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Bronx News Roundup, March 23

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Weather: Snow, then rain, maybe a little more snow, rain, a little sleet thrown in for good measure, more rain. Story of the Day: Friends Wrongly Thought They Pulled a Fast OneBusted! Last summer in Highbridge, police say a group of eights friends came up with a money-making scam. In the middle of the night, they piled into three cars, drove around searching for a secluded block and then coordinated a fender bender. Though there wasn’t much damage, police said all eight claimed injuries to the insurance companies.

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Hopes for Harlem River Park in the NW Bronx Tied Up in Red Tape

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A view of the Harlem River waterfront where Regatta Park is supposed to be created. (Adi Talwar)Editor’s note and update: This story appears in the latest edition of the Norwood News, which hits streets today. The update is that Parks Department spokesperson Jesslyn Moser told me today that the agency is, in fact, going to go ahead with a scoping for Regatta Park. Previously, Moser had said a decision had not been made on whether to hold a scoping. The decision to hold a scoping is news because Councilman Fernando Cabrera had requested a scoping in December, but Parks has not responded.

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Bronx News Roundup, March 22

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Our apologies for the late roundup today, but we’re hard at work on production of this week’s Norwood News, which hits the streets tomorrow.Weather: Don’t be fooled by this morning’s sunshine and mild temps. The weather folks are calling for a mix of rain and-ugh!-snow later tonight, with more snow expected tomorrow. Sorry.Story of the Day: Ex-Cop Arrested in Murdered Mom CaseEddy Coello, the former cop whose wife, Tina Adovasio, was found dead in the woods in Westchester last week, was arrested today and brought to the Bronx’s 45th Precinct. Coello supposedly had a history of domestic violence against his partners and had been named a “person of interest” in the case. The funeral for Adovasio, a 40-year-old nurse and mother of three, took place earlier today.Quick Hits:The Bronx’s own Assemblyman Peter Rivera is one of several lawmakers looking to ban the psychedelic herb salvia.Police have identified the body of the 400-pound man, found stuffed in a suitcase this weekend at the Justice Sonia Sotomayor Houses in Soundview, as 52-year-old Angel Rondon.A Bronx woman has been accused of encouraging her 11-year-old son to lift wallets and shoplift.

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Bronx Weekend News Roundup, Monday, March 21

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Weather: straight ugly. Sn-rain is thankfully supposed to stop by the afternoon.To the news!Story of the Day: Bronxite The Real Baby BiggieThe afro-puffed baby posing in his diaper on the cover of slain rapper Notorious B.I.G.’s seminal “Ready to Die” album is a Bronxite. Keithroy Yearwood, 18, now a high school senior, says he was chosen for the shoot after a casting call by a modeling agency hired by Sean “P-Diddy or Puff Daddy or just plain Diddy” Combs’ recording label, Bad Boy Records. Combs’ office couldn’t confirm this, but Yearwood’s baby pictures appear to cement his claim. The album has sold more than 3.3 million copies, but Yearwood says he only received about $150 for two hours of modeling work.

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Questions Raised Again About Bronx Councilman Cabrera's Residency

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Cabrera at his Kingsbridge Heights apartment in 2009. (File photo)An article in today’s Daily News, one in a series the paper is running that chronicles the misdeeds of City Council members, reports that Bronx City Councilman Fernando Cabrera claimed a home he owns in Westchester County as his “primary residence” on tax forms. The move scored Cabrera a $1,513 tax break via a property tax credit known as School Tax Relief, according to the article, which names three other council members from other boroughs as having done the same.Although Cabrera himself would not comment about the finding, his office confirmed its accuracy. Cabrera’s camp told us the listing of the Westchester property as his primary residence was an “honest oversight” and that Cabrera did not know the tax relief credit would be automatically renewed each year. They said the councilman is in the process of paying the money back and that he does, indeed, live in his Bronx district, as required by law. They couldn’t say who lived in the Westchester home.

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Bronx News Roundup, March 18

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Hopefully you are reading this on a laptop or iPad/Phone in Van Cortlandt or Crotona or Soundview or Pelham Bay or Roberto Clemente or Williamsbridge Oval or any one of the Bronx’s many parks. And if you’re not, hopefully you’ll get to one later today as temperatures will soar into the 70s! Less warm over the weekend, but it will still remain jarringly comfortable.

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Embattled Commander of Bronx's 52nd Precinct Replaced

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D’Adamo at his desk at the 52nd Precinct in early 2010.New York City precinct commanders, by rule, don’t stay in their jobs long – two, maybe three years, tops. Then, they move on. It’s an unofficial policy the NYPD employs to avoid stagnation or possible corruption.On Monday, however, the commanding officer of the 52n Precinct, Deputy Inspector John D’Adamo was replaced less than 17 months after taking over the job and less than a month after his wife was caught lying to Clarkstown police about being attacked, a story that made headlines in the city and upstate. The 40-year-old D’Adamo – a rising star in the NYPD who took on his first commanding role as head of the 50th Precinct in 2008 at the age of 37 – will be replaced by Deputy Inspector Joseph Dowling, formerly the commanding officer of Manhattan’s 33rd Precinct, which covers Washington Heights. On Tuesday night, Dowling introduced himself at Community Board 7’s general board meeting at Scott Towers in Bedford Park.

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Bronx Events: Positive Bronx Stories Tonight at Bronx Museum

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As we mentioned in yesterday’s news roundup, the Bronx Museum of the Arts is holding a really cool free storytelling event tonight, “Bronx Talks: Bronx Stories,” starting at 6 p.m. Here’s the write-up in the Daily News about it. Find more Bronx events going on tonight and this weekend below and every day by clicking on our “Bronx Events” calendar, which is updated constantly. Enjoy the weather and the Bronx. Editor’s note: What did we miss? Send details to bronxnewsnetwork[at]gmail.com.