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Bronx Local News: Thief Target(ed) Worker who Tried to Stop Him - Displayed Knife

S hoplifter Threatened Bronx Target Worker with a Knife  By Dan Gesslein  Bronx Voice  November 25, 2025  BRONX LOCAL NEWS - A shoplifter threatened a worker at a Bronx Target with a knife when the employee tried to stop the thief from walking out of the store with a shopping cart full of stolen items, cops said .  The NYPD released new surveillance video of the suspect. In the video the suspect is seen going aisle to aisle loading up his shopping cart, which cops say, he did not pay for any of the items.  At around 1 pm on November 12, the suspect entered the Target store inside the Bronx Terminal Market. According to investigators, the portly man walked through the store and filled up his shopping cart. When he attempted to leave the store without paying, a 40-year-old employee tried to stop him.  Cops said the shoplifter pulled out a knife and threatened the worker. The thief then ran off.  The suspect is described as a male with a me...
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‘Nutty’ Gunman Claims He was Hired to Kill Bronx Boro Prez

‘Transitioning’ Prisoner Sexually Assaulted Female Inmate, Law Enforcement Sources Say

A Florida man was convicted of gun possession after claiming he was hired to shoot Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. (Above). Investigators said there is no proof to the man's claims.
A Florida man was convicted of gun possession after claiming he was hired to shoot Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. (Above). Investigators said there is no proof to the man's claims. -Photo by David Greene


By David Greene

Bronx Voice

August 1, 2024


BRONX - A Florida man was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to gun posession and was slapped with two attempted sexual assault charges while being held on Rikers Island. According to the Bronx District Attorney's Office the man claimed he was hired to kill then-Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. That claim was never proven.



According to the criminal complaint Christopher Cano, 30, formerly of Miami, Florida was arrested during the Bronx Dominican Parade along the Grand Concourse on July 24, 2016, after being spotted with a handgun tucked inside his waistband.


Cano was found to be in possession of a loaded .38 caliber handgun and at the time he told officers that he had a bomb in his shoe. Cano also claimed that he was paid $5,000 to kill Diaz, who according to the Bronx District Attorney, was at the parade.


Cano was also charged with the rape of a female prisoner at the Rose M. Singer Center on Rikers Island that took place on October 19, 2020 as well as the May 4, 2021 sexual assault of a male inmate at the George R. Vierno Center on Rikers Island.



One source close to the investigation told the Bronx Voice, "I don't know if they ever really believed he was going to kill the borough president, he just seems to be kind of nutty. I think he made a lot of other crazy claims."


The source also said that Cano was "transitioning" from a man to a woman, which is why he was first housed at the women's detention center on Rikers Island, before he was moved to the men's center.



The Bronx Voice made two attempts to confirm that with the Unified Court System, who has not responded to our requests.


Diaz, now an executive with Montefiore Medical Center, had no comment on the incident.




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Location: Rikers Island, New York, USA

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