With Youth Jobs Program, Bronx Councilman Hopes to Lure Teens Away From Gang Life
“Every young person who wants a job should be able to get one, period,” Torres told Bronx Justice News. “A job is a deterrent to violence and joining a gang.”
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Police Hunt Burglar Who Prowled Infant’s Room in Riverdale
A camera in the sleeping 2-month-old’s room captured the intruder slinking past the baby’s crib shortly after 8 p.m. Friday. The burglar got into the apartment, located near Johnson Avenue and West 236th Street, through an unlocked fire escape window, police said.
TSA: Bronx Man With Loaded Gun Tried to Push Past Officers In JFK Terminal
A Bronx man armed with a loaded 9 millimeter pistol – and carrying fake identification documents – was arrested after he tried to push past TSA officers at a JFK Airport checkpoint, officials said.
Bronx, Brooklyn DA’s Join Prosecutors from Twelve States in Calling for End to Money Bail in NY
A group of fourteen prosecutors from cities across the U.S., including the District Attorneys of Brooklyn and Albany, sent a letter to Gov. Cuomo and the state legislature Wednesday calling for an end to money bail in New York. Not among the signees: Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance, Staten Island DA Michael McMahon, and outgoing Queens DA Richard Brown.
Jury Won’t Hear Dramatic 911 Call in Case of Wounded 5-Year-Old Jaheem Hunter
Unable to speak, walk, or breathe on his own in the weeks after the June 2017 shooting – which happened on his fifth birthday – the little boy fought valiantly to stay alive, making what his family called a “miraculous” recovery. Authorities credited the quick thinking of his sister, Aja Holmes, and father, Charles Hunter, who cradled the bleeding child en route to the hospital, with saving his life.
Reputed Member of ‘Sex, Money, Murder’ Gang Convicted in 2015 Bronx Killing
Erin Hall, 42, faces a sentence of up to life in prison for the 2015 slaying of Felix De La Cruz, who challenged Hall with taunts of “do it, do it,” before Hall shot him in the head, according to eyewitness testimony.
Amid Surge in Rape Cases, NYPD To Deploy More Cops to Bronx Precinct
Eight additional police officers will be sent to the 43rd Precinct following a sharp increase in rape totals in the Bronx, NYPD officials announced Monday.
District Attorney Darcel Clark On Criminal Justice Reform Legislation: “The question is not if but how we implement.”
Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark this weekend signaled her support for progressive, statewide criminal justice reform, exclusively telling Bronx Justice News that changes to the current system are “inevitable.”
Los Vagos vs. Los Cholos: Inside the Gangland Feud At Center of Teen’s Shooting Arrest
When 16-year-old Edgar Garcia allegedly fired three shots across a busy Bronx street Feb. 22, the reputed gang member was partaking in a violent underworld conflict—one whose roots predate his birth, and has sparked dozens of violent assaults and shootings during the past decade.
Police: 16-year-old Gang Member, Suspected of Shooting Into Crowd, In NYPD Custody
A 16-year old gang member was taken into custody by NYPD detectives Friday, suspected of firing three shots on a Concourse street bustling with children and other bystanders, police said.