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Knife-Wielding Shoplifters Roll Stolen Luggage Out of Target in Bronx

Pull Knife on Store Worker The NYPD is looking for two men in connection with a shoplifting and the menacing of an employee with a knife at a Bronx Target store. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Bronx Voice May 5, 2024 BRONX - A Target employee was threatened with a knife when he tried to stop a pair of shoplifters from rolling goods out of a Bronx Target, cops said.  The NYPD released surveillance video taken from inside the Target store in Throggs Neck. Cops said the crooks took items off the shelves and loaded them into luggage and bags at the shopping center at 815 Hutchinson River Parkway. The suspects are then seen on camera rolling their luggage out of the aisle with large bags on their backs.  As the pair tried to leave the store without paying, a store employee tried to stop them. Cops said one of the suspects pulled out a knife and menaced the employee. The shoplifters left with approximately $1,100 worth of merchandise.  The employee was not harmed. The first suspect

Combating Domestic Violence in the Bronx



BRONX - Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson will join Domestic Violence survivors, advocates, and community partners to officially announce the start of Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the Bronx and to announce the relaunch of the Domestic Violence Advisory Council.




According to the NYPD’s Domestic Violence Report released in 2021, from 2015 to 2020, 8 out of the top 15 Community Boards with the highest rates of intimate partner homicides citywide, were from the Bronx. Bronx Community Boards 3 and 6 combined caused concern with data showing 17 intimate partner homicides in neighborhoods that include Claremont, Crotona Park, Melrose, Morrisania, Bathgate and Belmont.



 

Borough President Gibson will outline the goal of the Advisory Council, as well as announce a calendar of DV-related events from the Borough President's office for the month of October.



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