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Bronx Local News: Rider Threatens Straphanger with Gun on Bronx Subway Train

Subway Gunman Sought by NYPD for Bronx Incident The NYPD is searching for this man for allegedly menancing a subway rider with a gun. Bronx Voice  November 23, 2025 BRONX LOCAL NEWS - It was a tense commute for one 18-year-old rider on Friday afternoon when a fellow passenger pulled out a handgun and threatened on the northbound train. According to police, the incident happened around 4:55 p.m. on November 14, onboard a Number 2 train as it pulled out of the White Plains Road and Pelham Parkway station in the Bronx. The young man was simply taking his seat when an unidentified individual sat beside him. What started as just another subway ride quickly escalated.  Police say the stranger initiated a verbal dispute with the teen, made an alarming statement, and then displayed a firearm. The gunman did not demand money nor did he injure the passenger. After showing the weapon, the suspect exited the train at the Nereid Avenue station. He then fled the area on ...

Burger King Robber Leaps Over Counter-Video



CAUGHT ON VIDEO - A woman is seen jumping over the counter at a Bronx Burger King in an attempt to steal money from the cash register.


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

September 16, 2022


BRONX - A would be thief is caught on video leaping across the counter and trying to steal money from the cash register and fighting off employees at a Bronx Burger King.


Police released the dramatic store surveillance video from inside a McDonald’s on the Grand Concourse across the street from Hostos College.


At around 3 pm on September 13, a woman wearing sunglasses is seen placing her order at the counter. When the employee opens the register, the woman jumps across the counter and grabs $250 cash.




The employees fought back and grabbed the cash from the thief. She then jumped back over the counter and fled.


A 23-year-old victim suffered a cut to the head but refused medical attention.




Police say this is the woman who jumped over the counter at a Bronx Burger King in an attempt to steal money from the cash register.


The thief is described as approximately in her 20s, 5 foot 7 inches tall, with a dark complexion, slim build, and was last seen wearing black sunglasses, a black hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and black sneakers.


Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to 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. 


All calls are confidential.

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