VIDEO – NYPD Stats Show Crime is Down but in the Bronx, Shootings Continue
By Shreeya Sinha | Feb 16, 2010
About 200 people gathered at Community School 67 in a call for peace. Re-enacting the story of Samantha Guzman’s death in 2006 community members stepped up to give individual testimony to the violence they had experienced or perpetrated, including Guzman’s mother who hoped her daughter’s story would help save lives.
Reported by Shreeya Sinha and Mamta Badkar. Statistics provided by Edward Talty Gang Prosecutor for the Bronx District Attorney.
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cinct. Rivas, who suffers from Alzheimers disease, left his home at 674 E. 149th St, he is approximately 5′5″ tall and weights 150 lbs. If you have any information, please call Crime stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
Elia (15) and Genesis (16) Rodriguez are reported missing. They were last seen at their home on 1609 East 174 St. on Friday April 9 around 5 a.m. Both sisters are five feet eight inches tall, with brown eyes and curly black hair.
They are of thin build and in good mental and physical condition. Genesis was last seen wearing a white sweater, a blue tee-shirt, blue jeans, black sneakers and carried a green bookbag. The NYPD requests that anyone with information call Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
Lorrell Waddell, 64, was last seen on Monday April 12 around 2:45 p.m. at his home located at 801 Co-Op City Blvd. He is five feet eight inches tall, 170 lbs, with salt and pepper hair. Anyone with information call Crime Stoppers Hotline (NYPD) at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
Police arrested Joseph Roman, 23, for a 2008 murder in the Bronx. The fugitive was arrested in Las Vegas and returned to New York today.


