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‘Jack Sparrow’ Mugs Straphanger on Subway

Cops Searching for Pirate Mugger The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a mugging inside a Bronx subway station. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Bronx Voice  October 31, 2024  Follow @Bronxvoice1 BRONX - Halloween came early for one crazed mugger who beat a straphanger dressed in a pirate costume, cops said. At around 4 am on October 27, the suspect dressed in a pirate costume was seen on surveillance video wandering around the subway station at Brook Avenue in Mott Haven.  Cops said the Jack Sparrow look like walked over to the turnstile and attacked a 32-year-old male. The pirate repeatedly punched the victim in the face and body. He then ripped the victim’s AirPods out of his ears and then took the sneakers off the man’s feet.  The mugger than ran out of the station.  The victim refused medical attention at the scene.  The suspect is described as a male with a light complexion, dark hair and a mustache. He was last seen in a pirate costume complete wit

Arrest in Fatal Westchester Square Stabbing


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

November 25, 2022


BRONX - Police arrested a suspect in the fatal stabbing inside a Westchester Square apartment building.



Police arrested 18-year-old Taliq Carter of Odell Avenue. He was charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon. 


No word on a motive for the slaying.




At around 2:41 am on November 23, police were called to 2511 Westchester Avenue. In the sixth floor stairwell area police found 23-year-old Rodney Truss unconscious and unresponsive. He suffered a stab wound to his right leg. 




Responding EMS pronounced Truss dead at the scene.

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