NYPD School Crossing Guard Arrested for Aggravated Harassment, Disobeying Court Order

By SÍLE MOLONEY

On Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 12.15 in the afternoon, Rolando Rivera, 45, an off-duty New York City employee was arrested and charged in the 46th precinct, which covers the Fordham, University Heights, Morris Heights and Mount Hope neighborhoods in the Bronx. According to the police report detailing the arrest, Rivera is an NYPD school crossing guard. He was charged with criminal contempt for disobeying a court order (5 counts), and aggravated harassment (5 counts). According to the public NYPD employee records, there is just one Rolando R Rivera listed in the system, who, according to the public

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the individual seen in the attached video who is sought in connection with a robbery that occurred in the 49th precinct. On Monday, May 3, 2021 at approximately 5.15 p.m., the individual approached a 78-year-old male victim from behind as he entered his vestibule in the vicinity of Brady Avenue and Holland Avenue in the Pelham Parkway section of The Bronx. The suspect put a knife to the victim’s neck and stole $2,000 from him before fleeing the location on foot. There were no reported injuries as a result of

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The campaign for Abigail Martin, candidate in the District 11 City Council primary election, announced on Thursday, May 6, that Martin received the backing of “21 in ‘21” and “Voters for Animal Rights” (VFAR) in the the upcoming Democratic primary election on June 22. 21 in ’21 is a citywide grassroots organization working to elect at least twenty-one women to the New York City Council’s fifty one seats. As reported previously by Norwood News, Jessica Haller, Martin’s former fellow candidate in the recent, March 23, District 11 special election, announced that she had take up a new position as

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Police responded to a 911 call regarding a man who had been shot at 2143 Cruger Avenue in the Pelham Parkway section of the Bronx in the 49th precinct, on Thursday, May 6, 2021 at approximately 3.07 p.m. Upon arrival, police observed a 23-year-old man with gunshot wounds to his chest, unconscious and unresponsive. EMS also responded and transported the man to NYC Health + Hospitals / Jacobi, where he was pronounced deceased. There are no arrests at this time. The investigation is ongoing. The deceased is identified as Abdessamad Essafoui of Kingsland Avenue in the Pelham Gardens section

By DAVID GREENE

An unidentified, 19-year-old man is recovering after he was allegedly run over during a chain reaction vehicle crash which occurred near a ‘pop-up’ car wash in Williamsbridge. Police and fire department rescue crews raced to 1320 East 222nd Street and Wickham Avenue, following initial radio reports that indicated a man was pinned under a vehicle, a claim which could not be corroborated later by officials, when questioned by Norwood News. The FDNY reported that the crash occurred at 7:21 p.m. on Sunday, May 2, along the busy thoroughfare of East 222nd Street. According to an unnamed police

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Fordham University plans to provide financial assistance to ‘neighbors’ of the university’s Rose Hill campus, located in Fordham Manor, beginning this fall. The Fordham School of Professional and Continuing Students (PCS) announced the launch of its Good Neighbor Initiative for the Fall 2021 term on Thursday, May 6. According to the university, this unique program, Good Neighbor Initiative, for adult learners provides an automatic 30 percent discount on tuition fees for undergraduate-seeking PCS students at the Bronx campus who live within certain neighboring zip codes. The selected zip codes cover neighborhoods in the Bronx, lower Westchester County

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the individuals seen in the attached photo who are sought in connection with a reckless endangerment (shots fired) incident that occurred in the 49th precinct. On Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at approximately 10.54 a.m., while the two men were standing in front of 2825 Olinville Avenue in the Allerton section of the Bronx, one of the individuals displayed a firearm and discharged it. There were no victims reported or observed. The individuals then fled the location on foot. Surveillance photos of the individuals, taken from the vicinity of the

By JASON GONZALEZ

Take me out to get the vaccine, and then the game? You bet! In an effort to get more COVID-19 vaccines into the arms of reluctant New Yorkers, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday, May 5, that State residents who show up for a quick jab in the arm of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at Yankee Stadium or at Citi Field will receive a free game ticket. Norwood News recently reported that New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (DOH) published a new Q&A section on its website on the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Applications are open for a scholarship program for local Bronx youth headed to college. The Bronx Rising Initiative (BRI) has opened applications for the Brandon Hendricks Scholarship, offering $5,000 to multiple, high school seniors from The Bronx who have recently been admitted to college. The money is to be put toward their education, as the winners choose. BRI representatives said the scholarship program launched last year in honor of and in partnership with the family of a rising star from the community who, as reported by Norwood News last year, was shot on June 29, 2020, one week before

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