NYPD Data: Reports of Rape Up 27 Percent in The Bronx

April 3, 2019 Kevin Deutsch 0

There were 107 documented reports of rape in the Bronx as of March 31 – the last date for which official statistics are available – representing a 27.4 percent increase from the 84 rapes reported during the same period last year, according to NYPD Compstat data. The total represents nearly a quarter of all rapes reported citywide. 

Leaders of Blood Hound Brims, Gang That Controlled Bronx Drug Markets, Convicted in Federal Court

March 30, 2019 Kevin Deutsch 0

Latique Johnson, 39, the set’s founder, as well as Brandon Green, 36, and Donnell Murray, 39, were instrumental in the gang’s drug trafficking operations –  the Blood Hound Brims sold crack, powder cocaine, and heroin across New York City – as well as acts of gun violence regularly carried out by set members to control Bloods’ territory and intimidate enemy gangs, officials said.