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Bronx Local News: Cell Phone Dispute Turns into Prison-Style Beat Down- Teen Robbed

5 Beat, Rob Teen of Phone, Sneakers By Dan Gesslein  Bronx Voice  November 12, 2025  BRONX LOCAL NEWS : A teenager received a prison-style beat down when a group of men beat and stomped him during a robbery in the Bronx.  The vicious beating happened in Mount Eden on October 27. At around 7 pm, a 16-year-old boy was walking in the vicinity of East 174th Street and Townsend Avenue when he was approached by a male. The man asked the teen to use his cell phone. When the teen refused the man punched him in the face causing the victim to fall to the ground.  While laying on the sidewalk, four of the attacker’s accomplice ran over and began punching and kicking the defenseless teen. The attackers yanked the phone out of the teen’s hands and pulled his sneakers off his feet.  The muggers then ran off in an unknown direction but not before their images were captured on street surveillance cameras. All five suspects were seen wearing dark clothing an...
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Teen Stabbed Near Fordham Road



By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

September 19, 2022


BRONX - A teen was found fatally stabbed in the neck off of Fordham Road near the library. Police are asking for the public’s help in trying to catch the killer(s).


Police responding to reports of an assault in progress arrived at 2550 Briggs Avenue to find Armani McDonald, 19, with a stab wound to the neck. He was rushed to nearby St. Barnabas Hospital where he was pronounced dead.


Police recovered two knives at the scene.


A person of interest was taken into custody but no one has so far been charged.


This is the second fatal stabbing in the Bronx this weekend. On Friday, Prince McMichael was stabbed to death by a group of four teens at the Pelham Bay train station.


Police are still looking for McMichael’s killers.


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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