Crime

UPDATE Belmont: Three-Alarm Fire Reported as Prayer Service Held in Morrisania for Last Sunday’s 17 Fire Victims

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Video courtesy of the Citizen’s App   The FDNY responded to a three-alarm fire at a commercial location at 4410 Park Avenue in the Belmont section of the Bronx on Sunday, Jan. 16, at around 10 a.m., the same time that a prayer / funeral service was taking place for the 17 victims, including 8 children, of the Fordham Heights fire which broke out on Sunday, Jan. 9, at which large crowds were seen filling the streets.   According to the FDNY, the fire was brought under control at around 11.23 a.m. on Sunday.   Norwood News has reached out


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Wakefield: Three Sought following Multiple Shooting of 17-Year-Old in the Back

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  The NYPD is looking for the public’s help identifying three individuals, seen in the attached video, sought in connection with a shooting that occurred in Wakefield.   On Thursday, Jan. 13, at approximately 2.57 p.m., in the vicinity of East 223rd Street and Carpenter Avenue, a 17-year-old male victim was walking outside when he was approached by the three individuals.   One of the three discharged a firearm in the direction of the victim, hitting him multiple times. The victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the back, EMS responded and transported him to NYC Health and Hospitals/Jacobi in critical


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Bronx DA: Former NYPD Police Officer Sentenced for 2019 Fatal Shooting of Friend

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  Bronx District Attorney, Darcel D. Clark, announced on Friday, Jan. 14, that a former NYPD police officer has been sentenced to one to three years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of his next-door neighbor in 2019.   In the context of the sentencing, Clark said, “The 21-year-old victim was friends with the defendant, and both were playing soccer video games when the defendant’s off-duty firearm went off, striking the victim. The defendant, who had been a NYPD police officer for approximately one year, initially told investigators the victim was playing with the


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UPDATE Bedford Park: Search for Two following Vicious Early Morning Stabbing of Woman

By SÍLE MOLONEY
    The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the two individuals seen in the attached photo and video who are sought in connection with an assault that occurred in Bedford Park.     On Sunday, Jan. 9, at approximately 5.33 a.m., in front of 239 East 198th Street, a 28-year-old female victim was approached by two unknown men. One of the individuals displayed a sharp object and stabbed the victim multiple times to the back and torso while the second punched and kicked her. The suspects later fled on foot, eastbound, on East


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Congress Passes Bowman Amendment to Support Veteran Mental Health

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Congressman Jamaal Bowman’s amendment to support veterans in their transition to civilian life passed the U.S. House of Representatives as part of the Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act, it was announced on Wednesday, Jan. 12. The amendment, co-led by Representatives Deborah Ross (NC-02), Jenniffer González-Colón (PR-AL), and Gwen Moore (WI-04), requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide newly transitioned veterans with information regarding the medical services they can access, including the mental health care and military sexual trauma (MST) support to which they are personally entitled.   On top of the added burdens that come with


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Bronx DA: Bronx Man Sentenced to 17 Years for Fatal 2019 Subway Shooting of James Cubille

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Wednesday, Jan. 12, that a Bronx man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting a man in a subway station in 2019. In reference to the news, Clark said, “The defendant got into an argument with a man inside a busy Bronx subway station and heartlessly shot him in front of the victim’s five-year-old son and multiple commuters. The child has been deeply traumatized since the incident.” She added, “I send my condolences to the victim’s family, especially the young boy who


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Little Yemen: 50-Year-Old Man Struck Repeatedly in Head with Hammer by Woman

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance identifying the individuals seen in the attached video who are sought in connection with an assault that occurred in the vicinity of the Little Yemen section of the Bronx, located in the 49th precinct.   On Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021 at approximately 9.55 p.m., a group of individuals got into a verbal dispute with a 50-year-old male victim inside a bodega, located at 685 Morris Park Avenue. The dispute escalated, at which point one of the assailants, a female, identified by police as Individual 1, displayed a hammer, which she used to


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Norwood: Four Sought in Multiple Stabbing Incident Involving Three Victims

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance identifying the three individuals seen in the attached photographs who are sought in connection to an assault that occurred in Norwood, located in the 52nd precinct.   It was reported to police that on Sunday, Jan. 9, at approximately 6.30 p.m., near the intersection of East 204th Street and Decatur Avenue, in Norwood, three male victims were walking in the area when at least four unidentified male assailants exited a dark-colored sedan and approached them.   They proceeded to stab the victims with unknown sharp objects. One 20-year-old victim


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