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Police officers stand at attention and salute as the body of Detective Didarul Islam is carried through the streets of Parkchester on July 31. -Photo by David Greene By David Greene Bronx Voice August 1, 2025 BRONX - Thousands of police officers from across the metropolitan area and beyond gathered at the Parkchester Jame Masjid on Virginia Avenue to pay their respects and say goodbye to fallen police officer Didarul Islam, 36. Islam was one of four people killed by ‘active shooter’ Shane Tamura, who walked into a midtown office building with an assault rifle on July 28. The gunman later fatally turned the gun on himself. On July 31, officers flooded the surrounding streets as several roadblocks were set up in the area with Sanitation trucks blocking several intersections. Public officials in attendance included Governor ...

Scammers Skim Shopper Data

Tampered with Cash Register Credit Card Scanner 

The NYPD is searching for a man and a woman in conection with the installation of a credit card skimming device at a Bronx supermarket. -Photo by NYPD
The NYPD is searching for a man and a woman in conection with the installation of a credit card skimming device at a Bronx supermarket. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

June 15, 2024


BRONX - A couple is being sought by cops for allegedly installing a credit card skimmer at a Bronx supermarket.



The NYPD released surveillance video of the man and woman being sought in connection with the installation of a skimming device. The device would record an unknowing customer’s credit card information for identity theft.



At around 7 pm on June 7, a man and a woman entered the Fine Fair Supermarket at 167th Street. Law enforcement said the couple installed a skimming device on a credit card reader at the checkout stand.



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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