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Bronx News Round Up, Wednesday, May 30

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome back to another edition of the Bronx News Roundup. We’re back after the holiday and putting the Norwood News print edition to bed last night. We’ll be rolling out those stories here on Breaking Bronx over the next few days as well as posting items we couldn’t fit into the paper. Here are the Bronx stories we rounded up from the past few days. Weather: National Weather Service says there’s a slight chance of showers before 2 p.m and after 3 p.m., so enjoy your one hour window outside.

Fabian Gonzalez, a 21-year-old Air Force veteran was killed during a shooting outside a Bronx apartment building located on Lyvere Street, over Memorial Day weekend.

Bronx artist Iggy Molina wants to donate his paintings  of Mother Teresa to bring hope to the sick.

A Bronx landlord has sued a tenant who turned his living room into a smelly fish farm that leaks water into the apartment below.

Andrew Manesis, A Bronx veterinarian, has been arrested and charged with dumping the remains of 35 dead animals along the side of the Hutchinson River Parkway in Harrison.

The cast of Broadway’s “Spider-man” invited big-time fan, 8-year-old Armando Bigo, who was shot in the Bronx while out shopping with his mother, to the show.

Bert Irons decided to take action in removing the 40-foot-long shipping container positioned outside of Trinity Methodist Church, but many immigrants are against the act.

Police say three young African American men took part in robbing a livery cab driver at knife point in the Bronx during Memorial Day weekend.

A historic retirement home for the formerly rich in the Bronx, the Andrew Friedman Home has been hosting a slew of art exhibitions, including “This Side of Paradise.”

A 76-year-old Bronx man was found dead Saturday in his Parkchester apartment, with burns to his face. Police are questioning his boyfriend who is decades younger.

Immigrant workers at a Bronx car wash, Xcellent Car Wash, on Jerome Ave, are suing their employer being that they are paid less than minimum wage, and their tips are taken away.

A state trooper who stopped to help Darrin Foster, a Bronx man whose car broke down, soon discovered that the motorist was a fugitive wanted by the U.S. Secret Service in connection with a $1.2 million theft.

Police are searching for a man who allegedly held his own child hostage inside his Morris Park apartment after a fight with the child’s mother .

Former FDNY Lt. Richard Kelly, has sued the Yankees, after being beaten by two intoxicated men after they were served more alcohol at a game.

Jacobi Hospital police rallied for respect after an illegal cab driver allegedly dragged Sgt. Mike Thorp along the pavement and then was released without bail.

A group from the Sons of Italy took a trip to New York City to visit the 9/11 Memorial and also visited  Little Italy in the Bronx.

52-year-old Angel Guridy-Cabral, a suspected serial killer, was brought from the Dominican Republic to face second-degree murder charges in the Bronx.

This summer, Orchard Beach opened more snack bars offering Cuban and Italian food as well as seafood, run by the owners of an East Tremont restaurant.

Jimmy Coble, Fordham Prep grad, suffered from a stroke when he was only 8 and recently volunteered at Blythedale Children’s Hospital, the hospital that saved his life.

A woman whose family alleged that she was suffering from brain damage and was left disabled by hospital treatment was awarded $120 million by a Bronx jury.

A cousin of US Supreme Court Justice and Bronx native Sonia Sotomayor was mugged walking down the stairs into the Tremont Avenue subway station on the Grand Concourse.

Enjoy the day. Send links and news tips to us at norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org.

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