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Bronxites Left in Lurch as Check Cashing Chain Goes Under

A young man who normally opens the door for customers at the Pay-O-Matic on East Gun Hill Road for spare change was found sleeping in front of the location after the check cashing giant was temporarily closed on September 16. -Photo by David Greene By David Greene  Bronx Voice  October 10, 2025 BRONX - Longtime customers of check cashing giant Pay-O-Matic and its hundreds of employees in the Bronx remain in limbo after Pay-O-Matic announced that they have ceased operations. Money transfer giant Western Union has confirmed that they are in negotiations to acquire the business. On September 16, a notice was observed in the window of its location at 11 East Gun Hill Road that read in part, “After more than 50 years of service to your communities, all Pay-O-Matic check cashing store locations are closed as of September 12.” In an undated posting on the New York City Department of Financial Services ...
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Home Depot Thief Menaces with Knife

Police are looking for this man in connection with shoplifting and menacing with a knife inside a Home Depot near Yankee Stadium. 


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

September 17, 2022


BRONX - A shoplifter at a Home Depot near Yankee Stadium threatened an employee with a knife when he tried to stop him.



At around 3:30 pm on August 23, a man inside the Home Depot in the Gateway Shopping Center tried to leave the store with $60 worth of merchandise. When the store’s loss prevention officer tried to stop him the man threatened the 24-year-old employee with a knife.


The thief fled the store but not before his image was captured on the store’s cameras.


Police released the video in the hopes the public recognize the suspect.


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 remain confidential.

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