Chilling surveillance video captures the moment a suspected killer ran over a Bronx mother of three over the weekend. The footage, released by police Sunday, shows a lone gunman wearing dark trousers and a black hoodie, and jumping off several laps as he walks past East 152nd Street in Melrose …
Read More »Bronx teen who was on fire was dating the alleged 14-year-old sister of murdered
The teenager stabbed and set on fire in the Bronx had recently been dating his 14-year-old sister of the murdered killer, law enforcement sources and the family said Thursday. Adones Betances – who lives about five blocks from suspected victim Winston Ortiz, 18 – was appalled by the age gap …
Read More »Teen in critical condition after setting fire to NYC
A teenager was killed Wednesday after he was fired in the Bronx apartment building during a quarrel, cops said. The 18-year-old victim, identified by police as Winston Ortiz, was stabbed three times and then fired with gasoline and fired with a match on the fifth floor of 1045 Woodycrest Ave. …
Read More »NYC Black Lives leader Matter Hawk Newsome on activism and gentrification
No one intimidates like Hawk Newsome. Newsome, the most influential leader of the Black Lives Matter in New York, is 6 feet 6 inches and has no trouble moving inches from his face, peeking from behind dark shadows and blowing cigarette smoke. On a recent afternoon in the South Bronx, …
Read More »New York Police District Commander leaves the Bronx District for the last time
The chief of the New York police constituency who withdrew in protest this week criticized politicians for wanting to “vilify” police officers during a scandalous final strike celebration at his Bronx station home on Friday. Deputy Inspector Richard Brea got into a restored classic police car around 3 p.m. after …
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