Criminal Justice

UPDATE Elections 2023: Bradshaw Takes Challenge of District 14 Seat to the Streets

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY
State committeewoman for Assembly District 78, Rachel Bradshaw, Fordham Hill Co-op board secretary, and candidate in the upcoming Democratic City Council primary election for District 14, joined a group of supporters on Saturday, May 27, as she took her campaign to unseat the incumbent, Council Member Pierina Sanchez who has held the seat since 2022, to the streets of Fordham Manor.   District 14 broadly encompasses some or all of the neighborhoods of Kingsbridge Heights, Fordham Manor, Fordham Heights, Bedford Park, University Heights, Mt. Hope and Morris Heights. It is bordered to the south by the Cross Bronx Expressway.  


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Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on Former President Donald Trump’s Indictment on Federal Charges

By DAVID GREENE
This week, we asked readers for their thoughts on former U.S. President Donald Trump becoming the first former president of the United States to be indicted on federal charges.   “Well, if he did something wrong, he should be indicted. He seems like he’s scattered by one thing after another. I think he should be held responsible for it all. Will he be convicted? It’s hard to say because he has good lawyers and sometimes, he gets out of some things; it’s possible.” Mazie Robinson, Fordham Manor “Donald Trump is a person with every right accorded [to] someone accused of a


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Morris Heights: Police Appeal to Public for Help Identifying Suspect in Fatal Shooting of Man 42

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE
  THE NYPD IS appealing to the public for help identifying the individual seen in this video who they say is sought in connection to a homicide that occurred in front of 1538 University Avenue in Morris Heights on Saturday, June 10, 2023. Video courtesy of the NYPD The NYPD is appealing to the public for help identifying the individual seen in the attached video and photo who they say is sought in connection to a homicide that occurred in Morris Heights. Police said that on Saturday, June 10, at around 4.46 a.m., in the front of 1538 University Avenue,


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Fordham Heights: Man, 62, Hospitalized following Daylight Shooting

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE
A 62-year-old man has been hospitalized following a daylight shooting in Fordham Heights on Friday, June 16.   An NYPD spokesperson said, “At 16.50 hours, at 2386 Ryer Avenue, a male…he was shot once in the knee.” The address is the location of Ryer Housing Development, and is located between East 187th Street and East 184th, one block from the Grand Concourse, according to Google Maps. The spokesperson added that the victim, whose age was confirmed as 62, was transported by EMS to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition.   “Perpetrators fled on foot southbound on Ryre Avenue,” the spokesperson


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Bronx Woman Gets 20 Years to Life for 2012 “Execution Style” Murder of Girlfriend, 26

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced on Thursday, June 15, that a Bronx woman was sentenced to 20 years to life in State prison for the 2012 fatal shooting of her 26-year-old girlfriend, Pamela Graddick.   Both cases, after lengthy investigations by the Yonkers Police Department and the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, are the latest homicides charged by the Cold Case Bureau, which the district attorney established upon taking office in 2021.   In the context of the announcement of the sentencing, among some other cold case breakthroughs, Rocah said, “Today, we have delivered some measure of


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UPDATE Elections 2023: Candidate for Bronx District Attorney Tess Cohen Profiled

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The following is an extended version of the story that appears in our latest print edition.   A criminal defense and civil rights attorney who has represented victims of sexual assault, among others, both in civil and criminal court, Tess Cohen is challenging incumbent Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark for the role she has held since 2016 in the upcoming Democratic Primary on June 27. Cohen is broadly running on a platform of reforming criminal justice policy and prioritizing prevention over punishment.   Before working as a defense attorney, Cohen worked for 8 years at the NYC Office of the


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Two Men Charged Separately for Stealing from & Scamming Bronx Seniors

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Thursday, June 15, that two men have been charged in separate indictments for stealing from elderly people, highlighting economic abuse of seniors who, she said, put their trust and life savings in the hands of fraudsters.   She said one of the indictments charges a disbarred Bronx attorney for stealing from the living and the dead in a real estate fraud scheme, and from estates that left funds to charities. In the context of the announcement, Clark said, “The defendant allegedly ingratiated himself with mostly elderly clients in Riverdale, gaining power of


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Man on Scooter Sought in Bronx Robbery Pattern

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  THE NYPD IS appealing to the public for help identifying and locating the person seen in this video who department officials say is sought in connection to a Bronx grand larceny (theft) pattern identified across the 46th and 48th Precincts during May and early June 2023.  Video courtesy of the NYPD The NYPD is appealing to the public for help identifying and locating the person seen in the attached video and photo who department officials say is sought in connection to a Bronx grand larceny (theft) pattern identified across the 46th Precinct, which broadly covers the Fordham, University Heights,


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Bedford Park: Man Sought following Robbery with Simulated Gun at Gas Station Store

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  THE NYPD IS appealing to the public for help identifying the person seen in this video who department officials say is sought in connection to a robbery that occurred at 2947 Jerome Avenue in Bedford Park on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Video courtesy of the NYPD The NYPD is appealing to the public for help identifying the person seen in the attached video and photo who department officials say is sought in connection to a robbery that occurred in Bedford Park.   Police said that on Tuesday, June 6, at around 1.50 a.m., a man entered a gas station


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