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Bronx Local News: Overnight Stabbing Mystery! Cops Investigating Man Stabbed in Back in Castle Hill

NYPD is Investigating Who Repeatedly Stabbed a Man and Left Him to Die in the Street on Randall Avenue  File Photo By Dan Gesslein  Bronx Voice  November 26, 2025  BRONX LOCAL NEWS - Police responding to a 911 call outside the Castle Hill Houses found a man bleeding in the middle of the street. Now detectives are investigating who repeatedly stabbed the man and what was the motive for the bloody attack.  At around 2:30 am cops from the 43rd Precinct were responding to a 911 call when they came upon a man lying bleeding in the street on the corner of Randall Avenue and White Plains Road. The 39-year-old suffered multiple stab wounds throughout his back and lower abdomen. EMS rushed the stabbing victim to Jacobi Medical Center where he remains in critical condition.  Police have not released a description of the alleged attacker or a possible motive.  Developing … Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crim...

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Criminal Justice Advocate Charged with Murder - Head Found in Freezer, Torso Found in Storage Bin

Wellness Check Leads to Grizzly Discovery of Body Parts Inside Bronx Apartment
Cops walk Sheldon Johnson out of the 44th Precinct in handcuffs. The criminal justice advocate was charged with murder in the dismemberment of Collin Small. -Photo by Citizen

Cops walk Sheldon Johnson out of the 44th Precinct in handcuffs. The criminal justice advocate was charged with murder in the dismemberment of Collin Small. -Photo by Citizen

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

March 7, 2024 


BRONX - A criminal justice advocate has been charged in the grizzly death and dismemberment of a man inside a Bronx apartment. Cops made the gruesome discovery during a wellness check after residents heard gunshots.


The NYPD announced the arrest of 48-year-old Sheldon Johnson in the murder of 44-year-old Collin Small. Johnson was charged with murder, manslaughter, and criminal possession of a weapon.


Johnson had frequently professed to turning his life around after leaving prison. His social media accounts posted photos of him with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. -Photo by Twitter

Johnson had frequently professed to turning his life around after leaving prison. His social media accounts posted photos of him with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. -Photo by Twitter



Less than 24 hours after cops initially found the human remains in the Highbridge apartment, the NYPD announced the arrest of Johnson. Investigators said Johnson was caught on surveillance video coming in and out of the building the night of the murder - one time in a blonde wig and another pulling a storage bin. 


According to the NYPD, officers from the 44th Precinct went to Small’s apartment at 979 Summit Avenue for a wellness check. Tenants in the building called 911 after hearing what they thought were gunshots. 


At the Bronx the apartment, officers found a human head in the freezer and a torso in a blue storage bin. According to the NY Post, a building super claimed he saw Johnson walk into the building with a blue storage tub around 2 am but never brought it back out. 


Today, police walked Johnson out of the 44th Precinct station house in handcuffs and wearing a white forensics jumpsuit. 


According to published reports Johnson had started working in the Queens Defenders law firm after being released in 2019. He had served 20 years after being convicted in a group of armed robberies in 1999. 


Johnson had frequently professed to turning his life around after leaving prison. His social media accounts posted photos of him with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. 

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