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‘Let Jhony Go’ - Protestors Demand Bodega Owner Be Set Free After Defending Self

Bodega Owner Facing Charges After Shooting Gunman with ‘Found’ Weapon Founder and spokesman for the United Bodegas of America Fernando Mateo (Center) is calling on the Bronx District Attorney to drop all charges against bodega owner Jhony Gomez during a rally on Elton Avenue. -Photo by David Greene By David Greene  Bronx Voice  December 17, 2024  Follow @Bronxvoice1 BRONX - A Bronx bodega owner is facing illegal weapons charges after he claimed to have found a stashed handgun in his public bathroom and used it against two alleged stickup men before he could turn it in to police. According to the United Bodegas of America (UBA), Jhony Gomez, the owner of Mi Gerizin Market at 777 Elton Avenue was behind the counter on Thanksgiving morning, November 28, when two masked men entered the store demanding cash. UBA claims Gomez was defending customers inside his store and himself when he f...

Hero Who Rescued Elderly Woman from Knife-Wielding Muggers Honored

Subway Hero Has a Voice! 
Subway hero Alfred Troche, 53, holds a copy of the Bronx Voice outside of Bella Pizza at 4555 Third Avenue. -Photo by David Greene

Subway hero Alfred Troche, 53, holds a copy of the Bronx Voice outside of Bella Pizza at 4555 Third Avenue. -Photo by David Greene


By David Greene 

Bronx Voice 

April 15, 2024


BRONX - Bronx subway mugging hero Alfred Troche, 53, stopped by Bella Pizza at Third Avenue and East 184 Street on where he picked up the latest issue of the Bronx Voice-- with Troche on the cover.


Troche, a Belmont resident, was recognized by members of The Bronx Conservative Party for his actions during an attempted purse snatching of an elderly woman by two still-unidentified men at the Pelham Parkway Station on White Plains Road on March 7.





Troche suffered two slash wounds from a boxcutter as he came to the elderly woman's aid and fought off the two attackers who jumped into a vehicle and fled the scene without the purse.





Elated with his new found celebrity, Troche said he had been in touch with elderly victim, who he said is doing well since the incident. He once again thanked The Bronx Conservative Party for recognizing him last month.   




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