UPDATE Charges Dropped Against NYC Parks Employee

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A New York City Parks employee who was arrested on Tuesday, March 7, in The Bronx on forgery and other charges, has had his case adjourned according to documentation from the Bronx Criminal Court. An NYPD spokesperson said that on Tuesday, March 7, at 9.35 a.m., Anibal Nieves, an off-duty, 47-year-old male employee of NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, was arrested in the 46th Precinct which covers the neighborhoods of Fordham, University Heights, Morris Heights and Mount Hope. He was charged with forgery, possession of a forged instrument, unauthorized sale of a farecard, and loitering. On

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help locating the person seen in the attached video who is sought for questioning following an attempted robbery and shooting of a 51-year-old man in Tremont. Police said that it was reported to them that the incident unfolded on Friday, March 3, at approximately 00.45 a.m. when a 51-year-old male victim was at Gulf Gas Station, located at 1805 Webster Avenue in Tremont, as he was pumping gas into his vehicle. An NYPD spokesperson said, “An unidentified male individual drives up to the pumps in a white Mercedes Benz, exits his

By SÍLE MOLONEY

THE NYPD IS asking for the public’s help locating this man who is sought for questioning in connection to a groping incident that occurred on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, at around 10 p.m. at Kingsbridge Road subway station. Video courtesy of the MTA via the NYPD. The NYPD is asking for the public’s help locating the person seen in the attached video and photo who is sought for questioning in connection to a groping incident that occurred on the Fordham Manor / Kingsbridge Heights border. Police said that on Wednesday, Feb. 1, at around 10 p.m., the

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Though a number of serious crimes were reported on in January in the Northwest Bronx and across the borough, NYPD officials said that for the month of January, the number of overall shooting incidents and murders in New York City declined, compared to January 2022, a drop they attribute to what was called the department’s “enhanced public safety investment” across each borough, in every neighborhood. Department officials said major crimes in the subway system have dropped precipitously, and arrests for overall index crimes stand at a 24-year high for any January in the modern era (when the department starting

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A three-vehicle fire has been reported on the Cross Bronx Expressway at around 12.30 on Nov. 29, 2022. Video courtesy of the Citizens’ App. Police said a 43-year-old man has been arrested and charged following a fatal, three-vehicle, road collision and fire that occurred in November 2022 on the Cross Bronx Expressway in the Highbridge section of The Bronx. As reported, the New York State Alert System announced there was a vehicle fire on the southbound lane of the Cross Bronx Expressway, just past the Major Deegan Expressway on Tuesday morning, Nov. 29, 2022. Police later said officers had

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The 15-year-old male gunshot victim who was fatally shot in the Longwood section of the Bronx on Jan. 19, as reported, has provided the gift of life, via organ donation, saving seven people, according to LiveOnNY. The latter is a nonprofit, federally designated organ procurement organization (OPO) dedicated to saving lives, providing comfort, and strengthening legacies through organ, eye, and tissue donation. Working closely with transplant centers and hospitals, LiveOnNY coordinates transplants, educates the public and healthcare professionals about donation and transplantation, and promotes the importance of signing up on the New York State Donate Life Registry.

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE

Police said a 13-year-old boy who is a student at a middle school in Fordham Heights was arrested after he was allegedly found to be in possession of a loaded gun on Thursday. Meanwhile, on the same day, in the Longwood section of the borough, two teenagers were shot, one fatally. An NYPD spokesperson said that on Thursday, Jan. 19, at around 9.20 a.m., police were alerted that there was a gun found inside M.S. 363 (previously M.S. 399) Academy for Personal Leadership and Excellence, located at 120 East 184th Street in Fordham Heights. “Upon arrival, school safety agents stated that

By SÍLE MOLONEY

POLICE RESPOND TO a shooting at 189 Burnside Avenue in University Heights on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. Video courtesy of the Citizens’ App. The NYPD has arrested a 19-year-old man following the fatal shooting of Johnny Gaston in University Heights on Dec. 15. Pursuant to an ongoing investigation, Gibran Guerrero, 19, from Mt. Hope was arrested on Tuesday, Jan. 3, at 7 p.m. at the 46th Precinct. He has been charged with murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, assault, robbery, and criminal possession of a weapon (a loaded gun). As reported, the NYPD had been asking for the public’s

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance locating the person seen in the attached photo who is being sought for leaving the scene of a motor vehicle collision in which injuries were sustained and which occurred in the the Mt. Hope section of The Bronx on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Police said that on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022, at around 11.50 a.m., a 43-year-old female victim was crossing the street at the intersection of Clay Avenue and East 175th Street when a red BMW sedan which, according to bystanders, was being driven recklessly at high speed, traveled through

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UPDATE Charges Dropped Against NYC Parks Employee

Tremont: Man Sought following Attempted Robbery & Shooting at Gas Station

Man Sought following Groping Incident at Kingsbridge Road Subway Station

NYPD Attribute January Decline in Crime to “Enhanced Public Safety Investment”

Highbridge: Man Charged following Fatal Three-Vehicle Collision & Fire on Cross Bronx Expressway

Fatal Longwood Gunshot Victim, Josue Lopez-Ortega, Saves 7 People Through Organ Donation

UPDATE Fordham Heights: Boy, 13, Arrested for Loaded Gun Possession at M.S. 363, Two Teens Shot in Longwood

University Heights: Man, 19, Arrested in Ongoing Investigation into Fatal Shooting of Johnny Gaston

Mt. Hope: Man Sought in Hit & Run Incident which left Woman, 43, with “Serious Physical Injuries”