Waitstaff at the Yankee Stadium’s exclusive box seats are suing the New York Yankees concession management for tips they believe they are owed, the New York Post reports. The suit was filed at the Bronx Supreme Court and claims management formerly applied a 20 percent mandatory service charge to each patron’s bill but that tip didn’t go to […]
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Ex-detective on trial for running over Bronx grandma
Posted on 25 September 2012.
A witness in the case of a former police detective accused in a off-duty drunk driving accident that killed a 67-year-old Bronx woman told court on Monday the accused slured his speech and smelled of alcohol, reports the New York Daily News. Kevin Spellman struck and killed Drane Nikac, a Kingsbridge resident and grandmother of […]
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New Park Opens in Hunts Point
Posted on 24 September 2012.
The Hunts Point Landing, a new park in the Hunts Point Peninsula opened today, reports NY1. The new park offers kayaking, fishing and 1.5 acres of open space on the waterfront. The park is part of The South Bronx Greenway, a plan that aims to improve waterfront access and provide recreational opportunities to the community.
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Former Police Commissioner To Testify In Bronx Trial
Posted on 24 September 2012.
Former New York police commissioner Bernard B. Kerik, currently imprisoned at a Maryland federal prison, will be brought to testify in Bronx prosecution, reports The New York Times. Kerik will testify in a perjury trial that dates back to 2006 when the DiTommaso brothers told the grand jury that one of their companies, Interstate Industrial […]
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Bronx man found dead blocks from home
Posted on 23 September 2012.
A Bronx man was shot and killed just blocks from his home, according to police officials, reports the Daily News. Emergency workers found Victor Fortuna, 21 beaten and lying body on the ground on Westchester Ave. near Wheeler Ave. in Soundview, according to police authorities. Fortuna, who lived near Colgate Ave., was rushed to Jacobi […]
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School Bus Smashes Into HSBC Bank
Posted on 22 September 2012.
A school bus rolled backwards into an HSBC bank at a busy Bronx intersection Friday morning, the Daily News reports. There were no children on the bus and one person was treated for minor injuries, but refused medical attention. Firefighters, cops and employees of the Buildings Department surveyed the scene as the bus was towed […]
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Man Jumps Into Tiger Den at Bronx Zoo
Posted on 22 September 2012.
A man jumped into a tiger den at the Bronx Zoo and then was mauled by a 400-pound tiger, yesterday afternoon in an apparent suicide attempt according to officials, the DNAinfo reports. Twenty-five year old David Villalobos was riding the zoo’s monorail, and as it passed over the tiger den – he jumped 17 feet […]
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Bronx Robber Threatens Five More Victims with Hypodermic Needle
Posted on 21 September 2012.
A robber who uses a hypodermic needle to threaten his victims was linked to five more incidents in the Bronx. The recent robberies make a total of eight reported incidents in the East Tremont area. The police released a video of the man who is described as about 40 years old, 5 feet 6 inches […]
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