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Free, Local Running and Walking Events Debuting at Summer Streets   Manhattan Voice  July 1, 2025    NEW YORK  – New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez continued “ We Outside Summer ” by announcing the city’s largest-ever Summer Streets , featuring more than 22 miles of car-free streets and two free community races in partnership with the nonprofit New York Road Runners (NYRR). For the first time ever, New Yorkers will also be able to travel the length of Manhattan, from the Brooklyn Bridge to Inwood, on a car-free route.   “This summer, ‘We Outside,’ and we’re bringing everyone with us,” said Mayor Adams. “From the Brooklyn Bridge to Inwood — and across all five boroughs — New Yorkers will have more space than ever to walk, bike, run, and connect with their neighbors in their communities at our Summer Streets events. Our administratio...

Detergent Thief Stabs Clerk with Screwdriver

Supermarket Employee Slashed with Screwdriver 

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with the slashing of a store clerk with a screwdriver. -Photo by NYPD
The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with the slashing of a store clerk with a screwdriver. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice

February 21, 2024


BRONX - A supermarket employee was slashed in the hand with a screwdriver when he tried to stop a man from shoplifting detergent, cops said.


At around 4:40 pm on February 1, a man was seen removing detergent from inside a market at 1339 Jerome Avenue. Cops said a 57-year-old clerk tied to stop the man when the suspected shoplifter pulled out a screwdriver. 


Cops said the two men struggled and the clerk’s hand was slashed.


The attacker fled the store and ran away on Jerome Avenue. 


The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspect. He is described as a male with a dark complexion. He was last seen wearing a green jacket, light blue jeans and white 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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