Police & Fire News – Bronx Times

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Bronx man arrested for fatally stabbing his mother to death inside her apartment

NYC family courts have revised their drug testing policy following a lawsuit by the Bronx Defenders that argued that the policy was "unconstitutional."

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NYC family court revises drug testing policy after Bronx Defenders lawsuit

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police at the scene of a shooting in Canarsie, Brooklyn

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Despite October uptick, NYPD sets record low for shootings over first 10 months of 2026, department says

Javits Frimpong was found with a single gunshot wound to his stomach near Crotona Park on Thursday. He was pronounced dead at St. Barnabas Hospital.

Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump to represent the family of Javits Frimpong, teen shot and killed on way to school

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The widow and friends of an NYPD Sergeant shot to death on a Bronx street spoke on Wednesday about life ten years after his murder.

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Death of a hero: Friends and family remember slain NYPD sergeant 10 years after his murder in the Bronx

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Bronx murder-suicide: Man allegedly says ‘it’s over for’ girlfriend before shooting her, then himself, dead, cops say

Javits Frimpong was found with a single gunshot wound to his stomach near Crotona Park on Thursday. He was pronounced dead at St. Barnabas Hospital.

Bronx mourns Javits Frimpong, Ghanaian teen killed on way to school

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scene in Bronx of police-involved shooting

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Police shoot armed man in the Bronx after he fires at them in wild daylight gun fight

Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at a street-safety news conference at City Hall on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026.

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Mother of slain Bronx boy granted visa from President Trump, says Mamdani

people in uniforms standing next to bike

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Bronx fire caused by lithium-ion battery leaves boy dead and family critical

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45th Precinct offers safe exchange zone for Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist deals

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woman in bronx left with busted lip after being robbed near bus stop

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EXCLUSIVE | Bronx woman speaks out after being brutally robbed and beaten by motorcycle-riding thieves while waiting for bus

suspect in Bronx rape case

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Bronx suspect wanted for rape, robbery of woman during rendezvous in home

FILE PHOTO: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez visits Fishkill Farms in Dutchess County on Oct. 6, 2026, alongside Gov. Kathy Hochul and Rep. Pat Ryan for a discussion with local farmers and businesses about the impacts of hyperscale data centers.

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AOC latest NY lawmaker to receive envelope with suspicious white powder amid nationwide investigation

Detectives in the Bronx are on the hunt for a suspect who bashed a man with a glass bottle and beat him up outside a bodega earlier this month.

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Bronx brute who bashed man with glass bottle and beat him up at bodega still at large: cops

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EXCLUSIVE: Mamdani expands gun violence prevention program in Bushwick, Harlem and Washington Heights

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