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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

Elderly Man Raking Leaves Fatally Struck by Car


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

November 16, 2022


BRONX - An elderly man was stuck and killed by a car while he was raking leaves in the middle of an intersection in Morris Park.


Police say 91-year-old Simone Canepa was struck and killed at the intersection of Rhinelander Avenue and Radcliff Avenue.


A preliminary investigation revealed that Canepa was standing in the intersection raking leaves at around 5:30 pm on November 11.





A 2006 Hyundai Elantra was traveling westbound on Rhinelander Avenue when it struck Canepa. 




The victim was rushed by EMS to nearby Jacobi Medical Center with trauma to the head. Canepa succumbed to his injuries and died the next day.


The 59-year-old female driver remained at the scene. 


The case is being investigated further by the NYPD's Highway Collision Investigation Squad.

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