Posted on 23 September 2014. Tags: Bronx, Drugs, Pelham Gardens, stabbing. crime
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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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime
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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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Featured
Posted on 12 September 2014. Tags: Belmont, Crime, gang, gang shooting
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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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Featured
Posted on 05 September 2014. Tags: craigslist, Mott Haven, rc car, sting operation
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.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Southern Bronx
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.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Featured, Southern Bronx
Posted on 28 October 2012. Tags: Bronx, map, marijuana arrests, NYPD, stop and frisk
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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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Multimedia, Sizing up Stop and Frisk
Posted on 16 October 2012. Tags: Bronx, NYPD, police, policy, stop and frisk, survey
Bronx Ink reporters fanned out over 12 neighborhoods last week to capture the stories and thoughts from Bronx residents about law enforcement tactics.
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Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Featured, Morrisania, Multimedia, North Central Bronx, Northwest Bronx, Sizing up Stop and Frisk, Southern Bronx, Special Reports