Criminal Justice

Marble Hill: Unconfirmed Reports of a Robbery at Target

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  Users of the Citizens’ App posted on the platform on Sunday, Sept. 24, about an as yet unconfirmed report of a potential robbery at a Target store in Marble Hill the same day.   The posts began at around 11.45 a.m. on Sunday, and one post referred to a suspect described as wearing a black sweater with two white stripes on it and black pants with a belt which had a red tag on it, reportedly armed with a screwdriver, fleeing on foot toward Broadway.   Norwood News contacted the NYPD to corroborate if the incident was legitimate. A


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Wakefield: Queens Man Arrested & Charged with Murder in 2020 Killing of Bronx Man

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Police said they have arrested a 32-year-old man from Queens on murder charges in relation to the killing of a 44-year-old man from Wakefield in March 2020.   Police said that on Friday, March 20, at around 3.30 p.m., officers from the 47th Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding an assault in progress at 224th Street and White Plains Road. “Upon arrival, officers discovered a 44-year-old male with sustained trauma about the head, who was struck with a blunt object,” a police spokesperson said. “EMS responded to the location and transported the victim to NYC Health & Hospitals/Jacobi, where


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Norwood: Man, 61, Kicked, Robbed inside Building

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photos and video who they say is wanted in connection to a robbery that occurred inside 250 East Gun Hill Road in Norwood. 

FAKE GoFundMe Page Removed, Legitimate GoFundMe Page Live for Nicholas Dominici, Fentanyl OD Victim

By SÍLE MOLONEY
In the wake of the tragic death of one-year-old Nicholas Feliz Dominici at Divino Niño Daycare Center in Kingsbridge Heights due to a fentanyl overdose on Friday, Sept. 15, District 14 City Council Member Pierina Sanchez has spoken out to condemn attempts to exploit the tragedy through the creation of a fraudulent GoFundMe campaign, purportedly set up to support the grieving family.