NYPD Detective Arrested for Petit Larceny

By SÍLE MOLONEY

On Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020 at 10.55 p.m., an on-duty NYPD detective was arrested and charged within the confines of the 83rd precinct in Brooklyn. Samuel Lallave, 53, was charged with petit larceny (theft).

Norwood: Search for Missing 14-Year-Old Girl

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing teenager within the confines of the 52nd Precinct. A photograph of the missing girl is attached. It was reported to police that Yessica Nivarrez Castro, 14, was last seen on Monday, August 17, 2020 inside her home at 323 East Mosholu Parkway North in the Norwood section of the Bronx at approximately 11 p.m. She is described as a female, Hispanic, 5 feet, 2 inches tall, weighs 95 pounds, and was last seen wearing all dark clothing. Anyone with information with regard to this incident is

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Audrey Strauss, the acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Peter C. Fitzhugh, special agent-in-charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), announced the indictment and arrest on Aug. 19 of Yoel Abraham, Heshl Abraham, Zishe Abraham, and Shmuel Abraham, who are brothers, on charges of engaging in a scheme to systematically defraud Amazon.com, LLC, (“Amazon”), an online retailer and e-commerce platform. Through the course of the scheme, the defendants manipulated Amazon’s vendor system in attempts to fraudulently induce Amazon to pay for goods that Amazon had not ordered. In executing

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Local residents, Mahfuja Chadani, Madiha Madani and Nusrat Tasnim, took a stroll through Williamsbridge Oval Park on July 31 to celebrate the Muslim holy festival of Eid al Adha, also known as the Feast of Sacrifice. This year, the holiday was observed from sundown on Thursday, July 30, to sundown on Friday, July 31. Chadani said typically the Muslim community have two big celebrations each year. The earlier festival of Idul-Fitr (Eid Al-Fitr) is celebrated among friends and family to mark the end of Ramadan, a month-long period during which Muslims fast during daylight hours, while offering up additional

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance to help identify the individual depicted in the attached video and photos, who is wanted in connection with a random, unprovoked assault on an elderly man which occurred within the confines of the 52nd precinct. It was reported to police that on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020, at approximately 1p.m., at the intersection of Mosholu Parkway and Webster Avenue in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx, a younger man approached a 73-year-old man and punched him twice. The younger man then fled on foot to parts

By DAVID GREENE

After lengthy and tedious exchanges between City Hall, the NYC Parks’ department and NYPD officials, an unnamed spokesperson at One Police Plaza has confirmed that a “fixed post” of police officers remains stationed in front of the D’Auria-Murphy Triangle (park) in the Belmont section of the Bronx, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to protect a statue of Christopher Columbus.

Fordham Manor: NYPD Appeal For Help in Connection to Robbery of 82-Year-Old Man

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in ascertaining the whereabouts of the unidentified man seen in the attached photo and video who is sought in connection with a robbery which took place in Fordham Manor, within the confines of the 52nd precinct. It was reported to police that on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020 at 12.15 p.m. inside of a multi-unit residential building in the vicinity of Fordham Hill Oval and Webb Avenue, an unidentified man followed the victim, an 82-year-old man, into the building and then the elevator. Once inside the elevator,

By DAVID GREENE

Police say a Bedford Park man has been arrested and charged with stealing a van that ended up crashing, head on, into an MTA bus, injuring the driver. According to police spokeswoman and detective, Annette Shelton, the incident occurred at 7:40 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 3, when a 2007 Dodge Van was stolen from the area in front of 2706 Valentine Avenue, between East 194th Street and East 196th Street in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx. Shelton wrote in an email dated Aug. 11 that, at approximately 8:10 a.m., on Aug. 3, at the corner of

By SÍLE MOLONEY

On Aug. 11, the NYPD released body-worn camera footage from an incident dated June 21, 2020 which occurred in the confines of the 109th precinct in Brooklyn, during which a person died while in police custody. The video includes available evidence leading up to, as well as during the incident. The NYPD wrote that the agency was releasing the video for clear viewing of the totality of the incident. All NYPD patrol officers are equipped with body-worn cameras. The agency wrote that the benefits of cameras are clear: transparency into police activity, de-escalation of police encounters, and