University Heights: Man Sought for Armed Robbery

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photo who they say is sought in connection to an armed robbery that occurred in University Heights. 

UPDATE Bedford Park: Raccoon Seen on Construction Site Scaffolding

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A Citizens app user shared a video posted on Friday, Dec. 15, of a raccoon apparently seen in the scaffolding of a construction site at 33 Bedford Park Boulevard East in the Bedford Park section of The Bronx, located to the right of a barber shop at 47 Bedford Park Boulevard East.

UPDATE University Heights: Two Shot on Burnside Avenue

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Police said two people were shot at 13 West Burnside Avenue in the University Heights section of The Bronx on Friday afternoon, Dec. 15, at 2.22 p.m. Both were removed to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition they said. Levulose deli/juice bar/café is located at the address.

UPDATE Hero Kids Help Family Members Escape House Fire, One Holding One-Year-Old Baby

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A 12-year-old boy, Steven, saved his one-year-old baby sibling from a burning home that raged for over an hour on Nov. 20 in Bedford Park, aided by his 15-year-old best friend, Joshua, who lives next door, while firefighters responded to the blaze, the second of two residential fires, one fatal, to occur the same evening within the boundaries of Bronx Community District 7.

Claudia Goldin, Bronx H.S. of Science Alum, Wins Nobel Prize in Economics

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The Bronx High School of Science has congratulated the school’s Hall of Famer Claudia Goldin, Class of 1963, on winning the Nobel Prize in Economics. Described by the school as a trailblazer throughout her career, Goldin is currently the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University’s economics department, and was the first woman to be offered tenure in that department.

Bronx Woman Found Guilty of Laundering Over $2 Million from Victims in Romance Fraud Scheme

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A Bronx woman, Nadine Jazimne Wade, 30, was found guilty by a jury on four charges relating to money laundering and bank fraud linked to a romance fraud scheme federal prosecutors said on Thursday, Dec. 14. Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York said Wade was found guilty following a two-week trial before U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla.

Santa Gets a Ride on the 52nd Precinct Holiday Float Around the Local Neighborhood

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES
As is customary each year during the festive season, members of the 52nd Precinct joined Santa Claus as they traveled aboard their usual Holiday Float through some of the neighborhoods that fall within the boundaries of the precinct i.e. Bedford Park, Fordham, Kingsbridge, Norwood, Bronx Park, and University Heights on Wednesday, Dec. 6.