Suspect in Stabbing of 5-Year-Old Bronx Boy Arrested
Police on Sunday arrested a man they believe stabbed a 5-year old boy in his back as the child walked through West Farms with his mother, authorities said.
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22-Year-Old Man Slain in Bronx Building Lobby
Alberto DeJesus, 22, was cut down by multiple bullets in the Avenue St. John building around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, police said.
Man Fatally Shot Outside Webster Houses
Police are searching for the gunman who killed a 33-year-old man outside the Webster Houses in Morrisania Friday, after they took another suspect linked to the shooting into custody, authorities said.
In Move Expected to Help Grieving Bronx Families, NY State Will Pay Up to $6,000 For Crime Victim Burial Costs
People who paid or incurred burial costs for a crime victim may now be eligible for up to $6,000 total from the state’s Office of Victim Services for expenses including funeral services, burial plot, the deceased’s burial clothes, clergy fees, transportation costs for the deceased, obituaries, and church fees for religious services and flowers.
Bronx Man Indicted For Slashing Throats of Son and Stepdaughter
A Bronx man was indicted Tuesday for allegedly slashing the throats of his 12-year-old son and 18-year-old stepdaughter inside the family’s Kingsbridge apartment, prosecutors said.
Bike-Riding Gunman Wounds 3 in Bronx; Latest In String of Similar Shootings
A bicycle-riding gunman wounded three people in Concourse Village Sunday—the latest in a string of shootings perpetrated by attackers who used bikes or motorcycles to help carry out their crimes.
Bronx DA’s Paralegal Arrested After Spilling Heroin, Crack In Lobby of Headquarters
The Bronx’s opioid scourge hit home for the district attorney’s office last week when a DA paralegal accidentally dropped more than three dozen baggies of heroin and crack cocaine in the lobby of office headquarters on East 161st Street, according to court records and authorities.
Bronx Man Sentenced to Life in 2012 Killing
Raheem Simon, 29, fatally shot Jared Jones, 23, in front of 928 Intervale Avenue, as he stood outside a party, prosecutors said.
Rape, Beating of Bronx Woman Racially Motivated: Records
Temar Bishop, 23, who police charged with assault with a weapon as a hate crime—along with rape, predatory sex assault, attempted murder, and other crimes—is accused of punching, kicking, and raping the 20-year-old victim on the roof of his apartment building on Alexander Avenue in Mott Haven on June 1, records show.
Exclusive: Bronx Prosecutors Won Lowest Percentage of Violent Felony Cases in 2018
By Kevin Deutsch [email protected] The Bronx District Attorney’s Office last year had the lowest percentage of violent felony convictions among city prosecutors, securing sentences for […]