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State Senator Wants Tougher Stance on Graffiti
Posted on 16 April 2010.
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Major Heroin Bust in Bronx Called a Sign of a Growing Problem
Posted on 09 April 2010.
On Thursday, four men were arrested and approximately $1 million worth of heroin was seized after a raid on an apartment in Parkchester. Sources with knowledge of the case said the bust was indicative of an increasing number of wholesale heroin operations in the Bronx.
Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Southern Bronx1 Comment
A Brooklyn Mother’s Plea in the Bronx
Posted on 01 April 2010.
Robinson blames Riker’s Island corrections officers and inmates for her son’s death.
Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime3 Comments
Community in Disbelief After 9-month-old Baby’s Brutal Death
Posted on 30 March 2010.
A Bronx neighborhood is shocked by the death of a baby, caused by abuse.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Southern Bronx1 Comment
Progress in DNA Testing Leads to Indictment in 30-Year-Old Murder
Posted on 26 March 2010.
Skin cells found under the victim’s fingernails led to an indictment.
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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.
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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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Man Who Killed Mother and Brother Gets 40 Years
Posted on 11 March 2010.
Lamar Platt dismembered the victims in November 2007, prosecutors said.
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