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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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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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