Deaths

Bronx Man Gets 17 Years for Shooting Ex-Girlfriend in Face in Jealous Rage

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced Friday, Jan. 30, that a man was sentenced to 17 years in prison for attempted murder in the second-degree for shooting his former girlfriend in the face after hunting her down at a local nightspot in the Mt. Eden section of The Bronx. 

NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi | NCB Appoints Dr. Sheba Thomas as NCB’s Deputy Chief Nursing Officer

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Christopher Mastromano, CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals Jacobi/North Central Bronx announced Jan. 20 the appointment of Dr. Sheba Thomas as deputy chief nursing officer at the hospital’s North Central Bronx campus. With what he said was an impressive background and a commitment to excellence in patient care, Mastromano said Thomas is “poised to make a meaningful impact in her new role.”

Black Lives Matter Call for Justice for Eric Duprey, Man Killed in Police Sting Operation

By DAVID GREENE
Six days before now former NYPD Sgt. Erik Duran of the NYPD narcotics unit was to go on trial for the 2023 manslaughter of 30-year-old Bronxite, Eric Duprey, members of Black Lives Matter (BLM) stood outside the Bronx Criminal Courthouse vowing to attend every day of the trial, together with Duprey’s family. Meanwhile, members of the NYPD who had attended prior pre-trial court proceedings relating to the case were expected to show up once again in support of Duran. Duprey died amid a police sting operation in the Fordham Manor section of The Bronx.