Missing People

UPDATE Gas Repairs Underway at Botanical Square after Residents Without Gas Since 2024

By DAVID GREENE
After residents of four buildings located at Botanical Square in the Bedford Park section of The Bronx were left without gas for over a year, as reported, when a water main break on nearby Webster Avenue flooded the block and basements of the buildings in December 2024, the property manager and Con Edison both say the required repair work has now been completed at the affected buildings, and gas was due to be turned back on for at least some of the residents on Thursday, Feb. 19. The flooding had destroyed the electrical wiring and Con Edison’s gas meters they said.

UPDATE Belmont: 21-Year-Old Male Shot, One Person Arrested

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Police said a young man has been shot in the Belmont section of the Bronx near 663 Crescent Avenue and is likely to survive. However, the address was for a nearby tax business and on arrival in Belmont, Norwood News saw that police had cordoned off a section of nearby Cambreleng Avenue at the intersection of East 187th Street outside Nashley Barbershop, located at 2400 Cambreleng Avenue. 

Fordham Manor: Man Sought for Assault of MTA Bus Driver

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached video who is wanted in connection with an assault of an MTA employee that occurred in the Fordham Manor section of The Bronx. 

Crips Gang Member Pleads Guilty to March 2021 Bronx Murder in Soundview

By SÍLE MOLONEY
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton announced Friday, April 3, that Alieu Jarjou, 31, a/k/a “Scally,” a/k/a “Lu Scally,” pled guilty the same day before U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos to his criminal activities as a member of the “Rollin 20s” set of the Crips gang, including the March 2021 murder of Jadon Robinson in the Soundview section of The Bronx.

Bronxites Show Up for Three “No Kings” Rallies Held Across the Borough on 3rd Nationwide “No Kings” Day

By DAVID GREENE
On a cold and blustery day on Saturday, March 28, 2026, several hundred Bronxites packed Lou Gehrig Plaza in the Concourse section of The Bronx, across the street from Bronx Borough Hall at East 161st Street and the Grand Concourse, to be part of history. Organizers of the nationwide “No Kings” movement said at least 8 million people turned out across the country at more than 3,300 locations for a third national protest the same day.