Skin cells found under the victim’s fingernails led to an indictment.
Archive | March, 2010
Progress in DNA Testing Leads to Indictment in 30-Year-Old Murder
Posted on 26 March 2010.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime0 Comments
Tribeca Coyote May Find New Home in the Bronx
Posted on 25 March 2010.
A coyote captured by the NYPD may be on it’s way to Van Cortlandt Park.
Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Neighborhoods, Northwest Bronx2 Comments
Called “Burger Boy,” Teenager is Cleared of Assault Five Years Later
Posted on 25 March 2010.
A 23-year-old Bronx man was exonerated of charges that he put glass in a police officer’s Big Mac.
Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Southern Bronx0 Comments
Stimulus impact on Bronx still to be seen as Bronxites are slowly hired
Posted on 23 March 2010.
The stimulus particularly favors those who already know which grants to apply for.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods1 Comment
Child struck at ‘terrible’ intersection
Posted on 23 March 2010.
Four year-old Joshua Delarosa is still alive, but Bronxites said the intersection where he was hit is a dangerous one.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Northwest Bronx0 Comments
A crying woman, shots and an officer down
Posted on 23 March 2010.
A police officer was shot and a man was killed Monday in the South Bronx.
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Historic student loan changes also on tap
Posted on 23 March 2010.
by Ryan Tracy The bill even revamps the federal government’s system for making loans to college students. The loans would now be given to students directly, eliminating a decades-old program whereby private banks made student loans based on a government guarantee. For more than 100 current Yeshiva University students who hold loans under the soon-to-be-ended […]
Posted in Health Care Reform, Special Reports0 Comments
No coverage for illegal immigrants
Posted on 23 March 2010.
by Sam Fellman The sweeping health care reform bill passed by Congress will benefit many immigrants, who now qualify for tax credits and more affordable insurance. However, because it bars undocumented immigrants from the new private insurance exchanges, critics say it runs counter to the goal of greater access to health care. The city estimates […]
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