Crime

UPDATE Off-Duty Police Officer Killed, Man in Custody

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Police have opened a murder investigation after an off-duty female NYPD officer was killed, following an apparent stabbing incident in the South Bronx.   Police said on Monday, June 13, at around 2.50 a.m., officers responded to a 911 call regarding a woman who had been stabbed inside an apartment on the Grand Concourse, in the vicinity of the Concourse and Melrose sections of the borough, located in the 44th precinct.   Police said, “Upon arrival, officers observed a 31-year-old female, an off-duty NYPD police officer, unconscious and unresponsive, with multiple stab wounds about the body.” They added, “EMS pronounced


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Tremont: NYPD Seeking 5 Persons of Interest following Murder

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  The NYPD is appealing to the general public for help identifying a group of individuals seen in the attached video footage and photo who are sought for questioning as part of an ongoing investigation following the murder of a 27-year-old man in the Tremont section of The Bronx.   On Thursday, June 9, police responded to a 911 call regarding a man who had been shot at 595 East Tremont Avenue. Police officials said, “Upon arrival, officers observed a 27-year-old male, unconscious and unresponsive, with multiple gunshot wounds to the body and torso.” They added, “EMS responded and transported


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Biaggi-Backed Bill Establishing Rape Kit Tracking System Passes Assembly & Senate

By SÍLE MOLONEY
State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi (S.D. 34) announced that on June 2 the State senate majority passed the bill she sponsored to establish a rape kit tracking system in New York State. The bill was also passed in the assembly, where it was sponsored by Assembly Member Amy Paulin, and now awaits sign-off by Gov. Kathy Hochul.   Bill S7867A/A9596 will direct the Division of Criminal Justice Services, in consultation with the State Department of Health, Office of Victim Services, Division of State Police, and the New York State Coalition Against Sexual Abuse to develop and implement a statewide electronic tracking


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Bronx Man Charged with Sex Trafficking, Rape & Attempted Strangulation Released on Bail

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A Bronx male sex offender, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in May 2022, had been released on bail in January 2021 despite having been hit, as a co-defendant, just four months earlier with 22 charges, including sex trafficking of a child and promoting prostitution and separately, for rape, a criminal sex act, unlawful imprisonment, and attempted strangulation. Upon release on bail, he attempted to traffic a previous victim and was rearrested the following month.   Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on May 16 [2022] that the defendant, Reginald Cooke, AKA Reggie, 33, last of Anderson


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Bedford Park: Search for Gunman following Non-Fatal Shooting, Residents Want Cameras for P.S. 8

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  The NYPD is asking for the public’s help locating the person seen in the attached surveillance video and photo who is sought for questioning in connection to a non-fatal shooting that occurred in Bedford Park, located in the 52nd precinct.   On Wednesday, June 8, at around 2.20 p.m., a 22-year-old male victim was in a vehicle (as a passenger), located opposite 214 East Mosholu Parkway South, when he encountered the unidentified shooter. The gunman shot the victim in the back, and then fled on foot westbound along East 203rd Street, toward Valentine Avenue.    “The victim was removed


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Bronx Mom Enraged & Shaken after 17-Year-Old Arrested for Gun Possession Inside East Harlem School

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A Bronx mother has been left “enraged” and “shaken,” following news that at the Harlem school attended by two of her children, a 17-year-old male student was found to have been in possession of a gun on the school campus on Tuesday, June 7. He has since been arrested.   Police said at approximately 12.30 in the afternoon on June 7, officers from the 25th precinct in East Harlem were informed that “a student was in possession of a firearm” inside Harlem Prep Elementary School/Democratic Prep Endurance High School, located at 240 East 123rd Street in Manhattan.   NYPD officials


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The Bronx Responds to Mass Shootings in Buffalo, California and Texas as State Passes New Gun Laws

By DAVID GREENE
After a series of recent mass shootings, including one racially motivated one at a supermarket in Buffalo, NY on May 14, another at a flea-market in Houston, TX on May 15, another the same day at a Taiwanese church in California, and another on May 24 at an elementary school in Uvalde, TX, Bronxites took to the streets to mourn the victims, and called on elected officials to ban automatic weapons, tighten current gun laws, and close loopholes. Their calls were heard.   Members of North Bronx Racial Justice (NBRJ) had already planned a vigil for the victims of the


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UPDATE Fordham Heights: Second Person Arrested following Fatal Shooting of 29-Year-Old Man

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE
The NYPD said on Monday, June 27, that they have arrested a second person in connection with a Fordham Heights fatal shooting of a 29-year-old man, in which the victim sustained a gunshot wound to the head. On Wednesday, June 7, at approximately 11.29 a.m., police said officers responded to a 911 call regarding a man who had been shot opposite 2323 Walton Avenue, located in the 46th precinct. Upon arrival, police discovered the 29-year-old man, laying on the ground with a gunshot wound to his head. “EMS responded and transported the victim to St. Barnabas Hospital where he was


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Charlotte Gardens: 12-Year-Old Girl in Hospital following Hit & Run Incident

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A 12-year-old girl was taken to the hospital following a hit & run incident that occurred in the Charlotte Gardens section of the Bronx. The NYPD shared the attached video and is asking for the public’s assistance identifying the vehicle and driver, the latter being sought in connection to allegedly leaving the scene of the accident, which occurred in the 42nd precinct.   It was reported to police that on Sunday, June 5, at approximately 4.25 p.m. in front of 1711 Boone Avenue, the 12-year-old girl was crossing the street when she was hit by a vehicle which then fled


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