Four Charged for Interstate Trafficking of Ghost Guns into Yonkers

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced on Tuesday, Aug. 9, that four individuals who were arrested in June as a result of a multi-agency investigation into the trafficking of illegal firearms from Washington to Westchester between April and June have been charged. In addition to the arrests, authorities seized 31 ghost guns, as well as two conventional firearms, that were allegedly assembled and purchased in Washington, D.C., before being transported to Yonkers for sale between April 28 and June 24. “This case is just one example of my gun safety initiative in action: conducting proactive investigations

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help locating a 70-year-old man reported missing in Fordham Manor. Police said Michael Hernandez, 70, of 100 West Kingsbridge Road in The Bronx, NY, was last seen Thursday, Aug. 11, at 1.30 p.m., leaving his home. He is described as male, around 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs 120 pounds, is Hispanic, has a thin build, a medium complexion, brown eyes, a goatee and straight black hair. “He was last seen wearing a black jacket, grey jeans, and a grey baseball cap,” police said. Anyone with information regarding to this incident is asked

By DAVID GREENE

Teams of NYPD officers are entering their 5th weekend of a citywide crackdown on illegal and or unregistered motorized dirt bikes, scooters, and All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs). Meanwhile, stores across the City continue to sell motorized scooters given there are seemingly no restrictions on such purchases. Officials from the NYPD held a press conference at Norwood’s 52nd Precinct on Webster Avenue on Tuesday, August 2, during which NYPD’s chief of patrol, Chief Jeffrey Maddrey, was joined by Bronx borough commander, Assistant Chief Philip Rivera, commanding officer of NYPD’s Highway One, Captain Lee Manuel and the 52nd Precinct’s commanding

By SÍLE MOLONEY

For the first time in the history of the City Council, on Thursday, Aug. 11, the legislative body passed a package of legislation addressing significant disparities in maternal health, mortality, and morbidity. City Council representatives said that while about 30 birthing people in New York City die each year of a pregnancy-related cause, statistics indicate that approximately 3,000 women “almost die,” or experience morbidity, during childbirth, with the majority of cases being people of color. In New York City, Black women are eight times more likely than white women to die from a pregnancy-related cause, and nearly three times

By SÍLE MOLONEY

MTA chief safety and security officer, Patrick Warren, issued a statement further to news that a person was found to have been carrying a gun in the Woodlawn Road Subway Station, serving the 4 line. “The NYPD’s presence at subway stations continues to pay off as alert officers spotted a woman evading the fare, and when stopping her, discovered a loaded gun and an outstanding warrant,” Warren said. “In addition to taking a weapon out of the transit system, it drives home that those who want to prey on people in the transit system should expect to be caught

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE

The MTA has announced the death of a female transit worker who was only three months into her role at its Mosholu maintenance yard in Bedford Park. In a brief statement on Thursday, Aug. 11, the agency wrote, “The Transit family is heartbroken to have lost a colleague as she was putting a train into service at the Mosholu Yard to help move New Yorkers, and we are conducting a thorough investigation to determine what happened.” The agency said the victim, Azure Forde, 38, joined NYC Transit on May 15, 2022, as a train operator. Breaking

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Police said they arrested a 14-year-old boy following the fatal shooting of another 14-year-old boy in the lobby of a Fordham Manor building that took place on Thursday. An NYPD spokesperson said on Thursday, Aug. 11, at around 1.06 a.m. police were alerted to a report of a man, shot at East 194th Street and Briggs Avenue. An NYPD spokesperson said, “Police observed an unidentified male teenager with a gunshot wound to his chest,” The spokesperson added, “EMS also responded and transported the male to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.” The victim was later identified

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Officers from the 52nd Precinct have offered a reward for information on a shooting that occurred in Norwood on July 26. As reported on our social media channels, Norwood News received unconfirmed reports from local businesses of a shooting on Tuesday afternoon, July 26, on East Gull Hill Road in the vicinity of Hull Avenue. When contacted on two different occasions later that day by Norwood News, a police press office spokesperson said they had no record of the alleged incident. However, the next day, July 27, the 52nd Precinct tweeted that a reward of up to $3,500

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in locating the man seen in the attached video and photo who is sought for questioning in connection to a groping incident that occurred in Kingsbridge Heights. It was reported to police that on Thursday, Aug. 4, at around 8 p.m., inside of Antillana Meat Market, located at 123 West Kingsbridge Road, the man, who is unknown to a 39-year-old female victim, grabbed her buttocks while she was shopping. The victim did not sustain any physical injuries as a result of the incident. The man fled the location on foot, heading

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