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Wiped Out! Six Shops Destroyed in West Burnside Blaze

AGAIN - Driver Parks in Front of Hydrant, Slows Down Firefighters Firefighters battle a 5-alarm fire that broke out in a row of stores along Jerome Avenue and West Burnside Avenue on March 13. -Photo by David Greene By David Greene  Bronx Voice  March 15, 2025 BRONX - At least six shops along a row of stores at West Burnside Avenue and Jerome Avenue in Morris Heights were destroyed as other shops on the block suffered smoke and or water damage. Fire officials say no injuries were reported and fire officials continue to investigate the cause of the blaze. During a press conference at the fire scene, Kaz Daughtry, the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety, told reporters that firefighters were delayed, as for the third time in recent weeks, by a car that was parked at the closest fire hydrant to the fire. Daug...

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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