UPDATE Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on Subway Safety following Brooklyn Mass Shooting

By DAVID GREENE

This week, following the recent mass subway shooting in Brooklyn, we asked residents if they feel safe riding the subway. “At this point, I don’t feel safe. I don’t think anyone feels safe due to the system that we have. They had no cameras at the 25th Street station, still no cameras. They got him, of course. They got him, but that’s not the point. The point is you could have avoided this if you had the cameras because you’re supposed to have the cameras, no? With the rise in crime on the subways, you weren’t supposed to have

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A 64-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman have survived a home invasion and robbery which occurred in the Mt. Hope section of The Bronx. The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the individuals seen in the attached photos and video who are sought in connection to the incident. It was reported to police that on Thursday, April 14, at approximately 5.45 p.m. at a home in the vicinity of Valentine Avenue and East Burnside Avenue, the 64-year-old male victim was approached by the group as he was entering his apartment. At that point, they struck

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Monday, April 18, that a Bronx man has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after being found guilty by a jury of second-degree murder for stabbing his girlfriend to death. According to the investigation, on August 9, 2016, the victim, Juana Alvarez, 52, was reported missing. It is believed she lived with her then-boyfriend Miguel Bonilla, the defendant, and her dog. On August 22, 2016, Bonilla was arrested for not paying his subway fare. In a statement to police, he confessed to stabbing his girlfriend and disposing her body

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the individual seen in the attached photo who is sought in connection to an assault that occurred in Edenwald section of The Bronx. It was reported to police that on Tuesday, April 12, at approximately 7 p.m., at the corner of East 225th Street and Laconia Avenue (Edenwald NYCHA Development) in Edenwald, the unidentified individual approached a group of people and displayed a gun. He proceeded to shoot several rounds, striking a 15-year-old girl in the leg. EMS responded and transported the victim to NYC Health and

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance identifying the individual seen in the attached photos who is sought for questioning in connection to a sex abuse pattern that occurred in Belmont and West Farms. On Thursday, March 31, at approximately 5.10 p.m., inside a residential building in the vicinity of East 182nd Street and Crotona Avenue in Belmont, a 31-year-old woman was approached by the unidentified male who grabbed her buttocks. On Monday, April 11, at approximately 3.35 p.m., in the vicinity of 181st Street and Honeywell Avenue in West Farms, a 23-year-old woman was

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the individuals seen in the attached video who are wanted for questioning in connection to an assault that occurred in Fordham Manor, located in the 52nd precinct. Police said on Thursday morning, April 14, at around 1.40 a.m., they received a report concerning two males who had been shot. A 37-year-old man was standing in front of 2654 Valentine Avenue when the two unidentified males traveling in a dark vehicle, shot at the victim multiple times, striking him in the right ankle. A 25-year-old man was also struck

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Thursday, April 14, that a Bronx man was sentenced to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted murder in the second degree for stabbing his fiancé multiple times, leading to the death of their unborn child. According to the investigation, the incident took place on May 21, 2018, at around 11:30 p.m., inside 1027 Walton Avenue, located northeast of Yankee Stadium, an apartment that the defendant, Oscar Alvarez, 34, shared with his fiancé, Livia Abreu. Alvarez stabbed Abreu six times in the torso and chest and she was

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Thursday, April 14, that a man has been charged with attempted murder in the second-degree, as well as other charges, for critically injuring a woman in Claremont Park when he allegedly drove a stolen car onto a walkway, striking her as she was out walking her dog. As reported, and according to the investigation, on March 12, at approximately 6:51 p.m. near the corner of Morris Avenue and Teller Avenue inside Claremont Park, the defendant, Becan Floyd, 22, allegedly drove a stolen rental car into Christina Emiliano, the victim, and her dog,

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A 57-year-old male school safety agent (SSA) was brought to Jacobi hospital after being stabbed Thursday morning, April 14, at P.S. 69 in the Soundview section of the Bronx when he intervened to protect his colleague, a 36-year-old female guidance counselor, who was the target of a domestic violence assault on the school premises by her ex-partner. The incident unfolded inside the school, located at 560 Thieriot Avenue around 7.40 a.m. when the man barged into the school seemingly with the purpose of assaulting his ex-partner. Another 40-year-old male colleague, a teacher, also intervened to protect his colleague from