Safety

Allerton: Two-Car Crash Involving One Stolen Vehicle Sends Both Drivers to Jail

By DAVID GREENE
A wild and potentially deadly, two-vehicle crash that resulted in injury to one driver and at least one vehicle mounting a sidewalk in the Allerton section of The Bronx has resulted in the arrest of both involved drivers.   According to police, the crash was reported at 12:13 p.m. on Thursday, January 27, at the intersection of Astor Avenue and Laconia Avenue.   NYPD detective Annette Shelton told Norwood News, “It was discovered that an 18-year-old man was operating a 2020 Acura on Laconia Avenue when it collided with a 2021 Mercedes, operated by a 35-year-old male that was traveling


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Westchester Square: Livery Driver Shot in Leg While in Car Collides with Second Vehicle

By DAVID GREENE
A livery taxi driver was wounded as he sat behind the wheel of his cab by an unknown assailant on Friday in the Westchester Square section of the Bronx. The driver reportedly hit the gas to escape the gunman, causing his vehicle to plow into a parked car. An unnamed detective at police headquarters told Norwood News late Friday night that the shooting was reported along Zerega Avenue, between Lyon and Westchester Avenues at 6:15 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 28. The detective said, “There was a shooting at the location. A male was shot in the leg while inside his


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UPDATE Norwood: Fire at 52nd Precinct Under Control, No Injuries

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD reported that a fire broke out on Friday, Jan. 28, at 3016 Webster Avenue, home to the 52nd precinct, in Norwood.  Officers said there were no injuries, and the cause of the fire is still to be determined.   https://twitter.com/FDNYAlerts/status/1487197063830032390?s=20&t=JJKz4nfkYb3slEybOHfHHw FDNY put out an alert over Twitter for all hands at 5.53 p.m, and another at 6.20 p.m., confirming that the fire was under control.   Norwood News followed up with the FDNY, and the department later confirmed that FDNY units responded on Friday evening to 3016 Webster Avenue in Norwood regarding a fire on the third floor


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UPDATE DSNY Issues Snow Alert from Friday, January 28, beginning 4 p.m., through Sunday Morning

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) issued a snow alert for Friday, Jan. 28, beginning at 4 p.m. The alert is in effect through all of Saturday and into Sunday morning. A snow alert is the department’s “higher-level” winter weather message, as opposed to the “lower-level” winter operations advisory.   Get all your storm-related information about closings, snow removal, trash collection, transportation, city-impacting advisories, and more in one place! The #NYC311 Snow Page: https://t.co/95SwOqhAH4 pic.twitter.com/rtDS2Frn18 — New York City 311 (@nyc311) January 29, 2022   Based on forecasts, DSNY officials said scattered snow showers may start as early


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Norwood: Man Shot, Police Search for Suspect

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD are continuing to search for a suspect following a shooting of a man inside a residential building in Norwood.   A department spokesperson told Norwood News by phone that police received a report of an adult male who was shot in the leg on the 4th floor of a building at 3211 Parkside Place on Thursday, Jan. 27, at 15.31.   The victim was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital and is expected to survive.   The perpetrator was last seen on foot in the vicinity of 207th Street and Parkside Place. No physical description was available for the


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Fordham Heights: Cab Driver Stiffed, Stabbed & Robbed

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance identifying the three individuals seen in the attached photos and video who are sought in connection to a robbery that occurred in Fordham Heights, in the 46th precinct.   It was reported to police that on Thursday, Jan. 20, at 9.28 p.m., in the vicinity of 3222 Bronx Boulevard in Olinville, a 34-year-old male livery driver picked up three passengers who asked to be transported to another location. A short time later, when the cab arrived at the vicinity of 184th Street and Creston Avenue in Fordham


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UPDATE Bronx DA: Tennessee College Student Charged with Selling 73 Guns to Undercover Officer

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark and New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell announced that a 23-year-old man has been charged with hundreds of counts of criminally selling a firearm, criminal possession of a firearm and related charges for trafficking 73 weapons and high capacity magazines to the Bronx and Manhattan, where they were sold to an undercover NYPD officer.   Clark said the defendant allegedly brought semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines up from the south of the country, sometimes transporting them in a duffle bag by bus. Dozens of the firearms were loaded, and four were considered assault


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UPDATE Bronx Defenders Issue Cool Response to Mayor’s Blue Print to Curb Gun Violence

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The Bronx Defenders, The Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn Defender Services, The Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem and Queens Defenders released the a statement on Monday, Jan. 24, in response to Mayor Eric Adams’ announcement earlier on Monday of his “Blueprint to End Gun Violence” in New York City. The mayor’s announcement follows a roundtable discussion held at a public school in Bedford Park on Saturday, Jan. 22, with crisis management teams and violence interrupters, amid a spate of high-profile police and civilian shootings which have taken place since he took office, including, as reported, the shooting of a now 1-year-old


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UPDATE New Rochelle High School Teacher Arraigned for Distributing Indecent Material to 15-Year-Old

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced on Monday, Jan. 24, that former Salesian High School teacher, Mariela Barajas, was arraigned for allegedly disseminating indecent material to a 15-year-old.   Barajas, 22, of Mount Vernon, was charged on Jan. 24, in Mount Vernon City Court with disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree, a felony. The Westchester County District Attorney’s Office made the arrest following an investigation, with assistance from the Mount Vernon Police Department and New Rochelle Police Department.   While employed at the New Rochelle school, in December 2021 and January 2022, Barajas allegedly engaged


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