2 Suspects Charged, 2 Wanted In Morris Heights, Bronx Attack
Two suspects have been charged, and two more have been identified, in an attack on a man in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx.
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Two suspects have been charged, and two more have been identified, in an attack on a man in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx.
According to authorities, the three men approached the 47-year-old victim on Southern Boulevard, assaulted him and stole his cell phone.
Including the final phase of Operation Crew Cut, a total of 50 members or leaders of four violent gangs have been charged with murder, assault, narcotics possession and on gun-related crimes, according to authorities.
The New York Police Department has issued changes to how its officers deal with fare beaters following an internal review and a controversial arrest made in the Bronx last week.
According to police, a man dressed in women's clothing walked into the Mo Tress Wig/Hair Store located at 4200 White Plains Rd. on Monday around 5:40 p.m., took the victim's iPhone 5S off the display counter and walked out of the store.
Police early Wednesday were asking the public to help find two suspects who robbed a man in at the 205th Street D Train terminal in the Bronx.
The pastor of Real Life Church has his eye on the former strip club Platinum Pleasures in Hunts Point.
Police on Tuesday were asking the public to help them find two suspects who held up a video game store at gunpoint in Marble Hill.
According to police, 18-year-old Christopher Lopez was arrested on attempted murder and other charges stemming from Wednesday's shooting on Morris Park Avenue in the Van Nest section of the Bronx.
Police Friday night asked the public to help them find a suspect in a shooting last weekend in a Bronx nightclub.
The 30-year-old victim was entering the Grand Concourse and East 182nd Street subway station when two men approached her from behind, knocked her onto the stairway and removed her iPhone and about $70, police said.
Idelfonso Mendez pleaded guilty Thursday to gang assault, though not to any hate crime charges, in the October 3, 2010 beating that authorities described as a violent act mixed with gang ideology, sexual assault, torture and bias against gays.
There is an increased health concern at Fordham University Thursday after a total of 13 students are believed to have come down with the mumps.
The investigation began last Friday when police said a man walked into a police station with a container that tested positive for cyanide.
Eight students on the Bronx campus of Fordham University have contracted mumps.
Three people were in police custody Wednesday evening in connection with a shooting that wounded three people – including a 79-year-old woman – in the Bronx.
Even though it appeared most of the roof collapsed, there were no injuries. But there was a rush of water from inside, with ceiling tiles and the contents of the roof draining into the store.
Another tanker is being brought to the seen to offload the propane, the FDNY said.
A nursing aide was accused Tuesday of the rape of a 64-year-old woman at the Bronx nursing home where he worked.
Three weeks ago two Hispanic passengers allegedly tried to rob driver Luis Molina by luring him out of his cab to help put their suitcases in the trunk.
Police on Friday were asking the public to help them find a man who walked into an 83-year-old woman's room in a Bronx nursing home and flashed his genitals.
Michelle Mohan died of mitochondrial disease in the fall. Her parents are donating her custom wheelchair to a woman from Puerto Rico.
A 5-year-old girl fell from a window Thursday while home alone with her siblings at a Bronx apartment.
Thursday's extreme weather made it difficult for firefighters in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx. Getting water to a blaze proved to be a challenge.
Residents and subway riders are having quite a tough time trying to traverse a walkway along the Grand Concourse at 175th Street in Tremont.
