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— Cab driver Moises Martinez, 52, was arrested and being held without bail for allegedly strangling his NYPD employee

Corrections-2 — Moises Martinez is taken from the 44th Precinct after being charged in connection with the homicide of his girlfriend, an NYPD employee. (Photo by David Greene)

girlfriend on Monday. Police say Yajaira Reyes was found in a trash can inside the couple’s Walton Ave. apartment by police on Sunday after Martinez aroused their suspicion by parking his livery cab on the sidewalk in front of the building, the Daily News reports.

Our David Greene has more:

Officially, the NYPD has offered no motive in the killing, however, one police source maintained that investigators believe jealousy was the reason for the killing.

The medical examiner was expected to conduct an autopsy on Monday that would determine Reyes’ cause of death. Those results may not be available for several days.

Neighbors say the couple was raising four children together. Published reports have said the children were on vacation with relatives in Florida at the time of the slaying.

Martinez was immediately taken into custody and charged with murder and manslaughter.

Reyes, an immigrant from Guatemala, had been a part-time NYPD traffic agent for the better part of the past year.

As Martinez was being led away in handcuffs, the suspect looked straight into the lenses of several photographers until one asked, “Why’d you do it?” The suspect then looked away as he was placed into an unmarked car and seconds later, buried his face in his lap as he was transported to central booking for his arraignment.

Citing an unnamed police source, both Eyewitness News and 1010 WINS reported that Martinez had confessed to the gruesome crime at the scene.

An employee at the Diplo First Class Car Service on Jerome Avenue in Bedford Park, where Martinez worked, said, “He was a quiet guy, but got along with everybody.” The company says it currently employs 300 workers.

— According to Eyewitness News, Police are currently are hoping to catch a man who sexually assaulted a 63-year old woman in Soundview at around 5 a.m. on June 30 . The suspect grabbed the woman from behind, threw her on the ground, and then assaulted her before running off.

— According to a Daily News article, young Mexican-born Bronx activist, Marco Saavedra, has been locked up in an immigration detention facility in Arizona after protesting U.S. deportation policy. He has been living in the U.S. illegally since he was 3, and may not be able to return back to the city if deported.

— A driver who allegedly hit a man in the Bronx on Sunday was arrested when he returned to the scene after initially fleeing, NBC New York reports. Officials say that the 19-year old victim who was hit on Baychester Avenue at 3 a.m. is currently in stable condition.

— Police released a picture of 19-year old Jafar “Jaffy” Borden, who allegedly shot three people in the Bronx, NY1 reports. Police say that Borden fired multiple shots on Holland Avenue on July 9, wounding three teenagers. All three have recovered from their wounds and have been released from the hospital. Police are still searching Borden.

— A 12-year-old boy got his phone back after a robber snatched it, only to have one of the boy’s relatives chase him down and confront him in a Bronx laundromat, Eyewitness News reports. Authorities say the thief snatched it away from the boy on the platform of the No. 4 stop at Jerome Avenue and East 170th Street on Sunday morning. After the confrontation and struggle, the suspect fled the scene and is still at large.

— Fernando Lopez, who assaulted Bx10 bus driver Jose Rondon, received five years’ probation much to the objection of prosecutors and other bus drivers, the Daily News reports. Under state law, transit workers are granted a special “protected status.” Assaulting a worker is punishable by up to seven years in prison. However, incarceration is not mandatory and Lopez had no previous offenses on his record.