Off-Duty New York City Department of Corrections Officer Arrested for Assault

By SÍLE MOLONEY

An off-duty, New York City female employee was arrested and charged in the 46th precinct on Tuesday, Feb. 1, at 8.15 a.m. Keila Brown, 43, of the NYC Department of Corrections was charged with criminal obstruction of breathing and assault. A person charged with a crime is innocent unless and until convicted in a court of law. Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES & SÍLE MOLONEY

The 52nd Precinct Community Council, the 52nd Precinct, and Bronx Community Board 7 held a joint Holiday Toy Giveaway on the grounds of the precinct located at 3016 Webster Avenue in Norwood on Dec. 20, 2021 to bring some holiday cheer to local kids and families. 52nd Precinct Community Council president, Brenda Caldwell-Paris, district manager of Bronx Community District 7, Ischia Bravo, Community Affairs Officer for the 52nd precinct, Officer Crystal Reveron, and many other volunteers worked together to ensure the event was a success. Highlights included a winter wonderland display, complete with snowmen, long-legged “toy soldiers” who

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Monday, Jan. 31, that a Bronx man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter for fatally stabbing his mother’s roommate in their Williamsbridge apartment in 2019. In the context of the announcement, Clark said, “The defendant stabbed the 60-year-old victim approximately seven times, causing his death. After the incident, the defendant confessed to the 911 operator and responding NYPD Police Officers that he had stabbed and killed the victim.” She said the defendant, Arian Medina, 26, last of East 220th Street in Williamsbridge,

By DAVID GREENE

Police are looking for the gunman who opened fire and shot a man in broad daylight on a busy Norwood street. According to police spokeswoman, Detective Annette Shelton, the incident took place in front of the Dunkin’ Donuts, located at 47 East Gun Hill Road at Dekalb Avenue, at 2:47 p.m. on Saturday, January 22. Shelton said of the incident, “A 21-year-old male was shot in the back and was transported to Montefiore Hospital by private means,” and the unidentified victim remains in stable condition. Shelton could not provide a description of the suspect. She added that

By DAVID GREENE

As temperatures dropped to below freezing on Friday, Jan. 21, police responding to a call about a “shoplifter armed with a knife,” arrested the man for shoplifting a winter coat, and a short time later, were called back and made another arrest at the same Burlington Coat Factory store in Fordham Manor. The caller told the 911 operator that the suspect had been cutting off the anti-theft devices on the stores’ garments, using a knife. Half a dozen patrol units from the 52nd precinct arrived at the scene, quickly apprehended the man, and recovered the winter coat, still

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY

A host of local, elected officials stood together with Mayor Eric Adams, local clergy members, violence interrupters, the NYPD, the 52nd Precinct Community Council and Bedford Park residents for a prayer vigil at the Bedford Park site where, as reported, now, one-year-old Baby Catherine was shot in the face while sitting in a parked car with the mother at Valentine Avenue and East 198th Street on Wednesday, Jan. 19. The vigil, organized by president of the 52nd Precinct Community Council, Brenda Caldwell-Paris, and Rev. Jay Gooding of Jacobi Hospital’s “Stand Up to Violence” cure violence program, was held on

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Police Department is asking the public’s assistance identifying three individuals seen in the attached photos and video who are sought in connection to a robbery that occurred in Fordham Heights. It was reported to police that on Thursday, Jan. 20, at 9.28 p.m., in the vicinity of 3222 Bronx Boulevard in Olinville, a 34-year-old male livery driver picked up three passengers who asked to be transported to another location. A short time later, when the cab arrived at the vicinity of 184th Street and Creston Avenue in Fordham Heights, the three passengers, two men

By DAVID GREENE

This week, we asked readers their thoughts on the announcement on Jan. 18, by the New York State Attorney General’s Office that its ongoing investigation into the Trump Organization has preliminarily determined that the organization used fraudulent and misleading asset valuations to obtain economic benefits. “He should go to jail. I think [former President Donald J.] Trump should be brought up on charges of fraud and tax evasion, or whatever claims the attorney general finds, because he’s not above the law. He’s just as guilty as anybody else who breaks the law. I’ve seen enough evidence [of] what happened

By DAVID GREENE

A wild and potentially deadly, two-vehicle crash that resulted in injury to one driver and at least one vehicle mounting a sidewalk in the Allerton section of The Bronx has resulted in the arrest of both involved drivers. According to police, the crash was reported at 12:13 p.m. on Thursday, January 27, at the intersection of Astor Avenue and Laconia Avenue. NYPD detective Annette Shelton told Norwood News, “It was discovered that an 18-year-old man was operating a 2020 Acura on Laconia Avenue when it collided with a 2021 Mercedes, operated by a 35-year-old male that was traveling

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Off-Duty New York City Department of Corrections Officer Arrested for Assault

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Fordham Manor: Freezing Weather Driving Coat Theft?

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