Posted on 19 November 2011.
The Department of Corrections and the Bronx District Attorney’s office have launched an investigation into the brutal attack of a Rikers Island inmate that took place earlier this month, New York 1 reports. Inmate Dusetree Taylor, who was transferred from an upstate prison to Rikers Island early this month to attend a court hearing, ended […]
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Posted on 18 November 2011.
A scandal of allegations of sexual harrasment has arisen against a Bronx high school principal, Gothamist reports. At least two female teachers have filed complaints against Bronxsdale High School Principal John Chase, Jr. for allegedly making comments about his penis in the workplace. A spokeswoman for the Department of Education confirmed that the internal Office of […]
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Posted on 18 November 2011.
A new study conducted by New York 1 has found that teens in the Bronx are getting pregnant and contracting sexually transmitted diseases at a higher rate than those who live in other areas, but that promiscuity is not the problem. The study found that despite the fact that teens in the Bronx are not […]
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Posted on 18 November 2011.
A transit worker was arrested Thursday night in the Bronx after police discovered that he had stolen enough scraps and materials from a rail yard to build a trailer, the New York Daily News reports. Track worker William Grimaldi admitted to investigators that he took enough parts and material from the Westchester Yard to fashion […]
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Posted on 16 November 2011.
A longtime Bronx police officer died Wednesday evening after having a heart attack on the job and getting his squad car caught in a fender-bender, the New York Post reports. NYPD officer Anthony DiGiovanna, 46, was driving on the Cross Bronx Expressway at 4 p.m. when the accident occurred, officials said. DiGiovanna had served on […]
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Posted on 15 November 2011.
Federal prosecutors testified Monday in the ongoing corruption trial of Bronx City Councilman Larry Seabrook that Seabrook doctored a receipt to make it appear that he spent $177 on a single bagel and diet soda. “The original cost of this purchase was approximately $7,” an indictment against Seabrook reads. “But the receipt had been doctored […]
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Posted on 15 November 2011.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has not set foot in the Bronx since assuming office in January, a recent investigation by the New York Capitol News has revealed. According to travel records posted on the governor’s “CitizenConnects” website, Cuomo has made no visits to the Bronx thus far during his term of office, despite the fact that 9 out […]
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Posted on 14 November 2011.
An elderly Bronx man who had been missing since last week was discovered dead Monday morning in Van Cortland Lake, New York 1 reports. The cause of death is unknown. Anthony McGurran, 77, was last seen Friday at his home on Bailey Avenue, police said.
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