Tag: The Bronx

NYPD discovers Nyssa Walcott’s death in a storage container

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A Manhattan woman was found dead in a plastic storage container in the Bronx Friday afternoon, police said. Police made the shocking discovery just before 2 p.m. in the Highbridge section, four blocks from Yankee Stadium, according to the NYPD. Police said Nissa Walcott, 35, of the Upper East Side, was found unconscious and unresponsive in the container across the street from a storage unit on University Street 950. Medical officials were working to determine how she died. A police officer walks near where Nyssa Walcott was found dead inside…

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Bronx Bowl faces protest after blocking street renaming of Albanian champion

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Councilwoman Marjorie Velasquez accuses her Albanian Bronx constituents in the Balkans, community leaders accuse. In a scratching move, Velasquez, who had just been elected last year, blocked a request from Albanian civic leaders to rename a street in the Morris Park section of the Bronx this weekend after a symbol, Van Noli. Van Noli was the Prime Minister of Albania and founder of the Albanian Orthodox Church who lived for many years in the United States. He was also one of the founders of the Albanian-American advocacy group Vatra. Vatra…

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New York City gunman caught in broad daylight homicide

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The Bronx gunman who allegedly shot a man five times in broad daylight — killing him — has been arrested, police said late Monday. Investigators identified Jose Santos, 43, on Sunday as a person of interest in the murder of Angel Ortega, 44, at about 3:15 p.m. the previous day at the corner of East Tremont Street and Belmont Street, police said. Late Monday, authorities said he was tracked down, questioned, and charged with premeditated murder and criminal possession of a weapon. Angel Ortega was shot five times in the…

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New York City thief steals a car with a boy in it – goes on a fun ride

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An 11-year-old boy suffered a terrifying 20-minute ride Sunday with a car thief who had just boosted his father’s SUV in East Harlem — before it was dumped in the Bronx more than five miles away, cops said. The boy was sitting in the front passenger seat of his father’s 2017 Nissan Rogue, which was left on Third Avenue near East 121st Street around 8 p.m., police and police sources said. The 36-year-old had just broken into a store nearby. But a short time later, the suspect climbed into the…

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Victim of deadly subway gang attack plans to sue the New York City Transportation Authority

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A Bronx man rescued by Samri Saleh during an alleged gang attack plots to sue the city’s transit authority over the horrific ordeal – which left his “angel” mortally wounded by a train. Roland Huston, 36, was killed by an oncoming D train after he rescued Noel Soto, who lost consciousness when a group of gang members allegedly threw him over the rails early on New Years Day in the Bronx. “He didn’t even know me,” Soto told The Post through tears, in an exclusive interview last week. “He gave…

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Police arrest second suspect in fatal shooting in broad daylight in New York

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Police said Saturday that a second suspect has been arrested in connection with an October daylight shooting in the Bronx. Suspect Terrell Watts, 23, of Queens, was detained Friday in Kingsbridge for the murder of Bronx resident Alfred Johnson, police said. He was charged with premeditated murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a loaded firearm. Police said Johnson was shot in the chest on River Avenue and East 151 shortly before 2:30 p.m. on October 7. He was taken to Lincoln Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police said officers…

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Fernando Ferrer supports Tom Suozzi for Governor of New York on Kathy Hoshol

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Long Island Democratic Representative Tom Sozzi is playing a big Latin vote bid in his quest for governor — announcing Thursday night that former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer will head his campaign. Ferrer—the first Latino Democrat candidate for mayor of New York City in 2005—appeared suddenly during a remote town hall meeting in Suozzi that reached out to 10,000 people across the state. He served as the Bronx area president from 1987 to 2001 and previously served on the city council. The announcement of Ferrer, 71, as his campaign…

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The ex-con who tried to kill an NYPD cop is released without bail

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Authorities and police sources said Monday that a former fraudster who tried to kill a Queens policeman was arrested this week for indiscriminately attacking another NYPD police officer, but was released without bail. The repeat accused policeman, Esos Thompson, 38, could have been forced to release on bail before being released after the latest alleged assault on an officer. But a judge instead released him without bail, angering NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea In a tweet on Monday. “Do we have to wait [Thompson] To kill someone before this is taken…

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New York City robbers shot Jonathan Pena and injured another man

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Shocking surveillance footage captured the terrifying moment when Bronx thieves shot two men, killing one of them on Saturday night. The suspected trio approached the two victims — Jonathan Pena, 32, and a 46-year-old man — at about 5 p.m. outside Macombs Road 1460 in Mount Eden. Then one of the attackers snatched Bina’s gold chain while the other scammers grabbed the duo at gunpoint, according to a video provided by the NYPD. The footage shows that while the two victims were trying to escape, the suspects opened fire. Police…

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Anti-vaccine protesters display Nazi symbols outside Jeffrey Dinowitz’s office

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At least two protesters display Nazi symbols during an anti-vaccine protest outside the office of a Jewish legislator in the Bronx on Sunday. One of the women carried a poster with an image of a swastika and a man wearing a yellow Star of David affixed to his jacket during the protest outside the Kingsbridge office of assembly member Jeffrey Dinowitz, according to photos provided by the lawmaker. Denowitz attacked the icons as “hateful and offensive” in a statement posted on Twitter. “People are completely free to express their opinions…

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