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‘Let Jhony Go’ - Protestors Demand Bodega Owner Be Set Free After Defending Self

Bodega Owner Facing Charges After Shooting Gunman with ‘Found’ Weapon Founder and spokesman for the United Bodegas of America Fernando Mateo (Center) is calling on the Bronx District Attorney to drop all charges against bodega owner Jhony Gomez during a rally on Elton Avenue. -Photo by David Greene By David Greene  Bronx Voice  December 17, 2024  Follow @Bronxvoice1 BRONX - A Bronx bodega owner is facing illegal weapons charges after he claimed to have found a stashed handgun in his public bathroom and used it against two alleged stickup men before he could turn it in to police. According to the United Bodegas of America (UBA), Jhony Gomez, the owner of Mi Gerizin Market at 777 Elton Avenue was behind the counter on Thanksgiving morning, November 28, when two masked men entered the store demanding cash. UBA claims Gomez was defending customers inside his store and himself when he f...
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8 Men Raid Bronx Grandma’s Apartment Near Yankee Stadium



By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

September 24, 2022


BRONX - A Bronx grandma was shocked when her apartment door was busted open and eight men poured through looking to rob her.



At around 3 pm on September 16, a 74-year-old woman was sitting in her apartment in a building in the vicinity of Trinity Avenue and 161st Street down the road from Yankee Stadium.



Suddenly her apartment door was kicked in and eight men entered her apartment. No items were taken and no injuries were reported.


Police would not comment whether the robbers had broken into the wrong apartment.



Police released surveillance video of the eight men entering the building.


Anyone with information should call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 


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