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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

Pot Shop Shooting Victim Identified in Bronx

The NYPD has identified the victim who was shot to death inside a Bronx pot shop today. -File Photo


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

November 8, 2023 


BRONX - A Pennsylvania man has been identified as the victim who was fatally shot in the head at a Bronx pot shop, the NYPD said. 



Police have identified 23-year-old Romel Carey of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania as the victim in this morning’s fatal shooting in Mount Hope.  


A person of interest was taken into custody at the scene but no one has been arrested, cops said.  


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At around 12:30 am on November 8, officers responding to reports of shots fired arrived at a pot shop at 251 East Tremont Avenue. Inside the store police found Carey with a gunshot wound to the head. 


EMS pronounced Carey dead at the scene. 



No description or a possible motive for the shooting has been given. 


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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