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Bronx Local News: Rikers Detainee Dies in Jail from Medical Episode

Hours Before Expected Release, Rikers Detainee Dies After Apparent Seizure   Edwin Ramos, 38, was slated to plead guilty and walk free Friday morning. Instead, he became the 13th person to die in city custody this year. This article originally appeared in The City.  By Reuven Blau Bronx Voice November 22, 2025 NYC LOCAL NEWS - Edwin Ramos was hours away from freedom.  Ramos, 38, was set to plead guilty to an attempted burglary charge at a hearing in Brooklyn court Friday morning. The judge was then expected to release him from Rikers Island into some type of program, according to a source familiar with his case.  He died a few hours before that, after experiencing what appeared to be a seizure inside a shower, the city Department of Correction said in a press release.  “Just days ago, Mr. Ramos spoke with family and showed no signs of distress,” Legal Aid Society, which was handling his defense, said in a statement. “This morning, he was ...
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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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