Olinville: Search for 60-Year-Old Missing Woman

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Officers from the 47th precinct are seeking the public’s help locating a 60-year-old, Olinville woman who was reported missing on Saturday. Police said that Nancy Castillo, 60, of 3677 White Plains Road in Olinville, was was last seen on Saturday, Dec. 11, at approximately 12.30 p.m., leaving 1105 Boynton Avenue, in the Soundview section of the Bronx. Castillo is described as female, is 5 feet, 5 inches tall, Hispanic, weighs 150 pounds, has a light complexion, a medium build, and has brown, curly hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a blue jacket, a blue shirt,

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An off-duty, New York City Police Department employee was arrested and charged in the 45th precinct in the early hours of Saturday morning, Dec. 11. Edwin Jerez, a 37-year-old male NYPD lieutenant was charged with driving while his ability to drive was impaired (DWAI). The 45th precinct serves a portion of the northeastern section of the Bronx, encompassing Co-op City and City Island. According to police public records, Jerez joined the NYPD as a police officer in 2006, was promoted to sergeant in 2014 and became a lieutenant in March 2021. He is assigned to the 33rd precinct,

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Officers from the 52nd precinct are asking for the public’s help in identifying the person seen in the attached video and photograph who is sought for questioning in connection with a robbery that occurred in University Heights. It was reported to police that on Friday, Dec. 10, at approximately 10.55 a.m., inside the store, Antillana, located at 124 West Fordham Road, the individual began to take grocery items of an unknown value from the store without paying for them. When a store employee approached the person to try and recover the items, the suspect displayed a firearm and

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Further to the indictment of a Bronx man in September 2021 for sexually abusing a four-year-old boy in Belmont in 2020, as reported, on Monday, Dec. 6, Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark appealed to anyone who may also have been victimized, or who may have information about other victims of alleged sexual abuse by the same Bronx man, to contact the police. The defendant, Eric Montes, 48, of Webster Avenue in the Belmont section of the Bronx was charged with predatory sexual assault of a child in the first, second, and third-degree under the Criminal Sexual Act, first

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The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a 14-year-old girl who was reported missing from Fordham Manor. It was reported to the 52nd precinct that Evelyn Hernandez, 14, of 2700 Grand Concourse was last seen on Thursday Dec. 9, at her home at approximately 7.30 a.m. She is described as female, 5 feet, 4 inches tall, Hispanic, weighs 150 pounds, has brown eyes and brown hair. Anyone with information regarding this missing person is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their

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Montefiore Health System announced on Wednesday, Dec. 8, that Dr. Sangita Jindal, who oversees the lab at Montefiore’s Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Health in Hartsdale, NY, has been named the president-elect of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART). According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), ART includes all fertility treatments in which either eggs or embryos are handled. In general, ART procedures involve surgically removing eggs from a woman’s ovaries, combining them with sperm in the laboratory, and returning them to the woman’s body or donating them to another woman. They do NOT include treatments in

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NYC Health + Hospitals (NYC H+H) announced the appointment of David Silvestri, MD, MBA, MHS as the new, systemwide assistant vice president of emergency management for the City’s public hospital system on Thursday, Dec. 9. In his new role, Silvestri will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing emergency and disaster responses systemwide, including the ongoing COVID-19 efforts. NYC H+H officials said Silvestri played a leading role in the system’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including advancing personal protective equipment policies, surge response and level-loading operations, and system surveillance strategy. In the context of the announcement, NYC Health

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Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Wednesday, Dec. 8, that a 32-year-old man has been convicted and sentenced to 22 years to life in prison, after a jury found him guilty of murder for shooting a man multiple times on a Bronx street in 2018. He was also charged with criminal possession of a weapon. Clark said the defendant, Akeem Samuel, 32, whose last known address was 2280 Andrews Avenue in the University Heights section of the Bronx, was sentenced on Tuesday, Dec. 7, to 22 years to life in prison for the second-degree murder charge, along

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Police confirm a man was stabbed during an attempted robbery which occurred in the Fordham Manor section of the Bronx, in the 52nd precinct, on Monday. Police officials said the attempted robbery took place in the vicinity of Decatur Avenue and East 195th Street in Fordham Manor on Monday, Dec. 6, at 5.09 p.m. They said a 23-year-old man reported to police that an unknown individual stabbed him in the face with a sharp instrument and attempted to take his phone. The victim was removed to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition. Anyone with information regarding this