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Security features outside of Riverdale Kosher Market.

A hungry burglar decided he needed a little more than breaking into one Broadway store just before Christmas. He decided to break into two. more

By ETHAN STARK-MILLER | 1/17/21

Police are looking for a man they say stole some appliances fro the Marble Hill Target store, and then injured a police officer while trying to get away.

Target shoplifter reportedly injures cop trying to get away

Police are looking for a man they claim tried to steal some appliances from the Target store in Marble Hill before his encounter with law enforcement became physical. more

1/13/21

A fire in the early morning hours of Jan. 13 claimed the life of an 84-year-old man in Spuyten Duyvil.

Elderly man dies in Spuyten Duyvil apartment fire

Police are investigating an early-morning fire Wednesday that claimed the life of a Spuyten Duyvil senior citizen. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 1/13/21

The mangled front bumper of a Honda Odyssey.

Leave the car, just take the PlayStation

As for many who have suffered losses as the hands of a car thief, an owner of a Honda Odyssey took his turn to be victimized while parked on the 130 block of West 195th Street sometime between midnight and 2 p.m., on Christmas Day. more

By ETHAN STARK-MILLER | 1/10/21

U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat heads back to the House floor to cast a vote accepting Electoral College votes supporting President-elect Joe Biden just hours after Trump-led insurrectionists storm Capitol Hill.

Lawmakers turn to social media after insurrectionists storm Capitol

Newly minted U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman was still setting into his new office on Capitol Hill when he was called to the House floor to take part in a joint session gathering that happens only once every four years: certifying the Electoral College votes for president. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 1/7/21

Van Cortlandt Village man shot to death in apartment

Police are treating the death of a man found in a Van Cortlandt Village apartment Tuesday morning as a homicide. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 12/29/20

She came in through the bathroom ceiling?

Beauty may be pain, but certainly less so than a burglary. more

By ROSE BRENNAN | 12/27/20

Local school student Kevin Brown was 'commissioner for a day' of the 50th Precinct back in May 1994. After a roll call and an inspection, 'Commissioner' Brown handed out radios with Officer Audrey Harden to fellow officers like Rich Gleason.

Was it a message from above?

Two cinder blocks, apparently tossed from the roof of a five-story building in Kingsbridge, smashed the windshield and door of a patrol car as officers John Nash and Tyrone Humphrey headed toward West 230th Street on April 20, at 9:50 p.m., according to police. more

12/20/20

A pedestrian walks past 535 W 236th Street.

Secret Santa steals some holiday spirit

It’s the holiday season, and more packages than ever are making their way from delivery trucks to doorsteps. But a few didn’t make it to their destination the evening of Nov. 28. more

By ROSE BRENNAN | 12/13/20

The Henry Ittleson Center has had four girls disappear from its Fieldston campus in just as many weeks. All have since returned safely, including Deynea Fludd who was found on Wednesday after being last seen over the weekend.

Missing Ittleson Center girl has been found

A young girl who reportedly left the grounds of a Fieldston-area youth treatment center over the weekend has been found and is safe. Police say Deynea Fludd, 11 — last seen just after 9 … more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 12/9/20

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