UPDATE Pelham Gardens: Arrest Made in Fatal Shooting of Dillon St. Clair

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD said the department has made an arrest in the homicide investigation following the fatal shooting of a man in the Pelham Gardens section of The Bronx. Pursuant to an ongoing investigation, police said on Dec. 29 that Matthew Rushie, 46, of Morgan Avenue, The Bronx was arrested on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022 at 1 p.m. in the 49th Precinct. He was charged with murder, manslaughter and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon (a loaded firearm). Police had previously said that on Saturday, Dec. 17, at around 7.29 p.m., officers responded to a 911

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY

Police said the body of a man estimated to be between 50 and 60 years of age was removed from Van Cortlandt Park in Norwood on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 17. The discovery was made in the vicinity of Mosholu Parkway North and West Gun Hill Road. Norwood News witnessed officials from the City’s Medical Examiner’s Office and the NYPD carrying torches and emerging from a wooded area beside the roadway at around 5.30 p.m. on Saturday. A police spokesperson later told Norwood News regarding the timing of the discovery, “It was a little after 1 p.m., an

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD said on Wednesday, Jan. 11, that a 39-year-old woman who had been reported missing from Fordham Manor has been found. Prior to being located, it was reported on Friday, Dec. 16 to police that Esmeralda Tejada, 39, of Briggs Avenue had last been seen on Thursday, Dec. 15, at approximately 8 a.m. inside her home. She was described at the time as female, around 5 feet, 4 inches tall, Hispanic, weighing around 180 pounds with a heavy build. Prior to being located, she had last been seen wearing a red sweater, gray skirt and black sneakers.

By DAVID GREENE

As New York City Mayor Eric Adams approaches the end of his first year in office, this week we asked readers to grade the mayor on his performance so far. “Grade?… No, he doesn’t get an A. I give him a D, that’s right. He just talks a lot and does nothing. I’d like to see him stop the crime. Get the community and pull people together and let us build a bigger and brighter city. Stop all this smoking [of weed] wherever you go…in the park, I know it’s the law! Yeah, in the hallways and buildings, man.

By DAVID GREENE

According to a New Rochelle police captain, multiple law enforcement agencies are looking for a New Rochelle man and longtime janitor employed at DeWitt Clinton High School, located in the Jerome Park section of The Bronx, who disappeared without a trace nearly one month ago. According to two fliers circulated by the man’s family and the New Rochelle Police Department, Christopher Corcoran, 61, left his home on Shore Road in New Rochelle, N.Y., at 12:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16, and has not been seen since. Corcoran is 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighs 115 pounds, has blue eyes

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The sister of a man living in the Bronx is attempting to reach him as she has not heard from him in a few months. Delia Robles, who lives in Arizona, told the Norwood News she was last in contact with her brother, Sammy Dominguez, 58, a few months ago when he said he was staying in a shelter near NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln, located at 234 E149th Street in the South Bronx. Robles said as far as she knows the shelter is located 10 blocks to the right of the front entrance to Lincoln Hospital. She does

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Two 11-year-old girls are recovering from their injuries at Jacobi hospital following a hit & run incident in the Belmont section of The Bronx, police said. A police spokesperson said that on Tuesday, Dec. 13, at around 5.40 p.m., officers responded to a 911 call regarding a motor vehicle collision involving two pedestrians who had been struck in the vicinity of Arthur Avenue and East 180th Street, located in the 48th Precinct. “Upon arrival, officers observed two 11-year-old, female pedestrians with minor injuries,” the spokesperson said. “EMS responded to the location and transported the victims to Jacobi Hospital,

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A fire broke out in the Bedford Park section of The Bronx on Monday evening and one person was transported to a borough hospital for treatment. Fire department officials said they received a call at 7.16 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 12, regarding a fire in progress at 219 Miriam Street. All Hands were asked to respond by the department, which comprised 12 units and 60 firefighters. The fire was brought under control at 7.35 p.m. a fire department spokesperson said. One patient was “transported to Jacobi” and the cause of the fire is “under investigation.” As the

By DAVID GREENE

Police are currently working to identify the first of two men found dead inside a Bronx subway station within a 24-hour period. One man was found dead inside East 205th Street subway station, the last Bronx stop on the D train. Police in conjunction with the City’s medical examiner’s office are also working to ascertain his cause of death. According to police, the first man was discovered at 7:48 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 6. A police official told Norwood News, “Police responded to a 911 call of an aided individual at the 205 Street subway station located in

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UPDATE Pelham Gardens: Arrest Made in Fatal Shooting of Dillon St. Clair

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Two Men Found Dead in Subways: One at 205th St. in Norwood & 2nd at East 180th St. in Morris Park