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Bronx Local News: Rikers Detainee Dies in Jail from Medical Episode

Hours Before Expected Release, Rikers Detainee Dies After Apparent Seizure   Edwin Ramos, 38, was slated to plead guilty and walk free Friday morning. Instead, he became the 13th person to die in city custody this year. This article originally appeared in The City.  By Reuven Blau Bronx Voice November 22, 2025 NYC LOCAL NEWS - Edwin Ramos was hours away from freedom.  Ramos, 38, was set to plead guilty to an attempted burglary charge at a hearing in Brooklyn court Friday morning. The judge was then expected to release him from Rikers Island into some type of program, according to a source familiar with his case.  He died a few hours before that, after experiencing what appeared to be a seizure inside a shower, the city Department of Correction said in a press release.  “Just days ago, Mr. Ramos spoke with family and showed no signs of distress,” Legal Aid Society, which was handling his defense, said in a statement. “This morning, he was ...
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Subway Psycho Suspect Arrest in Train Shove in Bronx

Cops Say They Have Their Man in Unprovoked Attack Which Pushed Straphanger in Front of Train

Police say they have the man who pushed a straphanger in front of an oncoming train in custody.


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

October 19, 2022 


BRONX - Police have made an arrest in the unprovoked subway attack in which a straphanger was pushed in front of an oncoming train in the Bronx. The attack, which was caught on camera, made national headlines. 




Police arrested 35-year-old Miguel Ramirez of Fox Street for the Saturday attack at the 149th Street Station in the Bronx. Ramirez was charged with attempted murder, attempted assault and reckless endangerment. 




Cops say they arrested Ramirez within the confines of the NYPD’s Transit District #12 in Van Nest. It is unclear if the suspect was picked up at another subway station in the north Bronx. 


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At around. 11:50 am on October 15, a man was on the subway platform of the northbound Number 6 train at the 149th Street and Southern Boulevard station.


A man went up to the straphanger and pushed him off the platform and to the tracks below as the train pulled into the station. 


The attacker fled the station.


The train just missed the victim. Fellow straphangers helped the victim climb back onto the platform.


The victim suffered only minor injuries and was taken to Jacobi Medical Center. 


The subway shove attack went national this week with numerous cable news channel putting the video of the attack on a loop when discussing the nationwide crime surge and how it will impact the midterm elections. 




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