Bronx DA: Rikers Island Inmate Charged with Scalding Correction Officer

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Friday, March 4, that a Rikers Island inmate has been charged with second-degree assault and additional charges for throwing scalding water at a New York City Department of Correction (DOC) officer in the jail, causing first-degree burns. Clark said the defendant, Darrell Woods, 36, an inmate at the jail, was arraigned on March 3, on two counts of second-degree assault, third-degree assault, second-degree menacing, fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon and second-degree obstructing governmental administration before Bronx Supreme Court justice, Steven Barrett. Bail was set at $25,000 cash/$75,000, bond/$75,000, partially secured

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached surveillance video and photos who is sought in connection to an attempted gunpoint robbery that occurred just north of the Baychester neighborhood. It was reported to police on Sunday, March 6, inside 3431 Baychester Avenue (Bodega), at approximately 10.53 a.m., an unknown man entered the location, pulled out a gun and approached a 27-year-old male victim. The gunman demanded the victim’s property but the victim resisted, and began to fight with him. The victim was able to flee the location on foot

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD said the person sought in connection to the reported murder of a 26-year-old woman and a 6-year-old girl in the Eastchester section of The Bronx, has been found deceased. On Saturday, March 5, at approximately 11.56 p.m., police responded to a call for a wellness check at a building on Monticello Avenue in Eastchester, located in the 47th precinct. Upon arrival, police observed the 26-year-old woman and the 6-year-old girl, both with stab wounds about their bodies and both unconscious and unresponsive. EMS responded and pronounced both deceased at the scene. The identities of the

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE

Police report a man was assaulted in the Norwood section of The Bronx on Sunday at the Jerome Avenue Men’s Shelter (JAMS), and another man has been arrested in connection with the incident. An NYPD spokesperson told Norwood News the assault was reported at around 10 a.m. on Sunday, March 6, at 3600 Jerome Avenue, the address for JAMS. “A 45-year-old male victim claims that he received a laceration to the lip inside a cafeteria because he was punched,” the spokesperson said. “Then, he lost a tooth. The person responsible was detained and subsequently arrested.” Police said the

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE

Police confirm that two people have been arrested following the fatal stabbing of a man inside a Perry Avenue apartment in the Norwood section of The Bronx. Police officials said officers responded to a 911 call regarding an assault inside an apartment at 3135 Perry Avenue in Norwood, located in the 52nd precinct, on Friday, March 4, at approximately 3.09 a.m. Upon arrival, they observed a 29-year-old man, unconscious and unresponsive, with stab wounds to the neck and chest. EMS responded to the location and pronounced the victim deceased at the scene. Two individuals, who were also inside

By DAVID GREENE

Police are searching for an assailant who is wanted in connection with an assault of a woman which took place inside a Norwood residential building. According to police officials, officers from the 52nd precinct were called to a four-story building at 371 East 204th Street at Webster Avenue, at 12:40 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 27. Police say the still-unidentified suspect was involved in a verbal dispute with the victim, which later escalated into a physical assault. The man pushed the woman and punched her in the mouth, causing pain, swelling and a laceration to her mouth. The victim,

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Students and teachers were evacuated from P.S. 20 in the Norwood section of the Bronx on Friday, March 4, due to a reported bomb threat. The area was later declared clear by police and safe for reentry. A police official told Norwood News that an anonymous call had been placed with the school, located at 3050 Webster Avenue, next door to the 52nd precinct, at around 8.50 a.m., advising that there was a bomb on the premises. The NYPD spokesperson was unable to confirm on which extension or number the call had been placed, but confirmed that the

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance locating a a 28-year-old woman reported missing in Allerton. It was reported to police that Kimberly Diaz, 28, of 2504 Bronx Park East was last seen on Thursday, March 3, at approximately 2.17 a.m., leaving her home. She is described as female, Hispanic, 5 feet, 4 inches tall, and has brown eyes and brown hair. She was last seen wearing a black coat with silver lining, blue jeans, black/white Nike sandals, and a navy blue backpack. Anyone with information regarding this missing person is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is investigating an assault on a woman at Woodlawn subway station. It was reported to police that on Monday, Feb. 28, at 7.12 a.m., the victim, a 46-year-old woman, was walking down the stairs to the Woodlawn subway station when a man in front of her turned around and punched her in the face. He then fled the scene, on foot. The victim suffered pain, swelling, and a laceration to her lips. The woman later reported the incident and refused medical attention at that time. Police had identified a person of interest in relation to the