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Bronx Local News: Halloween Horror on Bus as Man Gropes Woman

NYPD Seeks Help Identifying Suspect in Bronx Bus Sex Assault  By Dan Gesslein  Bronx Voice  November 5, 2025 BRONX LOCAL NEWS - The NYPD is looking for a man for allegedly groping a female rider on a Bronx MTA bus. The suspect also broke the victim’s phone when she tried to take a photo of the suspect. The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying a man wanted in connection with a forcible touching incident that took place on Halloween morning in the Bronx. According to police the incident took place around 10 a.m. on October 31, aboard a BX19 MTA bus as it approached East 149th Street and Brook Avenue — within the 40th Precinct. Investigators say a 36-year-old woman was on the bus when an unidentified man came up from behind and repeatedly pressed his body against her over her clothing.  When the victim tried to take a photo of the suspect, police say he knocked the phone out of her hand, causing a small cut on her finger. The man then took off o...

Pelham Bay Station Murder

Man Stabbed to Death Near Pelham Bay Park


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

September 17, 2022


BRONX - A Bronx man was stabbed to death outside a building at the Pelham Bay train station.


At around 9:46 pm, police were called to an assault in progress near the bus stop outside a building on the corner of Bruckner Boulevard and Wilkinson Avenue. 


Cops arrived to find a 27-year-old man with multiple stab wounds about the torso.


The victim was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.


An investigation revealed that three men involved in the stabbing fled on foot before cops arrived.


The victim’s name is being withheld pending family notification.


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. 


All calls remain confidential.

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