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Bronx Local News: Fire Mystery in Bronx! FDNY Finds Body NOT Related to Fire in Building

Bronx Firefighters Battle Four-Alarm Blaze, Discover Woman Dead Inside Apartment  -FDNY Bronx Voice   November 29, 2025 BRONX LOCAL NEWS - A chaotic scene unfolded in the Bronx on Friday afternoon after a four-alarm fire tore through a six-story apartment building—leading firefighters not only to battle heavy flames, but also to a heartbreaking discovery inside one of the units. An elderly woman’s body was found and cops are investigating. The FDNY responded just after midday to 1520 Sheridan Avenue, where flames had erupted in apartment 6H. According to officials, the first units arrived in under four minutes. Despite that quick response, the fire had already pushed its way into the cockloft—the space between the top-floor ceiling and the roof—and began spreading into nearby apartments. In total, more than 170 firefighters and EMS personnel rushed to the scene, along with officers from the NYPD’s 44th Precinct. Nine people suffered minor injuries as crews worked their way th...

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Serial Groper Touched 14-Year-Old Girl in Bronx

Cops are searching for this man in connection with the groping of a 14-year-old girl in the Bronx.


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

November 14, 2022 


BRONX - Police are looking for a serial groper who touched a young girl inappropriately in the Bronx.  


The NYPD released surveillance video of a suspect wanted in at least two gropings in different sections of the Bronx. 


At around 8 am on October 24, a 14-year-old girl was walking near a school on Mosholu Parkway when a man approached her. Cops say the man grabbed the girl’s buttocks. He then ran away. 



Two hours later, the suspect struck again off of Pelham Parkway. At around 10:40 am on October 24, the suspect attacked a 27-year-old woman inside an apartment building in the vicinity of Holland Avenue and Lydig Avenue. Cops say the man rubbed up against the woman’s buttocks and then ran off. 




Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 


All calls are strictly confidential.

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