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Bronx Local News: Bronx Man Gets 22 Years for Fatal Shooting and Slashing Correction Officers in Jail

Gunned Down Rival, Slashed Guards on Rikers - Sentenced to 22 Years  Bronx Voice  November 14, 2025 BRONX LOCAL NEWS - A Bronx man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison after a brutal killing on the streets of the Bronx and a violent attack on correction officers while he was locked up awaiting trial. Anthony Taveras-Morales, 24, was sentenced to 20 years for the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Jaguar Housey, and an additional two years for slashing two NYC Department of Correction officers while on Rikers Island. The sentences will be served consecutively, meaning Taveras-Morales will spend the next two decades behind bars. According to Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark, the shooting was the result of a feud between Taveras-Morales and Housey that had been simmering for days. The two had a physical altercation on September 14, 2020, which Taveras-Morales posted on social media, further escalating the tension. Two days later, on September 16, Housey...

Driver Carjacked in the Bronx

NEW VIDEO: Bronx Carjackers Wanted by NYPD 

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a carjacking in the Zerega section of the Bronx. -Photo by NYPD
The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a carjacking in the Zerega section of the Bronx. -Photo by NYPD


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

February 2, 2024 


BRONX - The NYPD has released new video of a man wanted for a carjacking in the Zerega section of the Bronx last month. 



At around 7 pm on January 18, a man was sitting in his car in the vicinity of Waterbury Avenue and Zerega Avenue when two men approached. Cops said one of the men pulled out a handgun and ordered the driver out of the vehicle. The driver got out and the carjackers hopped into the car. Cops said the car thieves drove off on Seabury Avenue with the victim’s property in the car. 


No injuries were reported. 


Christmas Robbery Crew Strikes 8 Times in Queens

The NYPD is searching for two men in connection with at least eight violent robberies in Queens. -Photo by NYPD

Queens Robbers Use Guns, Knives, Fists in 8 Muggings


QUEENS - A Queens robbery crew used guns, knives and fists to strike multiple times throughout Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, the NYPD said.  


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Following an investigation, police released surveillance video of one of the suspects seen entering a local grocery store. He is described as a male with a medium complexion. He is 5 foot 10 and 200 pounds. He was last seen wearing green pants, a black jacket, a white hooded sweater, and black sneakers. 



No description of the second suspect has been provided. 


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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