained a Tec-9 semi-automatic assault weapon, a hydraulic door opener, and 11 GPS devices. Some

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD announced on Friday, Oct. 14, that the agency is releasing proposed rules concerning the issuance of firearm licenses. According to agency, the proposed rules seek to amend gun licensing standards in light of the Supreme Court decision in the case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022), as well as recent statewide legislation governing gun licensing. If adopted, the agency’s proposed rules will make emergency rules, issued in August and September of 2022, permanent. NYPD officials said, in part, “Specifically, the proposed rules will amend the minimum age to

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE

Police are searching for a man sought in connection with a reported robbery of a Capital One bank branch located on East Fordham Road in the Fordham Manor section of The Bronx. According to police, the incident, which it is understood took place at the junction of East Fordham Road and 190th Street (at 151 East Fordham Road), reportedly occurred around 1.15 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 14, and the man sought is in his 40s, was wearing a white t-shirt and had red dye on his face and hands. He reportedly fled on the number 4 train after