Soundview: Search for Missing 18-Year-Old Teen

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance locating Julius Daviu, 18, of 1420 Noble Avenue in Soundview who was reported missing in the 43rd precinct. Daviu was last seen on Monday July 26, at his home at approximately 4.30 p.m. He is described as male, is 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighs 110 pounds, is Hispanic, has brown eyes and black hair, and was last seen wearing a black shirt, gray shorts and black sneakers. Anyone with information with regard to 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

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Lehman College has received a $1 million allocation in city capital funding through Bronx Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr.’s office to upgrade several of its most heavily used lecture halls. The funding was authorized July 1 as part of New York City’s $98.7 billion budget for fiscal year 2022. It will cover the costs of lighting, power, heating, and ventilation system upgrades and new furniture and equipment for six lecture halls, five in Carman Hall, and one in Gillet Hall, that serve more than 1,140 students. The renovation project is currently in the design phase. “We’re grateful for

By DAVID GREENE

Police continue to search for a suspect wanted in connection with the beating of an elderly man aboard an MTA bus on May 31, 2021. According to a Twitter post by NYPD Crime Stoppers on Wednesday, July 14, the incident was initially reported on Monday, May 31 on an MTA bus at 5:30 p.m. at East Gun Hill Road and Barnes Avenue in the Olinville section of the Bronx. The Crime Stoppers post reported at the time, “The unidentified individual assaulted an 83-year-old male victim that was attempting to exit MTA bus 8621.” An accompanying video shows

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE

Video courtesy of Citizen Citizen App users posted a video of a dog who appears to have been locked out on a narrow window ledge of a second-story building in Norwood on July 22 at around 7.26 p.m. The location provided was Kossuth Avenue and East Mosholu Parkway North. The video showed two people on the street holding out a sheet underneath the window who appeared to be coaxing the dog to jump onto it but it appeared to be too afraid to do so. Norwood News reached out to both the FDNY and 52nd precinct to

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Police have opened a murder investigation following the shooting of a 38-year-old man in the head inside a car in Morrisania. On Sunday, July 25, at approximately 2.28 a.m. police responded to a call regarding a person who had been shot opposite 589 East 164th Street in Morrisania, in the 42nd precinct. Upon arrival, officers discovered that a 38-year-old man had been seated in the passenger’s seat of his friend’s Honda when an unknown man approached, and started shooting into the vehicle, striking the victim in the head. The victim was transported to Lincoln Hospital by private means

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Alvin Lattimore of 936 Woodycrest Avenue in Highbridge, who was reported missing in the 44th precinct. Lattimore was last seen on July 24, 2021 at approximately 8 a.m. leaving Lincoln Hospital, located at 234 East 149th Street in the South Bronx. He is described male, 69 years old, Black, is approximately 5 feet, 6 inches tall, and was last seen wearing a white and orange shirt, khaki shorts, white New Balance sneakers, and had a cast on his right arm. Anyone with information with regard to this missing person

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Tyresse Bengochea, of 1350 Ogden Avenue, Apt. 3D in Highbridge, who was reported missing in the 44th precinct. It has been reported to police that the missing was last seen on July 20, 2021 at approximately 11 p.m. in the vicinity of 1350 Ogden Avenue. He is described as male, 16 years old, approximately 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighs approximately 110 pounds, has brown eyes, black hair, and was last seen wearing a black t-shirt, black shorts, and black sneakers. Anyone with information with regard to this missing person

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Gregory Padron, 63, of 1710 Vyse Avenue, located in the vicinity of Charlotte Gardens, south of the Cross Bronx Expressway, who was reported missing in the 42nd precinct. It was reported to police that Padron was last seen on Thursday July 21, at 5.10 p.m. at Vyse Avenue, at approximately 1 p.m. He is described as male, Hispanic, 6 feet tall, weighs 200 pounds, has brown eyes and black hair and was last seen wearing a white shirt and blue jeans. Anyone with information with regard to this missing person is

By DAVID GREENE

Days after being called on by Brooklyn Borough President and Democratic mayoral nominee, Eric Adams, to visit the Bronx after a series of recent murders, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio stood with surviving family members, and joined Adams, Councilmember Vanessa Gibson and anti-violence advocates in demanding an end to the violence. The last minute “Stop the Violence” vigil was added to the mayor’s calendar late on Saturday, July 17, when he joined members of Bronx Connect / Release The Grip and Guns Down Life Up on College Avenue in Morrisania, across the street from where Billy Wynn,