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Bronx Crime Watch: Two Arrests Made

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Last week, we linked to a story about the murder of Jack Hewitt, 53, a resident of the Tracey Towers high-rise apartment complex on Mosholu Parkway. Hewitt was stabbed to death early Wednesday morning, Dec. 8 while his wife had stepped outside to take out the garbage. The next day, police arrested another Tracey resident, Horace Nichols, 38, and charged him with the murder of Hewitt. He was arraigned on Friday and will return to court tomorrow.

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Bronx Weekend News Roundup, Dec. 13

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Welcome back to the program, ladies and gentlemen of the Bronx. A little weekend wrap-up to get you started this week. On to the news! NY1’s Dean Meminger runs through the top Bronx stories of 2010: the Riverdale bombing attempt trial; the the anti-gay attacks attributed by police to the Latin King Goonies; Pedro Espada, Jr.’s trials, tribulations and, finally, primary loss to Gustavo Rivera; a borough-wide rise in violent crime; the deaths of Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and announcer Bob Sheppard, as well as Supreme Court Justice Burton Roberts. Police have made an arrest in the shooting of an off-duty police detective early Sunday morning in the Bronx’s Pelham Bay neighborhood.

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HPD Demands Documents In Key Foreclosure Case

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The city’s housing agency subpoenaed the former and current owners of the Milbank portfolio, a group of 10 Bronx buildings that has become a test case for what happens to tenants when multiunit buildings fall into foreclosure.