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Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Elder Abuse

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Elder Abuse: Help Catch Thug who Attacked Grandma By Dan Gesslein BRONX, NEW YORK, March 14- Police are asking for the pubic's help in trying to cat...

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Elder Abuse

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Elder Abuse: Help Catch Thug who Attacked Grandma By Dan Gesslein BRONX, NEW YORK, March 14- Police are asking for the pubic's help in trying to cat...

Elder Abuse

Help Catch Thug who Attacked Grandma

By Dan Gesslein

BRONX, NEW YORK, March 14- Police are asking for the pubic's help in trying to catch a thug who beat and robbed an elderly woman in Baychester and a car thief in Bruckner.

The attack took place last month in a Baychester apartment building. At around 7 p.m. on February 7, the 70-year-old tenant was entering her building when a man came up from behind her. The mugger punched her in the face and then took her pocketbook. Cops said the crook made off with the victim's cash, credit cards and cell phone.

Police released surveillance video of the suspect from inside an elevator. On the video the suspect is seen holding a wad of cash.

The suspect is described as a black male was seen wearing blue jeans, blue jacket and purple ski cap.

Police are also searching for a man who stole from cars parked inside a Bruckner Boulevard building.

At around 1 a.m. on February 12, the suspect entered an apartment building at 1569 Bruckner Boulevard and removed a section of metal pipe. The thief then proceeded to sneak into the building's garage and remove property from the vehicles.

The suspect is described as a black male and was last seen wearing a grey sweatshirt and carrying a black backpack.

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.

All calls are confidential.

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Jury Indicts Bronx Butcher

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Jury Indicts Bronx Butcher: BRONX, NEW YORK, March 13- District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced the indictment of a 23-year-old Bronx man, Bahsid McLean , for al...

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Jury Indicts Bronx Butcher

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Jury Indicts Bronx Butcher: BRONX, NEW YORK, March 13- District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced the indictment of a 23-year-old Bronx man, Bahsid McLean , for al...

Jury Indicts Bronx Butcher

BRONX, NEW YORK, March 13- District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced the indictment of a 23-year-old Bronx man, Bahsid McLean, for allegedly murdering his mother and dissecting her body.

The grand jury has charged McLean, of 645 Westchester Avenue, with one count of murder in the second degree, one count of manslaughter in the first degree, and one count of Public Health Law 4210-A (Unlawful dissection of the body of a human being). The most serious offense, murder in the second degree, is a Class A-1 felony offense punishable by a maximum sentence life imprisonment.

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

It is alleged in court papers that between 6:00 p.m. on February 24, 2013 and 9:00 a.m. February 25, 2013 McLean caused the death of his mother Tanya Byrd, 45, by stabbing her in her apartment at 645 Westchester Avenue.

McLean is scheduled to be arraigned on the indictment before State Supreme Court Justice Denis Boyle on Friday, April 26, 2013 in State Supreme Court, Part H-94.

A co-defendant William Harris has been charged with Hindering Prosecution in the first degree.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Raymond Valerio of the Domestic Violence Bureau.