Bronx Man Gets 6 Years for Burglary after Breaking into Building during Bloody Fight

    Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Thursday, June 29, that defendant Pedro Hernandez was sentenced to six years in prison after a jury found him guilty of first-degree burglary and third-degree criminal mischief for breaking open a Bronx building door while he and his friends chased two men they had been fighting with in 2019.   Clark said in the context of the sentencing, “The defendant, Pedro Hernandez, has been sentenced to six years in prison for breaking into a building after he and his friends chased two men after a fight. He then tried to


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Three Bronx Men and a Woman Indicted for Sex Trafficking of Child & Other Charges

Bronx District Attorney (DA) Darcel D. Clark announced on July 6 that three Bronx men and a woman had been indicted on charges including sex trafficking of a child, promoting prostitution and other charges involving two female 15-year-olds and one female 18-year-old.   Clark said the defendants allegedly profited from the sex trafficking of vulnerable teens. “They manipulated these girls by all means: taking their money, beatings, strangling and drugs. Two of the defendants are mother and son. We are glad these victims are finally out of that horrible, degrading situation,” she said.   The DA said the defendants, Marvin


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