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Robbers targeting pedestrians wearing expensive jewelry
Police are investigating a string of gunpoint robberies that have plagued parts of the Bronx in recent weeks, including two incidents in Kingsbridge that cost local victims more than $4,000 in jewelry.
A 45-year-old man said he was walking near the corner of Albany Crescent and West 231st Street in the early morning hours of Sunday, Aug. 23, when two men walked up to him, flashing a black firearm, according to police. They ran off with the man's jewelry and some other unidentified property valued at $3,000.
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Last week was a Black Lives Matter-inspired march. This week, it’s Blue Lives Matter, organized by former congressional candidate and former cop Sammy Ravelo.
Ravelo tells The Riverdale Press that it’s not intended as a political event, but some people wore “Trump 2020” hats, and guest speakers included regular cable news channel analyst Darrin Porcher who called Mayor Bill de Blasio, council Speaker Corey Johnson and public advocate Jumaane Williams “lunatics” who are “subsequently destroying public safety.”
Ravelo tells The Press that what happened to George Floyd was in Minneapolis, and that those problems don’t exist in New York City.
Pick up the Aug. 27 edition of the paper for more on this Friday morning rally.
Kingsbridge restaurants, laundromat hit in string of burglaries
Police are looking for two men they say were involved in a series of burglaries in the heart of the Kingsbridge business district last month.
It started in the early morning hours of July 19, according to police, sometime between 12:30 and 5 a.m., when someone broke through a locked rear door of Palmas Restaurant, 240 W. 231st St. There, one of the men took $200 as well as a Samsung tablet computer before running off with the other man.
A couple of nights later, the two men reportedly returned, this time hitting a commercial laundromat, W230 Laundry Services, at 215 W. 230th St., breaking the glass on the front door to get in. This July 21 burglary resulted in a $1,300 cash hall from the register and tip jar, as well as some cleaning supplies.
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Police want to have a few words with a man they say was involved in a robbery Monday in Kingsbridge where employees were reportedly threatened by knifepoint.
It was the middle of the afternoon on July 20 when police say a man walked into All Wireless and Electronics at 237 W. 231st St., and started arguing with the store clerk. While arguing, the customer reportedly pulled a knife from his pocket, and cut five cell phones from their tethers behind the counter. He also took $440 in cash from the register.
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Police are trying to find a man they say attacked and robbed a woman inside a Popeye's restaurant on Monday in the southernmost part of Kingsbridge Heights.
A 25-year-old woman was placing her order at the 118 W, Kingsbridge Road fast food restaurant at dinnertime Monday when, according to police, she got into an argument with another customer. The argument escalated into violence when the man started punching the woman repeatedly and knocking her to the floor, according to video of the incident.
FULL STORY: https://riverdalepress.com/stories/police-seek-man-attacked-woman-popeyes,72128?
While many people are staying home in efforts to slow the infection rate of the virus that causes COVID-19, others are finding their way into places they shouldn't be. And no door — or roof — will stop them, apparently.
Police are looking for a man they say broke into the Dunkin' coffee shop at 5201 Broadway in the early morning hours of Tuesday, April 7. It was there investigators from the 50th Precinct say a man forced his way through the shop's ceiling. Once there, he pulled $13,500 from cash registers and a safe, before taking off in a maroon Honda Accord from the West 230th Street entrance of the Major Deegan Expressway.
Read full story here: https://riverdalepress.com/stories/man-nabs-cash-broadway-dunkin-coffee-nypd-nyc,71766?
Two rob T-Mobile store on Riverdale Avenue
Police are looking for two men they said robbed the T-Mobile store on Riverdale Avenue earlier this week.
Two men walked into the 5670 Riverdale Ave., store, just after 4 p.m., on Tuesday, Dec. 3, with one immediately started cutting display phones from various counter tops, while the other told customers and employees not to move or call anyone, while placing his right hand in his jacket pocket, according to police.
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Spuyten Duyvil, Kingsbridge tied to string of 4 am robberies
Police are looking for help from a string of robberies that have targeted Manhattan, Queens and two neighborhoods in this part of the Bronx. Investigators from the New York Police Department believe the have a lead on who might be perpetrating the armed holdups, but hope someone might be able to help detectives identify them.
