Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Teen has Wild West Shootout with Cops

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Teen has Wild West Shootout with Cops: Teen has Wild West Shootout with Cops By Dan Gesslein BRONX, NEW YORK, JUNE 26- Cops arrested a teenager in Claremont who thought he was i...

Teen has Wild West Shootout with Cops

Teen has Wild West Shootout with Cops

By Dan Gesslein

BRONX, NEW YORK, JUNE 26- Cops arrested a teenager in Claremont who thought he was in the Wild West. The teen took shots at cops with a revolver that looked like it came out of an old Western movie.

At around 7:40 p.m. on June 25, officers from the 42 Precinct Anti-Crime team were conducting a patrol inside 595 East 179th Street. Suddenly, the officers heard a woman scream out, "He has a gun."

Outside cops saw a 15 year old with a revolver. As officers gave chase, the teen turned and opened fire. The gunman missed and police did not return fire. Cops caught the teen at St. Paul's Avenue and Crotona Street. A 22 caliber old style revolver was recovered at the scene.

Charges are pending.

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Bad luck on Friday the 13th

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Bad luck on Friday the 13th: More than a black cat crossed his path Photo by David Greene Friday the 13th proved to be the downfall for one man as he was apprehended b...

Bad luck on Friday the 13th

More than a black cat crossed his path

Photo by David Greene

Friday the 13th proved to be the downfall for one man as he was apprehended by members of the U.S. Marshals Service, who were joined by NYPD detectives. The incident unfolded at just after 1 p.m. on Friday, June 13. Officials say the still-unidentified man was wanted on drug charges in South Carolina and was grabbed by the team in front of 10 East 198 Street in Bedford Park.

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): High Speed deemed Cause of Bruckner Horror

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): High Speed deemed Cause of Bruckner Horror: High Speed deemed Cause of Bruckner Horror Brooklyn Man Dies in Fatal Highway Plunge   By David Greene BRONX, NEW YORK, JUNE 24...

High Speed deemed Cause of Bruckner Horror

High Speed deemed Cause of Bruckner Horror

Brooklyn Man Dies in Fatal Highway Plunge

 

By David Greene

BRONX, NEW YORK, JUNE 24- A Brooklyn man has died after his out-of-control vehicle jumped a curb, crashed through a metal barrier and chain-link fence --and plummeted more than 20 feet to his death.

Authorities were called to East Tremont Avenue and the Bruckner Boulevard Service Road at 10:50 p.m. on June 20.

Rescue crews shutdown both directions of the busy highway as the victim was extricated from the mangled 2012 Chevrolet Cruz.

One source stated that paramedics were performing CPR on the victim as he was transported to Jacobi Hospital. However, the man was pronounced dead upon arrival to the hospital.

The police would later identify him as 26-year-old Jean Espinosa-Villacis of Argyle Road in Brooklyn.

According to one police source, "The victim was traveling northbound on the Bruckner Boulevard Service Road at a high rate of speed, attempted to make a left turn onto East Tremont Avenue when the operator lost control."

Officials say Villacis fell 23 feet into the northbound lane of the highway and approaching vehicles were able to stop in time and no other vehicles were involved.

William Rivera, the founder of the Cross Bronx Expressway Imitative (CBI), who has helped identify several area roadways where drivers are in danger of being sent airborne, stated that the latest site was not on his list.

The CBI identified the section of the Bronx River Parkway at the Bronx Zoo as a hazard before 7 family members were killed in a horrific crash in April 2012. That section of roadway has recently undergone renovation.

Rivera added, "Maybe I should drive around again because cars are flying all over the place."   

(The broken chain-link fence dangles precariously over the Bruckner Expressway.--Photo by Aryana Nicole Bella)

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Old Timers' Day Photos

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Old Timers' Day Photos: From Yogi to Tino to Goose and Rickey legends returned to Yankee Stadium to take part in the 2014 Old Timers' Day festivities. (Phot...