Jonathan Abramovitz

Rikers Island Inmates Charged with Assault for Vicious Beating of Fellow Detainee

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on June 22 that four Rikers Island inmates have been charged with gang assault and related offenses for brutally beating a fellow inmate, leaving him hospitalized with serious injuries. In the context of the announcement, Clark said, “The defendants allegedly carried out a brutal, unprovoked attack against a fellow detainee inside a facility on Rikers Island. They allegedly punched and kicked the victim so severely that his spleen had to be removed and his rib was fractured, among other serious injuries.” She added, “We will not tolerate violence on Rikers Island and are


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Ten Rikers Island Detainees Charged with Assault Leaving 4 Men with Vicious Injuries in Bloody Gang Violence

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Friday, May 12, that four current and six former detainees of Rikers Island jail have been charged with violent attacks that occurred inside the jail. She said three men were brutally beaten during a “war” between alleged Bloods and Crips gang members, and one man was left with deep wounds after what was described by the District Attorney’s office as a “petty dispute.”   In the context of the announcement, Clark said, “We continue to prosecute violence in our jails, even when the victims do not cooperate with the investigation out of


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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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Bronx Student at Tennessee College Gets 10 Years for Selling 73 Guns to Undercover Cop

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Wednesday, Nov. 16, that a 23-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for trafficking 73 weapons and high-capacity magazines to The Bronx and Manhattan, where they were sold to an undercover NYPD officer.   Clark said of the case, “The defendant, who was a college student at the time in Tennessee, trafficked semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines from the south to New York City. He brought some of the weapons in duffle bags by bus and then sold them to an undercover NYPD officer. The illegal influx of guns


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23 Alleged River Park Towers Gang Members Charged with Attempted Murder, Animal Cruelty & Other Charges

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark and New York City Police Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell announced on Tuesday, May 24, that 21 men and one teen, alleged members of the River Park Towers gang, have been charged in a 65-count indictment with conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder, attempted assault, criminal possession of a weapon and numerous other charges related to multiple shootings in and around the River Park Towers complex in the Morris Heights section of The Bronx.   Another indictment charges seven of the defendants with attempted murder, weapons possession, and other charges for an incident on August


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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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