Criminal Justice

UPDATE Williamsbridge: Female Suspect Arrested after Woman 37 is Fatally Slashed

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Police have arrested a 32-year-old woman following the fatal stabbing of a second 37-year-old woman from Mt. Vernon in the Williamsbridge section of The Bronx, a department spokesperson said on Wednesday. Police had been appealing to the public to help locate the woman seen in the attached photo, who they had identified as 32-year-old Jalessa Richardson, in connection with the incident.

Bronx Elected Officials, Housing Advocates & Union Leaders Hold Counter Protests to Trump Rally

By FAHIMA DEGIA
Sitting at his home in The Bronx, Brian Camilo, 21, watched live on television as former U.S. President Donald J. Trump threw paper towel after paper towel into a large crowd of Puerto Ricans who were crammed inside Calvary Chapel, Puerto Rico seeking comfort, reassurance, and support in the wake of Hurricane Maria after it devastated their island in September 2017. For Camilo, the former president’s seemingly flippant actions signaled to him that the wealthy didn’t care about the struggles and hardships of Hispanics.

Former U.S. President Donald J. Trump Hosts Rally in Crotona Park

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY
Two days after the defense rested its case in the historic criminal trial held in Manhattan of former U.S. President Donald Trump over his alleged falsification of business records ahead of the 2016 presidential election [and in which Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts on May 30], the former president held a rally in The Bronx’s Crotona Park on Thursday, May 23.

Two Men Now Plead Guilty in Fentanyl Poisoning Case of Baby Nicholas Dominici at Bronx Daycare Center

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Federal prosecutors and the Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Monday, June 10, that two Bronx men have now pled guilty to various narcotics-related charges which resulted in the death of then one-year-old Nicholas Dominici and injury to three other infants due to fentanyl poisoning at El Divino Niño Daycare Center on Morris Avenue, now closed, in the Kingsbridge Heights section of The Bronx in September 2023.