BRONX NEWS: Gas Station Stickup Caught on Camera

BRONX NEWS: Gas Station Stickup Caught on Camera: Gas Station Stickup Caught on Camera BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS) - A gas station bandit was caught on camera and cops are hoping the...

Gas Station Stickup Caught on Camera

Gas Station Stickup Caught on Camera

BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- A gas station bandit was caught on camera and cops are hoping the video will lead to his arrest.

At around 10 p.m. on August 9, the man entered the Third Avenue gas station, pulled out a gun and demanded cash. The bandit made off with $968 in cash. 

Anyone with information is urged to call CRIMESTOPPERS (800) 577-TIPS. All calls are confidential.

#NYPD #GasStation #Stickup

BRONX NEWS: Soda Jerks Caught on Camera Ripping off Coke

BRONX NEWS: Soda Jerks Caught on Camera Ripping off Coke: Soda Jerks Caught on Camera By Dan Gesslein BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS) - Police are trying to find a pair of soda jerks who ripped of...

Soda Jerks Caught on Camera Ripping off Coke

Soda Jerks Caught on Camera

By Dan Gesslein

BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS) - Police are trying to find a pair of soda jerks who ripped off a Coke delivery truck.

Cops say the pair struck at 9:30 a.m. on July 27 when a Coca-Cola delivery truck was parked in front of a store at 940 East 163rd Street. As the driver made his delivery, the duo took several cases of soda off the truck.

The criminal masterminds were caught on surveillance tape. Including the camera inside a laundromat which appears to show the thief trying to sell the cans of coke to workers there.

The first suspect is described as a Hispanic male between the ages of 35 and 45. He is 5 foot 6 and was seen wearing a black t-shirt, black jeans, and black sneakers. The other suspect is described as a Hispanic male between the ages of 35 and 45. He is 5 foot 6 and was seen wearing blue jean shorts, a red t-shirt, black/white sneakers with a black doorag tied to his head.

Anyone with information is urged to call CRIMESTOPPERS (800) 577-TIPS. All calls are confidential.

#NYPD #Coke #CocaCola #CaughtonCamera

BRONX NEWS: Protest Haiti at Maestro’sHaiti Immigration Cri...

BRONX NEWS: Protest Haiti at Maestro’s Haiti Immigration Cri...: Protest Haiti at Maestro’s Haiti Immigration Crisis Comes to the Bronx Angry Demonstrators Protest Visit by Dominican Republic Foreign M...

Protest Haiti at Maestro’s

Haiti Immigration Crisis Comes to the Bronx

Angry Demonstrators Protest Visit by Dominican Republic Foreign Minister

By David Greene

BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- A pair of very vocal and infuriated demonstrators protesting the Dominican Republic's new and controversial policy towards migrant workers of Haiti, came to the Bronx to heckle the Dominican Republic's Foreign Minister, who was invited to speak at breakfast hosted by a local group in Morris Park.

Dahoud Andre of Brooklyn and Bronxite Vilcere Romulus stood on the sidewalk outside of Meastro's catering hall on Bronxdale Avenue on August 7, to protest the visit by Andres Navarro Garcia, who spoke at the breakfast hosted by the New York Hispanic Clergy Organization (NYHCO.)

In a brief statement announcing the breakfast, Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr., a Reverend and President of the NYHCO, explained, "It is a great opportunity for us Hispanic ministers, evangelists and missionaries to hear directly from the Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic and about the new plan of immigration affecting the Haitian community and other communities that have been established by the administration of President Danilo Medina."

With Haitian flags draped across their shoulders, Andre and Romulus each held up signs, one read, "Boycott Tourism in the Dominican Republic," another demanded, "Full citizenship for Dominicans of Haitian descent," as they chanted slogans about racism to guests as they arrived.

Calling the new policy of the Dominican government, a form of ethnic cleansing, Andre, a host of a local Haitian radio program and a member of the International Campaign to End Apartheid in the Dominican Republic claimed, "It's a very serious issue. It's very sad that you have black politicians in New York who we believe are taking money from the Dominican government to be given this platform to spew lies." 

"From it's inception," Andre continued, "The Dominican Republic has sought to distance itself from it's neighbor in Haiti and blackness."

Andres claims the revolt began when the new legislation was passed, legislation that they claim will affect hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Haiti and the unrest has escalated after several incidents including the revocation of Citizenship of a Haitian-born Dominican who had been practicing law in the Dominican Republic for 30-years, and the February lynching of a Haitian man in Santiago, the Dominican Republic's second largest city.

Pointing out similarities with the current atmosphere in the United States, Andre explained, "It's the same reality that Dominicans are taking rickety boats to Puerto Rico to eventually get to the U.S., you would have a policy where the children of undocumented immigrants would be thrown out, the Dominican community here would rise up against this."

Asked what he would say to the NYHCO, Ardre added, "As Hispanics they understand the reality of undocumented migrants, like Hispanic migrants in this country and the same way that they would like to see undocumented migrants from the Dominican Republic treated in the United States, is the same way we would like them to treat Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic."

Senator Ruben Diaz declined to make a statement on the event or the protest, but his Chief of Staff Ann Noonan stated, "I'm not sure about that... I would just say in regard to the protesters is that everybody has a right to freedom of speech and everyone has a right to do that."

Attempts to reach the Manhattan office of the Consulate of the Dominican Republic were unsuccessful.    

#Haiti #DominicanRepublic #Immigration

BRONX NEWS: Let #PuertoRico File for Bankruptcy- BP, Pols Say

BRONX NEWS: Let #PuertoRico File for Bankruptcy- BP, Pols Say: Let #PuertoRico File for Bankruptcy- BP, Pols Say  BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. has issued a letter, ...