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Bronx News: Janitor Sexually Assaulted Girl, Age 8, Inside School

Janitor Sexually Assaulted Second Grader Inside Empty Classroom  Bronx Voice  October 28, 2025  BRONX NEWS - A school janitor has been sentenced to sexually assaulting an 8-year-old student inside an empty classroom in a Bronx school, prosecutors said. “The defendant grabbed a little girl and abused her, in what should be a haven for children,” said Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark. “He will spend five years in prison and register as a sex offender for violating a child.” According to the investigation, on December 17, 2024, at approximately 3:45 p.m., inside a public school, the defendant, a janitor at the school, forcefully pulled an 8-year-old girl into an empty classroom. He sexually assaulted the girl, and she ran out of the classroom screaming for help. A teacher called 9-1-1. The defendant was linked to the attack by DNA. Clark said the defendant, Cesar Ortega Licona, 45, of Yonkers, was sentenced to five years in prison plus five years post release s...

Man Gunned Down Across from Bronx VA Hospital

Fatal Shooting in Kingsbridge Heights

Police investigate a fatal shooting in front of a building on Kingsbridge Road. -Photo by Citizen App
Police investigate a fatal shooting in front of a building on Kingsbridge Road. -Photo by Citizen App

By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

February 8, 2024


BRONX - A man was gunned down on the street across from the Bronx VA Hospital, the NYPD said.



At around 11 am, police responded to a 911 call found a man shot in front of 131 W Kingsbridge Road. The 26-year-old victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds throughout the torso. 


EMS rushed the victim to St. Barnabas Hospital where he was pronounced dead. 


The NYPD did not release the name of the victim pending family notification. 



Police report no arrests at this time and the investigation is ongoing. 


Developing…



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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