Category: The Bronx
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Cops still seeking speedsters who struck young girl in the Bronx last month
Security camera footage of the suspects cops say struck a young girl in the Bronx over the summer. NYPD Cops are still looking for the speedsters they say struck a two-year-old girl with their e-bike in the Bronx late last month. The girl was with her family inside Pelham Bay Park at around 5 p.m.…
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‘Rot in hell’: Family of slain Bronx grandmother confront alleged killer at perp walk
The family of a grandmother who was gunned down by a stray bullet in the Bronx last week cursed the name of the suspected gunman as he was led away in cuffs to face justice on Monday night. Photo by Dean Moses The family of a grandmother who was gunned down by a stray bullet…
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Long-term plans for Bally’s Throggs Neck shuttle unclear; Fernandez hopes for MTA takeover
The length of the trial period for the red and white Bally’s-branded shuttle bus is unclear. Photo Aliya Schneider Bally’s shuttle bus isn’t guaranteed for the long run, and one local leader hopes the route will be commandeered by the MTA down the road, the Bronx Times has learned. The bright red shuttle, which is…
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Soundview resident dubbed the ‘precinct shooter’ pleads guilty for 2020 attack on NYPD
Robert Williams pleaded guilty to attempted murder charges after shooting up a police precinct and injuring several cops in February 2020. Photo courtesy Getty Images More than three years after opening fire on a Bronx precinct and injuring two cops during a 12-hour rampage, 49-year-old Robert Williams pleaded guilty to attempted murder charges. Williams, a…
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Two charged, including owner, after child dies from fentanyl exposure at Bronx daycare
Divino Nino Daycare at 2707 Morris Avenue in the Bronx. Google Maps The owner of the Bronx daycare center where a one-year-old child died of fentanyl poisoning Friday was arrested the next day and slapped with a laundry list of charges — along with another man who lived there, authorities said. According to sources familiar…
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Cops investigate fatal shooting of 80-year-old Bronx man
Getty Images Police are investigating the fatal shooting of an 80-year-old man in the Bronx early Sunday morning. Officers were on patrol in Highbridge at around 1 a.m. on Sept. 17 when they heard shots fired near the intersection of West 168th Street and Ogden Avenue. When they arrived, cops found 80-year-old Marcelino Valerio of…
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EXCLUSIVE: Free bus funded by Bally’s to connect East Bronx with Throggs Neck ferry
The Bally’s Corporation is funding a free bus that will connect Bronxites to Ferry Point Park, improving access to the Throggs Neck ferry landing. Photo Aliya Schneider The Bally’s Corporation will announce the launch of a new shuttle bus on Monday that will connect East Bronxites with the Throggs Neck ferry stop, which is notoriously hard to…
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Bronx daycare center where infant died from fentanyl exposure had kilo press inside: NYPD
Mayor Eric Adams and top police brass spoke from Montefiore Hospital during the early hours of Saturday. NYPD on X A kilo press was found inside of the licensed Bronx daycare center on Friday where an infant died and two other tots were hospitalized due to fentanyl exposure, police said. Mayor Eric Adams and top…
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Angellyh Yambo killer sentenced to 15 years to life for murder
Angellyh Yambo’s mother and father, along with Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark, address the press following the sentencing of Jeremiah Ryan, whose stray bullet killed the 16-year-old in 2022. Photo Emily Swanson On Friday, 18-year-old Jeremiah Ryan was sentenced in Bronx Criminal Court to 15 years to life in prison for the 2022 fatal shooting of Angellyh…
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Woman fatally stabbed in Bronx home; boyfriend taken into custody: NYPD
file photo A woman was fatally stabbed by her boyfriend inside their Bronx home Thursday night, police said. Officers from the NYPD 49th precinct responded to a 911 call at around 10:40 p.m. and discovered a 23-year-old woman with multiple stab wounds to her neck at their 2552 Holland Ave. home, according to police. The…