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‘Jack Sparrow’ Mugs Straphanger on Subway

Cops Searching for Pirate Mugger The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a mugging inside a Bronx subway station. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Bronx Voice  October 31, 2024  Follow @Bronxvoice1 BRONX - Halloween came early for one crazed mugger who beat a straphanger dressed in a pirate costume, cops said. At around 4 am on October 27, the suspect dressed in a pirate costume was seen on surveillance video wandering around the subway station at Brook Avenue in Mott Haven.  Cops said the Jack Sparrow look like walked over to the turnstile and attacked a 32-year-old male. The pirate repeatedly punched the victim in the face and body. He then ripped the victim’s AirPods out of his ears and then took the sneakers off the man’s feet.  The mugger than ran out of the station.  The victim refused medical attention at the scene.  The suspect is described as a male with a light complexion, dark hair and a mustache. He was last seen in a pirate costume complete wit
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Bronx Dad Stabbed to Death Outside Building

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By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

March 2, 2023


BRONX - A Bronx father of four was found stabbed in the neck outside a building in Longwood. 




At around 11:30 am on March 1, police officers from the PSA#7 arrived to find a man suffering a stab wound to the neck. The victim was rushed Lincoln Hospital where he would later die as a result of his injuries. 




Police have identified the victim as 51-year-old Derrick Hamlin, a father of four who lived on East 156th Street. 




Police have not released a description of the killer at this time. 


Investigators said Hamlin had gotten into an arguement with his killer outside a building at the John Adams Houses. The attacker stabbed Hamlin one time in the neck with an unknown object before fleeing. 





Hamlin is being remembered by neighbors as a hardworking father who was trying to give his children a better life.  


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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