Friday, July 19, 2013
South Bronx News: Cell phone thief takes victim for a ride
South Bronx News: Cell phone thief takes victim for a ride: Mugs rider on bus By Dan Gesslein BRONX, NEW YORK, JULY 19- Police are asking for the public's help in trying to catch the latest gr...
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Conviction in cold case killing of biz man
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Conviction in cold case killing of biz man: BRONX, NEW YORK, JULY 19- District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced that Miguel Torres was sentenced to a maximum term of 25 years to li...
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Gas station gunman wanted
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Gas station gunman wanted: By Dan Gesslein BRONX, NEW YORK, JULY 19- Cops are searching for the gunman who stuck up a gas station near the Bruckner Mall in broad day...
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Cell phone thief takes victim for a ride
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Cell phone thief takes victim for a ride: Mugs rider on bus By Dan Gesslein BRONX, NEW YORK, JULY 19- Police are asking for the public's help in trying to catch the latest gr...
Conviction in cold case killing of biz man
BRONX, NEW YORK, JULY 19- District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced that Miguel Torres was sentenced to a maximum term of 25 years to life imprisonment for shooting a Bronx businessman to death.
Torres, 50, was found guilty last month on one count of murder in the second degree. The jury deliberated for one day before finding that Torres had caused the death of 59-year-old Mohammad Zafar by shooting him once in the heart while he sat in his car.
State Supreme Court Justice Troy Webber imposed the maximum sentence allowed by law, 25 years to life imprisonment, after the victim’s wife told the court of the pain and suffering that the loss of her husband continues to cause in her life.
The murder occurred in the vicinity of Bainbridge and Rochambeau Avenues on January 24, 2003. After the victim was shot, he exited the vehicle and collapsed on the ground. Torres escaped from the crime scene in the vehicle and later abandoned it, leaving blood on the driver side seatbelt and steering wheel. The vehicle was located by the police two days later and a DNA profile was developed from the evidence recovered at the crime scene and uploaded to the New York State DNA Databank. In June of 2006, the New York State Executive Law was amended requiring defendants convicted of specific DNA qualifying misdemeanors to submit DNA samples to the Databank. On December 22, 2008, the defendant was convicted of Menacing in the Second Degree resulting in the submission of a DNA sample which was a forensic match to the evidence from the 2003 homicide.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Felicity Lung of the Trial Bureau.
Torres, 50, was found guilty last month on one count of murder in the second degree. The jury deliberated for one day before finding that Torres had caused the death of 59-year-old Mohammad Zafar by shooting him once in the heart while he sat in his car.
State Supreme Court Justice Troy Webber imposed the maximum sentence allowed by law, 25 years to life imprisonment, after the victim’s wife told the court of the pain and suffering that the loss of her husband continues to cause in her life.
The murder occurred in the vicinity of Bainbridge and Rochambeau Avenues on January 24, 2003. After the victim was shot, he exited the vehicle and collapsed on the ground. Torres escaped from the crime scene in the vehicle and later abandoned it, leaving blood on the driver side seatbelt and steering wheel. The vehicle was located by the police two days later and a DNA profile was developed from the evidence recovered at the crime scene and uploaded to the New York State DNA Databank. In June of 2006, the New York State Executive Law was amended requiring defendants convicted of specific DNA qualifying misdemeanors to submit DNA samples to the Databank. On December 22, 2008, the defendant was convicted of Menacing in the Second Degree resulting in the submission of a DNA sample which was a forensic match to the evidence from the 2003 homicide.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Felicity Lung of the Trial Bureau.
Gas station gunman wanted
By Dan Gesslein
BRONX, NEW YORK, JULY 19- Cops are searching for the gunman who stuck up a gas station near the Bruckner Mall in broad daylight.
Police released surveillance video of the robbery. At around 4:27 p.m. On July 7, the gunman entered the Shell gas station at 1929 Bruckner Boulevard and demanded money. Waving a handgun at the store clerk, he made off with an undetermined amount of cash.
The gunman is described as a 28-year-old Hispanic male who is 5 foot 6 and weighing 150 pounds.
Anyone with information should call CRIMESTOPPERS at (800) 577-TIPS.
The public can also submit their tips by logging onto Crime Stoppers' website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to CRIMES (274637), then enter TIP577.
All calls are strictly confidential.
BRONX, NEW YORK, JULY 19- Cops are searching for the gunman who stuck up a gas station near the Bruckner Mall in broad daylight.
Police released surveillance video of the robbery. At around 4:27 p.m. On July 7, the gunman entered the Shell gas station at 1929 Bruckner Boulevard and demanded money. Waving a handgun at the store clerk, he made off with an undetermined amount of cash.
The gunman is described as a 28-year-old Hispanic male who is 5 foot 6 and weighing 150 pounds.
Anyone with information should call CRIMESTOPPERS at (800) 577-TIPS.
The public can also submit their tips by logging onto Crime Stoppers' website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to CRIMES (274637), then enter TIP577.
All calls are strictly confidential.
Cell phone thief takes victim for a ride
Mugs rider on bus
By Dan Gesslein
BRONX, NEW YORK, JULY 19- Police are asking for the public's help in trying to catch the latest group of cell phone thieves who struck on the street and on a city bus. Investigators released surveillance video and photos in an attempt to catch the thieves.
The first mugging took place at around 1 a.m. on June 30. A 31-year-old man was walking down Starling Avenue when he was attacked by two men. The muggers threatened the man with a knife and made off with his iPhone and cash.
Cops arrested one of the suspects but there is still one at large. They released video of the mugging in the hopes of caching the second suspect who is 5 foot 10 and was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and shorts.
Another brazen thief struck on a city bus in broad daylight. At around 4:30 p.m. on July 5, the victim was riding the northbound MTA BX19 bus along Southern Boulevard. As the suspect was walking toward the back of the bus he snatched the cell phone out of the victim's hand. The thief dashed out of the back exit at the East 156th Street stop.
Police released photos of the suspect while he was riding on the bus and when he was running down the street during his escape.
Anyone with information should call CRIMESTOPPERS at (800) 577-TIPS.
The public can also submit their tips by logging onto Crime Stoppers' website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to CRIMES (274637), then enter TIP577.
All calls are strictly confidential.
By Dan Gesslein
BRONX, NEW YORK, JULY 19- Police are asking for the public's help in trying to catch the latest group of cell phone thieves who struck on the street and on a city bus. Investigators released surveillance video and photos in an attempt to catch the thieves.
The first mugging took place at around 1 a.m. on June 30. A 31-year-old man was walking down Starling Avenue when he was attacked by two men. The muggers threatened the man with a knife and made off with his iPhone and cash.
Cops arrested one of the suspects but there is still one at large. They released video of the mugging in the hopes of caching the second suspect who is 5 foot 10 and was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and shorts.
Another brazen thief struck on a city bus in broad daylight. At around 4:30 p.m. on July 5, the victim was riding the northbound MTA BX19 bus along Southern Boulevard. As the suspect was walking toward the back of the bus he snatched the cell phone out of the victim's hand. The thief dashed out of the back exit at the East 156th Street stop.
Police released photos of the suspect while he was riding on the bus and when he was running down the street during his escape.
Anyone with information should call CRIMESTOPPERS at (800) 577-TIPS.
The public can also submit their tips by logging onto Crime Stoppers' website at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to CRIMES (274637), then enter TIP577.
All calls are strictly confidential.
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