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‘Let Jhony Go’ - Protestors Demand Bodega Owner Be Set Free After Defending Self

Bodega Owner Facing Charges After Shooting Gunman with ‘Found’ Weapon Founder and spokesman for the United Bodegas of America Fernando Mateo (Center) is calling on the Bronx District Attorney to drop all charges against bodega owner Jhony Gomez during a rally on Elton Avenue. -Photo by David Greene By David Greene  Bronx Voice  December 17, 2024  Follow @Bronxvoice1 BRONX - A Bronx bodega owner is facing illegal weapons charges after he claimed to have found a stashed handgun in his public bathroom and used it against two alleged stickup men before he could turn it in to police. According to the United Bodegas of America (UBA), Jhony Gomez, the owner of Mi Gerizin Market at 777 Elton Avenue was behind the counter on Thanksgiving morning, November 28, when two masked men entered the store demanding cash. UBA claims Gomez was defending customers inside his store and himself when he f...
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Grinches Rob Elderly Man of $26 Grand

Women Steal $26,000 from 81-Year-Old Man

The NYPD is searching for two women in the grand theft of $26,000 from an elderly man's bank account. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

December 8, 2023 


BRONX - A pair of female crooks stole a man’s bank card and removed $26,000 from the 81-year-old man’s account at a Bay Plaza bank, the NYPD said. 


At around 10 am on November 16, an 81-year-old man was standing in front of a Bank of America branch in the Bay Plaza Shopping Center. Two women walked up to the man and removed his bank card off the victim. 


Cops said the women then used the bank card to remove $26,031.45 from his account. With the cash in hand the thieves ran off in an unknown direction. 


The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspects.


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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