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5 Teens Missing from Castle Hill Group Home

The NYPD says five female teens have gone missing from a foster home on Howe Avenue in the Castle Hill section between May 14 and June 7. -Photo by David Greene By David Greene  Bronx Voice July 1, 2025 BRONX - The NYPD is asking for the public's help in locating five female teenagers who have gone missing from a group home in Castle Hill—the teens disappeared on different days within a 24-day span. All of the teens were from a group home on Howe Avenue that is run by the non-profit Catholic Guardian Services (CGS) which is affiliated with and shares office space in the same building as the Archdiocese of New York. According to the NYPD, Jy-Lee Connor, 14, went missing after she left the group home at 7 p.m. on May 14 and has not returned. She is described as female with brown eyes, 5 foot 6’ tall and weighs 120 pounds. Jayleen Suarez, 15, was reported missing after she left the home at 7:30 a.m. on ...
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Smoke Shop Fight Gets Heated when Customer Pulls a Gun

Police are looking for this man in connection with the menacing with a gun of a smoke shop worker. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice

September 13, 2023


BRONX - Things got heated inside a Bronx smoke shop when a customer pulled a gun during an argument, cops said. The incident was caught on camera.



At around 8 pm on August 31, a customer walked into the Smoke Shop at 1357 Gun Hill Road. At some point he got into a heated argument with the 54-year-old employee who told the man to leave the smoke shop. 





Cops said the customer left but returned a few minutes later armed with a gun. Store surveillance video captured the suspect pointing the gun at the clerk several times threatening to shoot him.


After menacing the worker, the gunman left without incident. He was last seen heading northbound on Seymour Avenue.



The suspect is described as a male with a dark complexion and a heavy build. He is 5 foot 10 and 240 pounds. The alleged gunman has facial hair and long black hair.


He was last see wearing a dark colored hat, a bright yellow t-shirt, black shorts and black sneakers. 


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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