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Bronx Local News: Deli Worker Pistol Whipped for Cigarettes by ‘Chucky’ Fan

‘Chucky’ Hoodie Wearing Robber Attacks Clerk, Steals Smokes By Dan Gesslein  Bronx Voice  December 4, 2025  BRONX LOCAL NEWS - A would-be stickup man dressed in a “Chucky” hoodie, pistol whipped a deli clerk and only managed to run off with a couple packs of cigarettes, cops say. Now the NYPD released surveillance video of the suspect and are asking for the public’s help in trying to capture the robber.  At around noon on December 2, a man wearing a blue shirt or other kind of cloth draped over his head, walked into a bodega at 1711 Boone Avenue in Charlotte Gardens. According to investigators, the unidentified man walked into the store around 12:25 p.m. and immediately displayed a firearm. He demanded items from two employees—a 22-year-old and a 24-year-old—who were working behind the counter at the time.  Cops said the robber became agitated and struck the younger worker on the right side of the head with the gun. The robber then grabbed several p...
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Bronx Man Shot in Backyard

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By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

January 19, 2023 


BRONX - A Bronx man was found shot to death in the backyard of his house and police are looking into the possibility this was a targeted shooting. 


At around 9 pm on January 18, officers from the 47th Precinct arrived at 4057 Pratt Avenue to a report of a man shot. Cops found 21-year-old Nicholas Lewis with a gunshot wound to the chest in the backyard of the house in the Eastchester section of the Bronx.


Lewis was taken to Jacobi Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. 


Lewis was found near the basement steps in the backyard. Police are looking into whether the shooter followed Lewis to his house and then shot him in the backyard. 


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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Location: 4057 Pratt Ave, The Bronx, NY 10466, USA

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