Police & Fire News – Bronx Times

Richard Swygert was sentenced to 75 years to life in prison for shooting a 20-year-old Rosedale man to death and wounding two others in front of the notorious and now-closed Umbrella Hotel in Kew Gardens during the early morning hours of New Year’s Day 2021.

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Bronx man gets 75 years to life in prison for Umbrella Hotel shooting in Kew Gardens that killed one, injured two others: DA

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Bronx split takes effect: NYPD creates two major commands in borough to bring in more resources, combat gun violence

family members of murdered Bronx girl weep at vigil

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Family of murdered 16-year-old Bronx school girl calls for street to be renamed for her one year after deadly shooting

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28-year-old woman arrested after allegedly posing as a teen student at Westchester Square Academy

By Lesley Cosme Torres

scene of Bronx shooting where teen was shot by unknown suspect, in inset

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Bronx shooting suspect sought for targeting teen inside parked car waiting for ride to school: cops

NYPD clashed with protestors.

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Protest over Israeli real estate event at Manhattan synagogue tests NYPD perimeter strategy as officer hospitalized, demonstrators pepper-sprayed

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Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark and NYPD Commissioner Tisch announce takedown of major Bronx auto theft ring

By Emily Swanson

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Suspects sought for stabbing three people outside Bronx hospital

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Bronx teen stabbed to death over social media beef in latest act of youth violence

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Bronx rape case: Cops nab man accused of sexually assaulting 12-year-old girl inside apartment

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Madman with machete slashes two men in the Bronx: cops

The aftermath of the fire that ravaged building on 660 E. 187th Street in Bronx's Little Italy.

Bronx Little Italy fire fueled by open doors, leaving 2 dead and 11 injured

By Marina Samuel

woman sought in bronx pepper-spray attack on 2 train

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Bronx pepper-spray attack: Woman blasts man with chemical during subway argument

A five-alarm fire blazes through storefronts and apartments on 660 E 187th Street in the Bronx's Little Italy.

Two dead, 11 injured in five-alarm fire in Bronx’s Little Italy

By Marina Samuel

Flowers, garlands, and candles lay on the bench where 78-year old Edgar Spence was killed by a stray bullet on Thursday.

‘We have to demand accountability’: Vigil held for Mitchel Houses senior killed by stray bullet

By Marina Samuel & Emily Swanson

Police are looking for a suspect who assaulted a man on a Bronx bus.

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Suspect sought for assaulting man on a Bronx bus

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