Child porn suspect indicted
A Mott Haven resident was indicted today on 1,020 counts of child pornography possession and promotion related to videos he shared and retained on his computer, depicting children as young…
Murder of young mom puts spotlight on safety measures
After a young mother of three was killed on June 11 while shielding her children from stray gunfire in a John Adams Houses playground, residents of the public housing complex…
Vigil held for slain mother of three
More than 100 people gathered at the John Adams Houses playground in Longwood on Wednesday, holding candles and anti-gun banners to remember 29 year old Jessica White, and to condemn…
Tension rises as NYCHA police patrols and crime collide
In the wake of the shooting of two police officers in a stairwell, residents of the Melrose Houses expressed concern about what they see as a collision course between a…
Mott Haven-based luxury-vehicle theft ring taken down
A joint investigation by NYPD and the New York State attorney general's office alleges that a criminal ring used a lot at 380 Bruckner Boulevard in Mott Haven to stash…
Cop pleads guilty in ticket-fixing scandal
A former officer from the 40th Precinct, Brian McGuckin, pled guilty to grand larceny in Bronx Supreme Court on Tuesday for his role in a widespread ticket-fixing scheme cops ran out of the…
New lines present challenge to incumbent
New district lines put a majority of District 8 in Mott Haven.
Undercover cop video’d chasing 10-year-old
Fourth-grader Dionte Johnson was walking back to his grandfather’s apartment with a bag of donuts when a man started chasing him.