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Bronx Local News: Chain Snatchers Attack Women Throughout Bronx

NYPD Investigators Have Linked the Same Crew to at Least 5 Robberies Throughout Bronx Bronx Voice  December 5, 2025 BRONX LOCAL NEWS - The NYPD is reaching out to the public for help identifying a pair of individuals connected to a series of similar robberies across several Bronx precincts. All of the incidents share the same unsettling pattern: a suspect approaching a woman from behind, snatching her jewelry, and then hopping into a waiting white Mercedes-Benz sedan before taking off. Police say the robberies took place throughout the fall of 2025, affecting neighborhoods across the 41st, 42nd, and 43rd Precincts. Here’s what investigators have shared so far. Back on September 4th, just before lunchtime, a 53-year-old woman was walking near Manida Street and Garrison Avenue when someone came up from behind and ripped the jewelry from her neck. The force of the attack knocked her to the ground.  First responders took her to Lincoln Hospital, where she was treated and lat...

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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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