Police seek help identifying a man responsible for a spate of incidents, including two shootings last week in the 44th precinct of Highbridge, according to the New York Police Department. At 4:10 am Sunday Oct. 30, the suspect fired two rounds into the air outside 145 E. 149 St. He then walked down the street […]
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Man wielding gun shoots two, steals McDonald’s, NYPD
Posted on 06 November 2011.
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High school teacher arrested for second time at Occupy Wall Street, NY Daily News
Posted on 04 November 2011.
A Bronx Regional High School teacher was arrested yesterday after allegedly using a shopping cart to knock an NYPD sergeant from his scooter, says the New York Daily News. This is the second time this month 43-year-old David Suker, an army vet, was arrested during an Occupy Wall Street protest.
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Police release video of murder suspects, NY Daily News
Posted on 04 November 2011.
Police yesterday released a video of two men wanted for beating a Fordham father to death, mugging him for $15, according to the New York Daily News. The suspects attacked Bimal Chanda, 59, on the second-floor landing of his apartment Saturday.
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Students at toxic school had been sick for years, NY Daily News
Posted on 03 November 2011.
Records obtained by New York Daily News show that students at PS 51 had complained to school nurses about vomiting, headaches, abnormal gaits and seizures since 2005. Officials relocated the school in September because of toxic contamination.
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Bronx high school has highest rate of suspensions in the city, NY1
Posted on 03 November 2011.
A principal at Lehman High School suspended 2,000 students last year, the most in the city, according NY1. Students say the principal, Janet Saraceno, who was replaced last summer after changing grades on report cards, suspended students for a number of trivial offenses, including being late to class. The school also received its second F […]
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Nestle markets bottled water at Latinos, NY Daily News
Posted on 03 November 2011.
A watchdog group says a Nestle bottled-water store in Longwood is marketing an unnecessary product to Latinos, according to the New York Daily News. Boston-based Corporate Accountability International staged a blind taste test outside the Pure Life, which opened two years ago, to counter a marketing campaign geared toward Spanish speakers.
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Number of chain stores increase, WSJ
Posted on 02 November 2011.
While the number of chain stores has gone down in Manhattan, the Bronx followed a city-wide trend, seen the number of chain stores increase by 3.8 percent, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Man sues attacker; accuses NYPD ticket-fixer of covering up attack, NY Daily News
Posted on 02 November 2011.
A Bronx man severely beaten last year by a paint store manager is suing his attacker, who he alleges had the NYPD cover up the crime, according to the NY Daily News. After snitching on Michael Loturco for slashing a rival’s tires, Loturco severely beat Jose Ayala, breaking his ribs. Several police officers, including Loturco’s […]
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