North Bronx: Female NYPD Employee Arrested on Assault & Other Charges
The New York Police Department said an employee in their department has been arrested.
The New York Police Department said an employee in their department has been arrested.
The New York Lottery announced one top-prize winning ticket was sold in The Bronx for the Oct 31 TAKE 5 Evening drawing. The ticket was sold at Fairfield Food Inc., located at 2525 3rd Avenue, and was worth $17,751.50.
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Aug. 23, that a Bronx man was sentenced to an indeterminate sentence of 16 years to life in prison for raping a woman in an elevator inside a Pelham Bay Park building.
It was Halloween [Oct. 31] and you could pretty much cut the atmosphere with a knife by the end of the BronxNet debate held between the two candidates running in the upcoming general election on Nov. 7 in City Council District 13. Moderator extraordinaire Gary Axelbank had his work cut out for him as he tried to sign off during the recording of the debate at BronxNet's Lehman College studio in Bedford Park, while Democratic incumbent City Council Member Marjorie Velázquez and Republican and Conservative candidate Kristy Marmorato continued to talk over one other, each with allegations of nepotism.
Police said Sunday that a woman who was shot on Saturday night at Bronx Housing Authority in Marble Hill is now in stable condition.
This week, we asked readers their thoughts on the proliferation of illegal cannabis stores opening up in Bronx communities. As reported, Assembly Member John Zaccaro Jr. recently carried out two different raids in Assembly District 80, targeting illegal stores, as community boards across the City continue to assess the situation in efforts to balance everyone's rights in the context of the license application process.
Over 100 pounds of suspected cocaine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, heroin, and oxycodone, carrying an estimated street value of $4 million, was seized by law enforcement from a Bronx pizzeria last week, officials said. The seizure, part of an ongoing investigation into drug trafficking in New York City, was carried out by federal, State and local law enforcement officers at Mexzzarella Pizza in the Soundview/Clason Point section of The Bronx, officials said.
The Orchestra of the Bronx, founded and conducted by Michael Spierman, returns on Sunday, Oct. 22, at 3 p.m. for a free concert at Lehman College's Lovinger Theatre, performing Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 (the Eroica). Spierman leads a 40-member orchestra of musicians drawn from other major orchestras and Broadway shows.
Federal prosecutors say a Bronx female NYPD officer, Grace Rosa Baez, and a Yonkers man, Cesar Martinez, who are romantic partners, have been busted and charged with attempting to traffic fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine. Both were arrested on Thursday, Oct. 19, and were presented on Friday, Oct. 20, before U.S. Magistrate Judge James L. Cott in Manhattan federal court.