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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Bronx Man Charged with Murder of Wife with Scissors
Posted on 23 September 2014.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime1 Comment
Bronx residents go to church to surrender weapons to police
Posted on 21 September 2014.
The number of shootings in the Bronx have increased by 19 percent since last January, while overall crime is down 3 percent. Police held buybacks this weekend to try to remove guns from the streets.
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Belmont neighborhood shaken by killing of 22-year-old man
Posted on 12 September 2014.
The murder of a 22-year-old man in the Belmont area brings out longstanding concern about gang shootings in the neighborhood.
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Couple Set Up Craigslist Sting on a Mott Haven Street
Posted on 05 September 2014.
A Staten Island couple retrieved their stolen hobby cars on Third Avenue and 138th Street by pretending to buy them for $1200 from a Craigslist seller.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Southern Bronx0 Comments
Bronx cab drivers divided about surveillance cameras
Posted on 19 August 2014.
Some cab drivers in the Bronx are not convinced that installing a surveillance camera in their cabs will protect them from assault or violence crimes after two livery cabbies were slain in recent weeks.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Featured, Southern Bronx0 Comments
Legal Aid Claims Police are Still Making Illegal Marijuana Arrests
Posted on 28 October 2012.
The New York City Police Department is expected to head to court soon over what Legal Aid charges are illegal arrest practices for marijuana possession.
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Raising The Age: One Step Towards Fixing The Juvenile Criminal System
Posted on 23 October 2012.
A campaign aimed at helping young offenders may be reaching a critical turning point
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Education, Southern Bronx1 Comment
Sounding Off On Stop and Frisk
Posted on 16 October 2012.
Bronx Ink reporters fanned out over 12 neighborhoods last week to capture the stories and thoughts from Bronx residents about law enforcement tactics.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Featured, Morrisania, Multimedia, North Central Bronx, Northwest Bronx, Sizing up Stop and Frisk, Southern Bronx, Special Reports2 Comments