Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Chain Snatcher Caught on Tape

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Chain Snatcher Caught on Tape: Gone in a Flash in Fordham By Dan Gesslein BRONX, NEW YORK, April 25- Police are asking for the public’s help in trying to catch a ...

Chain Snatcher Caught on Tape

Gone in a Flash in Fordham

By Dan Gesslein

BRONX, NEW YORK, April 25- Police are asking for the public’s help in trying to catch a flashy chain snatcher who struck near Fordham University.

At around noon on April 19, a 60-year-old woman was walking near Fordham University. In front of 2505 Hoffman Street, the suspect attacked her from behind and ripped the chain from her neck and the cell phone out of her hand. The thief fled on foot and his victim sustained minor scratches and swelling to her neck.

The attack took place across the street from off-campus housing for Fordham University students. A surveillance camera captured the attack. The image shows the back of the attacker’s blue sweater which has a design in white similar to an Ed Hardy style outfit. In addition to the stylish sweater the thief was wearing sunglasses, blue jeans and white and black sneakers. He is a black male about 5 foot 8.

Anyone with information is urged to call CRIMESTOPPERS at (800) 577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

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Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Construction Workers Charged with Gang Assault in ...

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Construction Workers Charged with Gang Assault in ...: BRONX, NEW YORK, April 24- District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced that an indictment was unsealed charging five members of a mi...

Construction Workers Charged with Gang Assault in Scab Smackdown

BRONX, NEW YORK, April 24- District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced that an indictment was unsealed charging five members of a minority labor coalition with multiple counts of assault, weapons possession, and coercion stemming from a protest seeking jobs at a construction site.

The 42-count indictment charges defendants Sammy Lopez, Freddy Diaz, Willie Lidge, Carlos Cruz, and Leon Daniels with gang assault in the first and second degrees, attempted gang assault in the first and second degrees, assault in the first and second degrees, coercion in the first degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the third and fourth degrees. 

The charges in the indictment are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

The defendants are facing maximum sentences of up to 25 years imprisonment if convicted of the most serious Class B felony offenses of gang assault in the first degree and assault in the first degree.

These charges stem from a violent confrontation on October 26, 2010 over a demand for jobs at a construction site at Bronxwood Avenue and East 213^th Street. It is alleged that dozens of members of United Hispanic Construction Workers, Inc. converged on the site armed with axe handles, hammers and shovels in an effort to stop work if their members were not given jobs. An ensuing argument escalated and culminated in the unarmed workers being attacked. Several workers sustained serious injuries including a broken jaw and broken ribs, a head injury requiring staples to close the wound, and various injuries to the back, arms and forearms.

The target of the jobs protest was the Maspeth Supply Company which had been awarded a $25 million contract by the City of New York to repair water mains, sewer lines, streets and curbs at over a dozen locations in the Williamsbridge section of the Bronx.

The indictment unsealed consolidated charges filed previously. The defendants were arraigned on the superseding indictment before Acting State Supreme Court Justice Steven Barrett.

Sammy Lopez, 56, of Rogers Place, is free on bail of $350,000 bond or $150,000 cash.

Freddy Diaz, 47, of Timpson Place, is being held in lieu of $150,000 bond or $75,000 cash.

Willie Lidge, 26, of Webster Avenue, is being held in lieu of $250,000 bond or $100,000 cash.

Carlos Cruz, 34, of Simpson Street, is being held in lieu of $200,000 bond or $100,000 cash.

Leon Daniels, 56, Walton Avenue, is being held in lieu of $85,000 bond or $35,000 cash.

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Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Cops Hunt Apartment Gunmen

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Cops Hunt Apartment Gunmen: (Police outside of 2835 Webb Avenue after a man was shot inside the building.--Photo by David Greene) By David Greene BRONX, NEW YO...

Cops Hunt Apartment Gunmen

(Police outside of 2835 Webb Avenue after a man was shot inside the building.--Photo by David Greene)

By David Greene

BRONX, NEW YORK, April 24- Police are looking for the gunmen who opened fire on a male victim, striking him in the arm inside a Kingsbridge Heights building.

Officers from the 50th Precinct and paramedics responded to the seventh-floor hallway of 2835 Webb Avenue, at 12:36 p.m., on April 20, where the unidentified male victim was discovered with a gunshot wound to his arm.

The victim, who one source stated lived in the building, was transported to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition.

Police would canvas the area for the two suspects, both wearing hooded jackets, who fled northbound on Webb Avenue towards the confines of the 52nd Precinct.

Detectives were in the process of obtaining surveillance video from buildings in the area, in an attempt to identify the perpetrators.

According to 50th Precinct commander, Deputy Inspector Kevin Burke, police have video of the two suspects entering the building and are working to identify the individuals, but no arrests have been made at this time.

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Bronx News (Bxnews.net): $250 Mil Rehab of Armory Unveiled

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): $250 Mil Rehab of Armory Unveiled:   (Mayor Bloomberg Announces Plans to Transform Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx Into World’s Largest Indoor Ice Facility April 23, 201...