UPDATE Mayor Issues Security-Related Statement following Iran’s Drone Attack on Israel

By SÍLE MOLONEY

New York City Mayor Eric Adams released the following security-related statement on Saturday, April 13, after Iran launched a drone attack against the State of Israel:

Fordham Manor: Two Dead, Three Hospitalized, One Charged following Severe Two-Car Collision

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE

Two men are dead, three women were hospitalized and one has been arrested and charged following an early morning horrific crash in Fordham Manor.

New York Yankees Release Statement on Death of Former Yankee Fritz Peterson

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York Yankees released a statement on Friday, April 12, following news of the death of former Yankee Fritz Peterson.

West Bronx: Man Identified & Sought following Fatal Shooting of Second Man in August 2023

By DAVID GREENE

Police are appealing to the public for help locating the person seen in the attached photo who they said is sought, pursuant to an ongoing investigation, in connection to a fatal shooting of a 40-year-old man on the Cross Bronx Expressway by Jerome Avenue last August.

UPDATE Mt Hope: Mom of 5-Year-Old Twins Found Smothered inside East 175th Street Building Arrested & Charged

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY

Police have arrested the 42-year-old mother of the 5-year-old twins who were found deceased inside their home in the Mt. Hope section of the Bronx in December 2023 and the Bronx District Attorney’s office has charged her in connection with their deaths. Police said on March 15 that the twins’ deaths had been ruled a [double] homicide and the cause was found to be asphyxiation.

UPDATE 2nd Member of B.R.A.G. Cure Violence Group Arrested on Drug & Gun Charges

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY

Police said a second member of the local cure violence group, Bronx Risies Against Gun Violence (B.R.A.G.), Jermaine Greene, has been charged with firearm and drug offenses, following his arrest at Fordham Road subway station.

Harlem Man Charged with Murder of Bronx Acquaintance, Dismembering & Decapitating Him

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Tuesday, April 2, that a Manhattan man has been charged with first-degree murder and additional charges for fatally shooting a Bronx man in the Highbridge section of the borough, cutting up his body and trying to hide the remains.

Mt Hope: Death of 5-Year-Old Twins inside East 175th Street Building Ruled a Homicide

By DAVID GREENE

Police said on March 15 that the death of two 5-year-old twins found unresponsive inside their home in Mt. Hope in December 2023 has been ruled a homicide.

Fordham Manor: Man Fatally Shot and Second Man Hospitalized

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE

One man in his early 20s has died, and another man, also in his early 20s, was hospitalized following a second shooting incident in Fordham Manor on Saturday, March 30, police said.

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UPDATE Mayor Issues Security-Related Statement following Iran’s Drone Attack on Israel

Fordham Manor: Two Dead, Three Hospitalized, One Charged following Severe Two-Car Collision

New York Yankees Release Statement on Death of Former Yankee Fritz Peterson

West Bronx: Man Identified & Sought following Fatal Shooting of Second Man in August 2023

UPDATE Mt Hope: Mom of 5-Year-Old Twins Found Smothered inside East 175th Street Building Arrested & Charged

UPDATE 2nd Member of B.R.A.G. Cure Violence Group Arrested on Drug & Gun Charges

Harlem Man Charged with Murder of Bronx Acquaintance, Dismembering & Decapitating Him

Mt Hope: Death of 5-Year-Old Twins inside East 175th Street Building Ruled a Homicide

Fordham Manor: Man Fatally Shot and Second Man Hospitalized