Bronx Man Sentenced to 3+ Years for Defrauding 5 Capital Region Banks Using Fake ID

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A 58-year-old man from The Bronx was sentenced on April 16 in federal court to three and a half years in prison for defrauding five banks in the Capital Region of New York by using fake identifications to withdraw funds from accounts.

Former Bronx Female Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl and Heroin Distribution

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Grace Rosa Baez, a former Bronx NYPD police officer, pled guilty in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, April 16, to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and para-fluorofentanyl, before U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote, federal prosecutors said.

Claremont: Bronx Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Killing Two Men in Retaliatory Shooting

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Tuesday, April 16, that a Bronx man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting two men and wounding another inside a building hallway in Claremont, in retaliation for the killing of his uncle in the summer of 2020.

Bronx Man Charged with Sexual Exploitation of Child & Receipt & Possession of Child Pornography

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A Bronx man has been charged in federal court with the sexual exploitation of a child and the recept and possession of child pornography, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

UPDATE Mayor Issues Security-Related Statement following Iran’s Drone Attack on Israel

By SÍLE MOLONEY

New York City Mayor Eric Adams released the following security-related statement on Saturday, April 13, after Iran launched a drone attack against the State of Israel:

UPDATE Fordham Manor: Cops Charge Two with Robbery after Fordham Road Jewelry Store Heist

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY

Police said they arrested two people in connection with a commercial robbery that took place in Fordham Manor last month. The NYPD had been asking for the public’s help identifying the people seen in the attached photo who they said were wanted in connection to the incident.

UPDATE Crotona: Families & Friends Pay Tribute to Harlem Man Killed at East Tremont Bodega

By DAVID GREENE

Family and friends of Stefon Barnes, 29, from Harlem gathered at the corner of East Tremont Avenue and Marmion Avenue in the Crotona section of The Bronx on Sunday, April 7, to pay tribute to the young man, an innocent bystander who was gunned down, as reported, while picking up some food at a deli at the location on Sunday, March 31.

West Bronx: Man Identified & Sought following Fatal Shooting of Second Man in August 2023

By DAVID GREENE

Police are appealing to the public for help locating the person seen in the attached photo who they said is sought, pursuant to an ongoing investigation, in connection to a fatal shooting of a 40-year-old man on the Cross Bronx Expressway by Jerome Avenue last August.

UPDATE Mt Hope: Mom of 5-Year-Old Twins Found Smothered inside East 175th Street Building Arrested & Charged

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY

Police have arrested the 42-year-old mother of the 5-year-old twins who were found deceased inside their home in the Mt. Hope section of the Bronx in December 2023 and the Bronx District Attorney’s office has charged her in connection with their deaths. Police said on March 15 that the twins’ deaths had been ruled a [double] homicide and the cause was found to be asphyxiation.

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Bronx Man Sentenced to 3+ Years for Defrauding 5 Capital Region Banks Using Fake ID

Former Bronx Female Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl and Heroin Distribution

Claremont: Bronx Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Killing Two Men in Retaliatory Shooting

Bronx Man Charged with Sexual Exploitation of Child & Receipt & Possession of Child Pornography

UPDATE Mayor Issues Security-Related Statement following Iran’s Drone Attack on Israel

UPDATE Fordham Manor: Cops Charge Two with Robbery after Fordham Road Jewelry Store Heist

UPDATE Crotona: Families & Friends Pay Tribute to Harlem Man Killed at East Tremont Bodega

West Bronx: Man Identified & Sought following Fatal Shooting of Second Man in August 2023

UPDATE Mt Hope: Mom of 5-Year-Old Twins Found Smothered inside East 175th Street Building Arrested & Charged