Lawmakers joined A Bronx family mourning their father’s death from a single punch to the face, calling for criminal penalties to be enacted.
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Teen sentenced to five months in jail for killing a Bronx father with a single punch
Posted on 02 October 2014.
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Grassroots Groups Rally for Open Discovery
Posted on 02 October 2014.
More than 50 people rallied outside the Bronx Supreme Court on Monday morning, demanding changes to New York state law that, they claim, would make the judicial process more just and efficient.
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Fight at Bronx house party leaves one teen dead, three injured
Posted on 29 September 2014.
Police identified a suspect in the killing of a 14-year-old boy after a fight broke out at a party in the Bronx on Sunday. The suspect is also wanted in the related stabbing of three teens, all of whom survived.
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Defendant’s Girlfriend Testifies Against Him with iPhone Footage of Alleged Assault
Posted on 26 September 2014.
A 25-year-old mother of two testified against the father of her six-month-old infant in Bronx Supreme Court on Wednesday, as the first witness in his trial on 28 counts of assault, possession of a weapon and attempted murder. The DA showed the jury graphic video of the alleged crime that the witness shot with her iPhone.
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Bronx gang member convicted once, now tried again for the same murder
Posted on 25 September 2014.
The State Appeals Court ordered a new trial for St. James Boys gang member Edgar Morales, because the Bronx District Attorney overreached when it charged him with terrorism.
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No closure in cop sexual assault case
Posted on 25 September 2014.
The parents of a Bronx girl who was sexually assaulted 16 months ago by an NYPD officer grimaced in the gallery yesterday when the judge announced that closure would have to wait at least another month.
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Art of Memory
Posted on 24 September 2014.
A Hunts Point art group remembers their murdered friend with a new show that includes the work of young artists from the South Bronx and beyond.
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Bronx Man Charged with Murder of Wife with Scissors
Posted on 23 September 2014.
On Sunday, a 56-year-old man was charged with killing his wife, shocking the low-crime-rate neighborhood in which the couple had lived more than 25 years. The husband is charged with second degree murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon.
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