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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...
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Subway Machete Maniac Arrested


By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

September 10, 2024


BRONX - Police have arrested a man in the machete attack on a Bronx subway train.


Cops nabbed 54-year-old Runadieo Jordan at 2 pm today.


Jordan was charged with attempted murder in the second degree. He was also charged with first degree assault and two counts of assault in the second degree. In addition he was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and second and third degree menacing.


At around 1 am on August 31, a 31-year-old male was riding a northbound Number 2 train. As the train approached the Allerton Avenue station, a man approached the straphanger and began arguing with him.


Cops said without warning, the man pulled a machete out of a duffel bag and began hacking the straphanger in the arm.


The attacker jumped off the train at the Allerton Avenue station.


EMS rushed the victim to Jacobi Medical Center where he is listed in stable condition. He suffered cuts to his arm and hand.


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