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Bronx Local News: Cell Phone Dispute Turns into Prison-Style Beat Down- Teen Robbed

5 Beat, Rob Teen of Phone, Sneakers By Dan Gesslein  Bronx Voice  November 12, 2025  BRONX LOCAL NEWS : A teenager received a prison-style beat down when a group of men beat and stomped him during a robbery in the Bronx.  The vicious beating happened in Mount Eden on October 27. At around 7 pm, a 16-year-old boy was walking in the vicinity of East 174th Street and Townsend Avenue when he was approached by a male. The man asked the teen to use his cell phone. When the teen refused the man punched him in the face causing the victim to fall to the ground.  While laying on the sidewalk, four of the attacker’s accomplice ran over and began punching and kicking the defenseless teen. The attackers yanked the phone out of the teen’s hands and pulled his sneakers off his feet.  The muggers then ran off in an unknown direction but not before their images were captured on street surveillance cameras. All five suspects were seen wearing dark clothing an...

Remembering 9/11

Cops, Community Remember Sept 11th 

Cops in the Bronx hold a moment of silence for the victims of 9/11. -Photo by David Greene
Cops in the Bronx hold a moment of silence for the victims of 9/11. -Photo by David Greene

By David Greene 

Bronx Voice 

September 11, 2024 


BRONX - At police precincts throughout the Bronx, residents and cops came out to provide a moment of silence to honor those killed on 9/11.



Nearly two dozen police officers joined members of the 49th Precinct Clergy Council gathered outside the Eastchester Road station house, marking the 23rd anniversary of the September 11th attacks. 



The commanding officer read off the names of the officers killed during the terror attack. He also read the names of the officers who died from 9/11 related illnesses over the past 23 years.




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