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Eight Men Charged in Years-Long Stolen Car Scheme Affecting More Than 100 Buyers  Bronx Voice  November 14, 2025  NYC LOCAL NEWS - Federal and local authorities say they’ve shut down a long-running stolen-car ring that hit New York City streets hard and stretched its impact all the way down the East Coast.  The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced charges against eight men accused of stealing more than 100 cars and selling them to unsuspecting buyers—often people who thought they were simply getting a good deal online. According to the allegations in a newly unsealed federal complaint, the group targeted mostly Honda, Acura, and Jeep vehicles parked on the streets of the Bronx and Queens. Investigators estimate the scheme caused millions of dollars in losses. Six of the eight defendants were arrested and taken into federal court in Manhattan to face the charges. U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton emphasized that New Yorkers dese...
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Man Shot Near Big Pun Memorial in Bronx Murder Mystery

Cops are investigating how a man fatally shot near the Big Pun Memorial ended up miles away.


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

February 1, 2023 


BRONX - Cops are trying to find out how a Bronx man shot near the Big Pun Memorial in Longwood ended up in a car parked miles away in Morrisania.


At around 2:21 pm on January 30, cops found the body of a 26-year-old man sitting in the passenger seat of a Honda CRV parked in front of 1180 Union Avenue in Morrisania. The victim was shot in the abdomen. 


EMS pronounced the victim dead at the scene. 


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An investigation revealed that the victim had actually been shot on the corner of East 163 Street and Reverend James Polite Avenue, across the street from the Pig Pun Memorial in Longwood. The victim’s name has not been released pending family notification. 


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: E 163rd St & Rev James A Polite Ave, The Bronx, NY 10459, USA

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