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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

Cops Looking for Arthur Avenue Shooters

Gunmen Opened Fire in Front of Arthur Avenue Market, Still at Large


Police block off a section of Arthur Avenue after an early morning shooting outside a municipal parking lot left two men wounded on November 18. -Photo by David Greene


By David Greene 

Bronx Voice 

November 29, 2023 


BRONX - The NYPD is looking for multiple gunmen who fired on an SUV as it exited a municipal parking lot in the heart of Belmont, cops said.


Providing few details, an NYPD source stated that the shooting took place at 9:17 a.m. on Saturday, November 18, along Arthur Avenue, between East 186 Street and East 187 Street in the confines of the 48th Precinct.


One NYPD source told the Bronx Voice, “Upon arrival officers observed a 19-year-old male with gunshot wounds to the abdomen and a 22-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the upper chest.”


Both victims were transported to nearby St. Barnabas Hospital, where they were reported in “stable” condition.


Breaking News Network, a commercial news gathering service, reported at the time that police were looking for 3 male suspects who fled in an older model Toyota Corolla.


On November 27, the NYPD reported that no arrests have been made in the case and no description of the suspect or suspects was available, despite several surveillance cameras in the area.

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