Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Needle Robber Busted in String of Thefts
By David Greene
BRONX, NEW YORK, October 2- The brazen thief targeting teens with a syringe may have pulled his last robbery, as police have announced the suspect has been captured in Yonkers.
Bronxite Angel Anthony Cintron, 39, was tracked down and apprehended by Bronx detectives, hiding out in Yonkers after police released a mug-shot of the suspect wanted in connection with at least nine robberies, many while threatening his victims with a hypodermic needle.
Police say Cintron began his one-man crime spree on August 16, when he robbed a teenaged victim at Castle Hill Avenue and E. Tremont Avenue. Cintron allegedly returned to that location and robbed a second person.
On September 10, the individual struck again at White Plains Road and E. Gun Hill Road. That same week another person reported a similar incident on Roberts Avenue in Pelham Bay.
At the end of September, another robbery was reported in the area of Westchester Square and feeling the heat in the Bronx-- from an old mug-shot released by the NYPD, Cintron apparently headed to Manhattan for his last robbery, robbing a teen's cell phone aboard a subway train at W. 86 Street, on Saturday, September 29.
Police say Cintron, who has an extensive criminal background with 19-prior arrests, has been targeting male teens with cell phones, iPods and iPhones as well as cash and jewelry.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Bronx Clergy Teaming Up with Joel Olstein to Feed the Children
By Michael Horowitz
BRONX, NEW YORK, September 28- The Bronx Clergy Task Force, spearheaded by Bishop Angelo Rosario, is teaming up with Rev. Joel Olstein, one of the nation's most widely known ministers, to support the nationwide Feed the Children initiative.
Ray Fraticelli, a chaplain who has been working with Bishop Rosario at the Church of God's Children, said the Clergy Task Force has, in recent months, been responsible for the delivery of much-needed food to impoverished families in the west Bronx and the delivery of food and toiletries to the Town and Country Shelter for Battered Women.
“One of the Clergy Task Force's main goals is to assure that children don't go to bed hungry,” Fraticelli stressed. “I get a tremendous sense of personal satisfaction by knowing that I am doing God's work.”
In recent months, the Bronx Clergy Coalition held a coat drive in which thousands of Bronxites received much-needed clothing during the winter months.
“We have pictures of people going into the coat drive with clothing that was barely in one piece and leaving with ski jackets and other winter coats to keep them warm,” Fraticelli stressed. We are not about glorifying ourselves; we're about meeting the real needs of real people.”
Bishop Rosario, for his part, pointed with pride to the fact that the Bronx Clergy Task Force played a key role in preventing the illegal eviction of the Futa Islamic Center from its mosque at Third Avenue and 166th Street.
Fraticelli said that he will be outside of the Einstein Loop Community Center from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday as part of the city-wide Pray New York initiative.
“We will be there to offer comfort to those who need it,” Fraticelli said. “We will be there to try to address the spiritual and physical needs of those who seek us out.”
Fraticelli noted that the Bronx Clergy Task Force has an ongoing coat-collection effort. Coats are kept at the Church of God's Children in the lower level of the Dreiser Loop Shopping Center.
In recent weeks, the Dress Barn store in Pelham Manor has donated coats to the Bronx Clergy Task Force for future coat drives and for the task force's upcoming Dress for Success initiative among those seeking employment or those seeking better jobs.
To donate coats or to assist the Clergy Task Force in other ways, call (718) 790-9120.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Stop laptop thieves by marking your items
NYPD Community Affairs Bureau
Crime Prevention Section
Weekly Crime Prevention Tip
Mark it . . Register it . . Keep it!
BRONX, NEW YORK, September 27- Almost 1/3 of all laptop thefts occur during the course of a burglary. Once a thief is in your home, small portable electronic items are easily removed and often easily sold. Would you buy a second-hand laptop if it had an NYPD ID number engraved on it?
Engraving items makes it harder for criminals to dispose of valuables through dark-market channels, and may even deter theft. It can also help reunite you with your lost property.
The NYPD offers a free program – “Operation ID” - whereby a unique serial number is engraved on all portable valuable electronics and the owner’s information is registered with the Police Department. This program can be implemented by contacting your local Precinct's Crime Prevention Officer, or the Community Affairs Bureau direct at 646-610-5323
For more information on all of the programs we offer, or for additional crime prevention tips, please visit our website – www.nypdcommunityaffairs.org
Westchester Square News: Storage Scores
Westchester Square News: Storage Scores: Burglars Repeat Offenders at Storage Unit (Surveillace video shows one of the burglars turning a camera to the side as to hide t...
Storage Scores
Burglars Repeat Offenders at Storage Unit
(Surveillace video shows one of the burglars turning a camera to the side as to hide their faces. Unfortunately for him another camera captured his image.)
By Dan Gesslein
BRONX, NEW YORK, September 27- Cops are asking for the public’s help in trying to catch a group of burglars who struck the same Zerega storage facility twice in one month. The criminal masterminds are seen on surveillance video turning one of the cameras around as to not record them. However, the suspect failed to notice a second camera that was taping his exposed face as he disabled the other camera.
Police believe the same group struck the Public Storage Facility at 875 Brush Avenue twice in the same month. The first time was at around 10 p.m. on September 1 when two men wearing baseball caps burglarized the facility.
The crooks struck again at around 10 p.m. on September 22. They struck the same facility but this time they brought along another accomplice who was seen wearing a ski mask and a pony tail. Apparently this is the only member of the burglary ring who bothered to cover his face because police released surveillance video of the two men.
Anyone with information is urged to call CRIMESTOPPERS at (800) 577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
All calls are kept strictly confidential.
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