Deaths

Bronx Man Charged with Narcotics Offenses Resulting in Death Used Stash House Occupied by Child

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Federal prosecutors announced Friday, Aug. 1, that a 34-year-old Bronx man, Estherlyn Frias, a/k/a “Platinum,” a/k/a “Silver,” was charged with drug dealing resulting in death in connection with the “overdose” of a victim in Greenwich, Connecticut last month. Prosecutors allege the man ran the drug operation out of his partner’s home where a young child slept in close proximity to potent narcotics.

UPDATE Police Officer Didarul Islam Posthumously Promoted to Detective First Grade at Funeral Service

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY
Thousands of police officers from across the New York metropolitan area and beyond gathered at the Parkchester Jame Masjid on Virginia Avenue on Thursday, July 31, to pay their respects and say goodbye to slain Police Officer Didarul Islam, 36, a Bangladeshi American immigrant, father or two with another baby on the way, who was promoted to detective first grade by Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch during the service.

Two Female Jewish Victims of Midtown Manhattan Mass Shooting Attended School in The Bronx

By SÍLE MOLONEY
More Bronx connections have come to light following Monday’s tragic mass shooting in Midtown Manhattan in addition to Det. First Grade Didarul Islam [posthumously promoted from police officer], 36, a Bangladeshi American, husband, father of two, with another baby on the way, assigned to the Bronx’s 47th Precinct, whose funeral took place on July 31, as reported.

UPDATE Bronx Det. Didarul Islam Returned Home to Parkchester & Hochul Calls for National Ban on Assault Rifles

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY
Following the dignified transfer on Monday night, July 28, of slain Det. First Grade Didarul Islam [posthumously promoted from police officer] from Midtown Manhattan, where he was killed by an active shooter earlier that day, several hundred NYPD police officers, detectives, and top-ranking police officials, including Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, joined Bronx residents on Tuesday, July 29, in a guard of honor as his body was transferred into his local mosque at 1203 Virginia Avenue in Parkchester.

UPDATE Bronx PO Shot Dead with Four Others, One Critical, Crowdfunding Page Launched for Family

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A young police officer from Parkchester assigned to The Bronx’s 47th Precinct in the north of the borough was fatally shot, along with five other people including the gunman, during an active shooter incident that unfolded in Midtown Manhattan on Monday evening, July 28, at around 6.30 p.m. the NYPD said. Four other people died during the incident, including the gunman, who reportedly shot himself, and one remains in critical but stable condition in hospital, they added.