Fordham Manor: Search for Man following Daylight Stabbing

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A 56-year-old man was stabbed during a verbal dispute over money by another man in the vicinity of East Fordham and Elm Place in Fordham Manor, in the 52nd precinct. Police responded to the incident on Saturday, June 5, at around 1.13 p.m. The victim said the dispute escalated and the suspect stabbed the victim in the back. EMS transported the victim to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition. The suspect fled the location to parts unknown and the investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with information with regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance identifying the man seen in the attached surveillance photos in connection with an assault that occurred in Fordham Manor. It was reported to police that on Tuesday, May 25, at around 6 p.m., in front of a residential building located in the vicinity of Jerome Avenue and West 192nd Street in the 52nd precinct, a 41-year-old man was approached by the suspect and the two engaged in a verbal dispute which escalated into a physical encounter. The suspect displayed a knife and stabbed the victim in his

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance identifying the individual seen in the attached surveillance video and photos in connection with a Bronx-wide, forcible touching pattern reported in the 42nd, 46th and 52nd precincts. The first incident took place in the 52nd precinct. It was reported to police that on Thursday, April 29, at approximately 10.15 a.m., in front of 2545 Valentine Avenue in Fordham Manor, a 21-year-old woman was walking southbound on Valentine Avenue when the unknown individual, riding a black e-scooter, approached her from behind and grabbed her buttocks before fleeing northbound on East Fordham Road

By SÍLE MOLONEY

An off-duty New York City employee was arrested and charged with assault in the 49th precinct, which covers Allerton, Morris Park, Van Nest, Pelham Parkway, Eastchester Gardens, and Pelham Gardens. Ashley Samuels-Johnson, 33, an NYPD school safety agent, was charged on Tuesday, June 1, at approximately 6.13 p.m. Samuels-Johnson’s name does not appear in the NYPD’s public records database. A person arrested and accused of a crime is innocent unless and until convicted in a court of law.

Fordham Manor: Individuals Sought in Connection with Shooting

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance identifying the individuals seen in the attached video who are wanted for questioning in connection with a shooting that occurred in the 52nd precinct, categorized as a reckless endangerment incident. On June 1, at approximately 4.08 a.m., the individuals in question displayed a firearm and discharged it three times in the vicinity of East 194th Street and Briggs Avenue in Fordham Manor. No victims were located. Video is attached. Anyone with information with regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish,

By SÍLE MOLONEY

As the Bronx and New York State as a whole continues to see a marked increase in both shootings and shooting victims both year to date, and week on week, a diverse coalition of mayors representing cities and villages throughout the state have sent a joint letter, urging the state legislature to pass what the mayors see as critical gun sense legislation before ending the legislative session ahead of the summer recess. The mayors say the letter dated Tuesday, June 1, comes amidst a statewide surge of deadly gun violence this year in local communities. In the Bronx, according

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Dear Readers, In 2020, in acknowledgement of the diverse composition of the local communities the Norwood News serves, we updated our website, www.norwoodnews.org, to allow users to read our site in Spanish, Bengali, Arabic, Chinese and French, using a Google Translate function. Readers can translate the site from English into each of these languages by selecting the relevant language from the drop-down menu located in the top, right-hand corner of the home page. As a nonprofit news organization, with limited resources, we decided to include this translation function on our site to help you, our community of readers, access local

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark has released the findings of a 23-page report on the Public Integrity Bureau’s investigation into an incident involving Bronx teen, Jahmel Leach, and the NYPD which took place on Fordham Road on June 1, 2020. A video of the incident was also released on the same day, May 18. The report found no criminality on the part of the NYPD in terms of the officers’ use of force against Jahmel, during the incident. The report was released days before the world marked the first anniversary of the killing of George Floyd, an African

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The NYC Civic Engagement Commission (CEC) will provide additional translation services in 11 languages at select poll sites during the upcoming June primary elections, with the aim of encouraging greater voter participation among New Yorkers with limited English proficiency (LEP). Although some voters in City Council District 11 and District 15 will already be familiar with the still, relatively new electoral system of ranked choice voting, having participated in the recent special elections on March 23, the upcoming June 22 primaries will be the first occasion when the majority of New Yorkers will engage with this new voting system. Organizations