45th precinct

New York City Employee Arrested in the Bronx

By SÍLE MOLONEY
On Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020 at 1.35 p.m., the following off-duty New York City Employee was arrested and charged in the 45th precinct, which encompasses Co-op City and City Island.   Robert Castillo, 51, an NYPD police officer, was charged with assault and criminal mischief.

Throgs Neck: Missing 15-Year-old Girl

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Haley Moreno, 15, of 2755 Dewey Avenue in the Bronx, who was reported missing on Wednesday, July 22, 2020, in the 45th precinct in the Throgs Neck section of the Bronx.   Haley was last seen on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at approximately 1:26 p.m. at her home. She is described as female, Hispanic, is approximately 5 feet, 6 inches tall, weighs 140 pounds, has a thin build, light complexion, brown hair and brown eyes. No clothing description is available.   Anyone with information in regard to


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Shopping Strip Closed after Security Alert outside Pelham Bay Funeral Parlor

By DAVID GREENE
Business is back to normal along a busy shopping strip in Pelham Bay, after a man reportedly left a pressure cooker outside of a funeral parlor.   According to residents and workers in the area, members of the NYPD’s 45th precinct, Emergency Services Unit and the Bomb Squad were joined at the location by members of the F.B.I., who arrived on the scene around 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 15.   The block was quickly shut down along Crosby Avenue, between Westchester Avenue and Roberts Avenue, after a pressure cooker was found in the doorway of Ralph Giordano Funeral Home


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Transgender Woman’s Death Ruled Accidental Drowning at Orchard Beach

By DAVID GREENE
  The death of a transgender woman at Orchard Beach in July has been ruled an accidental drowning after an autopsy report was released last month.   Police officials reported that at 6:09 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 31, officers from the 45th precinct in the Bronx discovered “an unconscious and unresponsive 23-year-old female in the sand” at the water’s edge at Orchard Beach. EMS pronounced the victim dead at the scene. The victim was later identified as a transgender woman who used the pronouns they/them/theirs.   On Friday, Sept. 4, DCPI spokeswoman, Sergeant Jessica McRorie confirmed that the victim, known


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Motorcycle Driver Critical after being Struck by Con Edison Truck in Westchester Square

By DAVID GREENE
A motorcyclist is fighting for his life after colliding with a Consolidated Edison truck in Westchester Square. According to NYPD Sergeant and police spokeswoman, Jessica McRorie, the accident was reported at 2 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29, at Silver Street and East Tremont Avenue in the Westchester Square section of the Bronx. Upon the arrival of officers from the 45th precinct, McRorie said, “Officers discovered a 25-year-old male unconscious and unresponsive, lying in the roadway with severe body trauma.” McRorie continued, “EMS responded to the location and transported the aided to New York Health and Hospital’s Jacobi Hospital, where he


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