UPDATE Nine Rikers Island Inmates & Alleged Bloods Gang Members Charged with Assault of Six Other Inmates

By SÍLE MOLONEY
MAKESHIFT WEAPONS RECOVERED from an assault carried out between rival gang members in Rikers Islands prison on August 18, 2022. Video courtesy of The Office of the Bronx District Attorney Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Feb. 9 that nine Rikers Island inmates were charged with assault for carrying out what was described as a vicious attack against six other inmates in the jail using makeshift weapons and leaving the victims bloody. According to the prosecution, the attack lasted 15 minutes, and the victims needed hospital treatment for their wounds.   In the context of the announcement, Clark


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Riley Leads Press Conference at City Hall to Close Rikers

By SÍLE MOLONEY
District 12 City Council Member Kevin Riley and District 33 City Council Member Lincoln Restler lead a rally entitled, “A Pathway to Closing Rikers Island and Ending Mass Incarceration in NYC,” by safely reducing the jail population at City Hall in Manhattan on Tuesday, April 11,  together with other council members and advocates for the incarcerated.   As reported, Rikers Island jail has been plagued with bad press for many years due to, among other reasons, the number of people who have died while in custody, awaiting trial, and the number of violent incidents involving both detainees and NYC Department of


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University Heights: Two Sought in Attempted Assault

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the people seen in the attached photos who the department says are sought in connection with an attempted assault that occurred on the southern border of University Heights.   It was reported to police that on Monday, April 10, at approximately 2.05 p.m., two unidentified male individuals on a blue moped approached two unidentified male individuals who were walking in the vicinity of Andrews Avenue South and West Burnside Avenue.   A police spokesperson said one of the two got off the moped, displayed a gun and shot multiple rounds in


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Bedford Park: Man Sought in Robbery of Elderly Person

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help locating the person seen in the attached photo who they said is sought in connection with the robbery of an elderly person which took place in Bedford Park.   It was reported to police that on Saturday, April 8, at around 01.10 a.m., in the vicinity of East 199th Street and Briggs Avenue, a 68-year-old male victim was entering his residential building when an unidentified man approached him from behind and pushed him to the ground.   A police spokesperson said, “The victim fell on his face and the individual then forcibly


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UPDATE Three Building Contractors Charged in First Bronx Manslaughter and Criminally Negligent Homicide Case

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Three building contractors were indicted on Wednesday, April 12, in the first Bronx case to bring charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide for a construction fatality which took place, as reported by Norwood News at the time, at 94 East 208th Street in Norwood in 2019.   The victim, a father and 46-year-old Ecuadorian immigrant worker, Segundo Manuel Huerta Mayancela, was crushed by 1,000 pounds of debris in what was described as an egregiously dangerous building site, a joint investigation by NYC Department of Investigation (DOI) and the Bronx District Attorney’s office found. Builders also allegedly falsified credentials/permits and flouted safety


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Norwood: Man Races Motorbike in Oval, Balancing on Back Wheel as Kids Play Nearby

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A man dressed in black and riding a blue fairly heavy looking motorbike up and down the path beside the running track in the Williamsbridge Oval in Norwood on Wednesday, April 12, while kids and seniors were playing / relaxing close by. At different stages, as he was racing, the man elevated the bike at the front, balancing it just on its back wheel. He slowed down when he saw us and asked us not to record him. As reported, since Aug. 1, 2022, tickets are being issued to drivers who breach the 25 mph citywide speed limit by exceeding


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Norwood: Free Tablets & Phones for People on Government Assistance

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Percy Barber of Back Office Management Group is tabling outside the Bainbridge Avenue entrance to the 205th Street subway station in Norwood (at East 206th Street) on Wednesday, April 12, offering free phones and tablets to eligible persons.   “This is a government program where we give life lines like free phones and tablets to those on government assistance, whether it’s food stamps, Medicaid, SSI, WIC, public housing… anybody that’s basically in need of an extra push and that’s what we do,” he said.   Barber said he works with Insurance Wireless but he, himself, works for Back Office Management


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UPDATE Olinville: 17-Year-Old Male Arrested in Fatal Shooting of Second 17-Year-Old

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  Police said they have made an arrest in the case of the recent fatal shooting of a 17-year-old male youth in Olinville.   As reported, according to the NYPD, the shooting took place on Monday, April 10, at around 10.05 p.m. A police spokesperson said officers from the 47th Precinct / Transit District 12 responded to a 911 call regarding a male who had been shot inside Burke Avenue subway station, located on White Plains Road, serving the 5 and the 2 lines.   “Upon arrival, police observed two 17-year-old males with gunshot wounds,” the spokesperson said. The first


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UPDATE Morris Park: 64-Year-Old Male E-Cyclist Killed in Hit & Run Incident

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES & SÍLE MOLONEY
A 64-year-old, male e-cyclist was killed in a hit and run incident in Morris Park, according to the NYPD.   Police said that on Wednesday, April 5, at around 11.22 p.m., responding officers from the 49th Precinct discovered the male e-cyclist lying on the roadway at the intersection of Williamsbridge Road and Pierce Avenue.   They said he sustained head trauma and was removed to Jacobi Medical Center, where he was pronounced deceased.   “Further investigation by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad determined that a white, pick-up truck with an unknown make, model or year, driven by an


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