Rojas’ stabbing is part of a recent surge in violence across the 40th Precinct. Last weekend, there were six shootings.
Archive | October, 2011
Construction worker stabbed to death in Mott Haven
Posted on 16 October 2011.
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Bronx serial sex-offender irks Riverdale neighbors and cops, NY Daily News
Posted on 15 October 2011.
One of the Bronx’s most prolific perverts makes for a creepy neighbor at a Riverdale co-op – and a source of serial frustration for cops, the New York Daily News reports. Gerard Patrick Matthews, 51, has been busted 18 times in the city and Westchester County since 1990 on 29 counts of public lewdness, exposure, […]
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Service returns to two Bronx subway stops, NY1
Posted on 15 October 2011.
Relief came for riders in the Bronx Friday when they heard that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is finally returning service at the Elder and St. Lawrence Avenue stops on the IRT after eight months of construction, NY1 reports. The stations should be open Sunday at 5:00 p.m. The work at the Elder and St. Lawrence […]
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Bronx baby dies after ingesting pills, NY Post
Posted on 15 October 2011.
Bronx baby who was found unconscious yesterday morning and later died may have swallowed prescription pills from a bottle his parents had given him for use as a rattle, the New York Post reports. The parents of 13-month-old Edwin Perocier Jr. told cops they found him unresponsive in their Longwood apartment inside a family homeless […]
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Thousands of cyclists eager to take annual “Tour De Bronx”, NY1
Posted on 14 October 2011.
Organizers and elected officials are gearing up for the 17th annual event on Sunday, October 23, which known to be the largest free cycling event in New York State, NY1 reports. Beginning at 161st Street and taking the Grand Concourse, riders either navigate a 25- or 40-mile route, passing through historic districts, neighborhoods, waterfront areas and […]
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Forty percent of Bronx residents want more police protection, NY Daily News
Posted on 14 October 2011.
Roughly 40 percent of Bronx residents said they think police protection is poor, a new poll shows, the New York Daily News reports. The Municipal Art Society poll, produced by Marist College and released Thursday, surveyed 1,024 New Yorkers last month, questioning them about the livability of their neighborhoods. Nearly nine out of 10 Manhattan residents said they were […]
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Pastor accused of cashing dead teacher’s pension checks, Reuters
Posted on 14 October 2011.
A New York pastor has been arrested and accused of fraudulently cashing pension checks worth nearly a quarter-million dollars sent to a school teacher who died in April 2000 at age 75, Reuters reports. Rev. Victor Rosa was accused of deceiving New York City’s Teacher Retirement System into thinking that teacher Maria Sicardo was still […]
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‘Outsider’ artist in the South Bronx
Posted on 13 October 2011.
Cruz’s story is typical of ‘outsider’ artists in the Bronx. Their art, though widely appreciated, never sells for much.
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