The first such robbery is believed to have taken place around 4 a.m., on Aug. 26 near Broadway and Verveelen Place in Kingsbridge when two men hopped out of a burgundy Kia displaying fi****ms and accosted a couple getting into their own car. The men took off with $200 and some jewelry, and no one was injured.
FULL STORY: https://riverdalepress.com/stories/spuyten-duyvil-kingsbridge-string-robberies-nypd,70180?
Police seek man who shot bystander in back
Police are trying to figure out who shot at a man early Sunday morning not far from the Jerome Park Library.
A 23-year-old was standing in front of an apartment building and business strip at 131 W. Kingsbridge Road around 4 a.m., when an unidentified male started firing shots at him, striking him in the back.
The man was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, and was reported in stable condition, according to officers from the 50th Precinct.
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Police looking for alleged stabber who lost part of finger in attack
An early-morning argument in front of a bar on Broadway ended with one man in the hospital with multiple stab wounds and the other missing part of his finger.
It all started just after 1 a.m., on Tuesday, when the 35-year-old victim — who police did not identify — started to quarrel with another man outside of Keenan's Bar & Grill at 5588 Broadway, near West 231st Street. During the dispute, the other man pulled out a knife, according to police, and stabbed the 35-year-old multiple times in the back.
The attack was so brutal, police say, the alleged attacker actually cut part of his finger off his left hand. He then took off south on Broadway.
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Police looking for two who mugged elderly man on Heath Avenue
Police say they're looking for two men they believe were involved in a robbery early Monday morning near Kingsbridge Heights.
A 74-year-old man was walking toward the corner of West 230th Street and Heath Avenue at 5:40 a.m., on May 6, when he was approached by two men, according to the 50th Precinct. One pulled out a black firearm and demanded, "Give me your money." One of them then punched the older man in the face, while the other grabbed his wallet and cell phone, before both running off.
FULL STORY: https://riverdalepress.com/stories/police-looking-for-two-who-mugged-elderly-man-on-heath-avenue,68902?
Police looking for woman who refused to return dropped wallet
One woman apparently feels "finders, keepers" is actually a law we're allowed to follow, and is now wanted by the police for questioning over allegedly refusing to return another woman's dropped wallet.
It all happened on the mezzanine of the West 231st Street train station at Broadway on the afternoon of Dec. 16. It was a 68-year-old woman was buying a MetroCard from one of the kiosks located outside the 1 train turnstiles when she dropped her wallet.
FULL STORY: http://riverdalepress.com/stories/police-looking-for-woman-who-refused-to-return-dropped-wallet,67783
Three men wanted in connection with burglary spree
Police are looking for three men they say were involved in a series of heists just before Thanksgiving that earned them loot of more than $25,000.
The first burglary, according to the New York Police Department, occurred at the late evening of Nov. 15 at a home near Broadway and West 251st Street, where the three men took off with electronics and brand-name merchandise totaling $8,600.
To read the full story, click here: http://riverdalepress.com/stories/three-men-wanted-in-connection-with-burglary-spree,67581?
Cops on hunt for serial purse-snatcher
Police are looking for a woman they believe may have some connection to a string of robberies that have plagued the central part of Riverdale over the past few weeks.
It all started Nov. 9, according to the New York Police Department, when someone walked behind an 84-year-old woman in front of a residential building near Oxford Avenue and West 236th Street around 7 p.m., yanking her hip pack off her left arm. That person ran off with $100 in cash and multiple credit cards.
Later that evening, a woman tried to use one of the credit cards at the West 225th Street Target store.
For the full story, click here: http://riverdalepress.com/stories/cops-on-hunt-for-serial-purse-snatcher-around-north-riverdale,67580?
Police searching for shooting suspect
Police are looking for man they say shot a teenager in the leg in front of the Kennedy Fried Chicken on Kingsbridge Road last week.
According to reports, the man — who police described as an Hispanic male wearing all black clothing — fired several shots at a 19-year-old in front of the food place at 67 W. Kingsbridge Road on the outer edge of the 50th Precinct, at around 8:30 p.m., on Oct. 26. Only one of the bullets hit the young man, striking him in the back of the right leg.
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