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Marijuana Farm In Bronx Building

Police raiding a five-floor building in Bronx Tuesday found it filled with nearly 600 marijuana plants. Some of the plants were nearly 7-feet tall.

Commercial Robberies In Bedford Park

Bedford Park merchants and vendors are on guard following two commercial robberies and a “noticed increase” in crime during the past month....
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Bronx Man Sentenced For Role In Prostitution Ring

A Bronx, N.Y. native was sentenced to 51 months in prison Wednesday for introducing his cousin to two prostitutes, including a 14-year-old girl, that wound up working in a Norwalk-based prostitution ring....
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Bronx Man Found With 100 Packets Of Heroin

A Bronx man was arrested at Union Station in New Haven, CT after police found 100 packets of heroin in his possession....
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Cops In Bronx Are Out Of Control

NYPD Internal Affairs is investigating four Bronx cops after they were caught on video viciously pummeling and kicking a drug suspect....
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Police Kill 18-Year-Old Inside Bronx Bathroom

A New York City police officer shot and killed a teen inside a Bronx home, the NYPD says....
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Bronx Girl, 8, Grazed By Bullet On Way Home

Police are looking for a gunman after an 8-year-old girl was grazed by a bullet as she walked home from school Wednesday afternoon in Bronx....
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Skimmer Steals $180K From Staples Customers

Valerie Fajard, 21, of Bronx, a cashier at a Westchester Staples, was arrested Tuesday, accused of using a skimming device to capture the data from about 50 unsuspecting customers....
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Shopping Cart Thrown On Two In Bronx

Authorities are investigating an incident in the Bronx in which two men were injured when they were hit by a shopping cart that had apparently been pushed off an upper floor of a parking garage outside a store....
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Bronx Man Arrested In Phone Fraud Ring

The Mount Pleasant Police Department arrested a Bronx man in relation to a ring of fraud schemes at the Sprint Wireless Store in Hawthorne....
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Bronx Woman Embezzled Over $1M

A Bronx woman who worked for the New York Archdiocese is accused of embezzling more than $1 million from the church....
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Suspect In Bronx Carjacking With Child Saught

Police have released surveillance video of a suspect in the Bronx carjacking Saturday in which a young boy was taken along with the stolen vehicle....
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Lotto Ticket Conartist Offers Winnings

Police in Bronx are searching for a man they say approached a woman on the street to offer a share of some lottery ticket winnings, then burglarized her home when she brought him to her apartment....
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Bronx Man Shot For iPhone

Cops want to find the two thugs who shot a Bronx resident in the back Wednesday - after he refused to hand over his iPhone....
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1-Year-Old Boy Found Dead In Bronx

Investigators are looking into the death of a 1-year-old boy in Bronx Wednesday, authorities said....
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Bronx Double-Shooting Overnight

A Bronx man died after a street shooting that left another man with wounds to both arms....
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Young Bronx Boy Goes Missing

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in locating a young boy who went missing in Bronx....
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Indictement For Stealing Nearly $1M

According to an Indictment unsealed on January 19, 2012, in federal court in Manhattan, NY, Agnes Bernier, 52, Bronx, NY, was an employee at New York State Homes and Community Renewal (“NYHCR”), where she was responsible for, among other things, processing federal “Section 8” housing subsidy refund payments to New York State’s Housing Trust Fund Corporation (“HTFC”)....
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TC Dunham Pays $4.5 Million For 2006 Lacquer Fire

TC Dunham Paint & Coatings Inc. (Yonkers, NY) was found liable for about $4.5 million in injuries resulting from a building fire started by a solvent-based wood floor lacquer that ignited, according to the law journal VerdictSearch. The fire occurred in Bronx, in 2006....
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Bronx Man Charged With DWI

Harrison police reported three driving while intoxicated arrests through January, according to police reports released Thursday, including one Bronx resident....
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Marijuana Farm In Bronx Building

Police raiding a five-floor building in Bronx Tuesday found it filled with nearly 600 marijuana plants. Some of the plants were nearly 7-feet tall.

Commercial Robberies In Bedford Park

Bedford Park merchants and vendors are on guard following two commercial robberies and a “noticed increase” in crime during the past month.

Bronx Man Sentenced For Role In Prostitution Ring

A Bronx, N.Y. native was sentenced to 51 months in prison Wednesday for introducing his cousin to two prostitutes, including a 14-year-old girl, that wound up working in a Norwalk-based prostitution ring.
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Bronx Man Found With 100 Packets Of Heroin

A Bronx man was arrested at Union Station in New Haven, CT after police found 100 packets of heroin in his possession.

Cops In Bronx Are Out Of Control

NYPD Internal Affairs is investigating four Bronx cops after they were caught on video viciously pummeling and kicking a drug suspect.

Police Kill 18-Year-Old Inside Bronx Bathroom

A New York City police officer shot and killed a teen inside a Bronx home, the NYPD says.

Bronx Girl, 8, Grazed By Bullet On Way Home

Police are looking for a gunman after an 8-year-old girl was grazed by a bullet as she walked home from school Wednesday afternoon in Bronx.
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Skimmer Steals $180K From Staples Customers

Valerie Fajard, 21, of Bronx, a cashier at a Westchester Staples, was arrested Tuesday, accused of using a skimming device to capture the data from about 50 unsuspecting customers.
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Shopping Cart Thrown On Two In Bronx

Authorities are investigating an incident in the Bronx in which two men were injured when they were hit by a shopping cart that had apparently been pushed off an upper floor of a parking garage outside a store.

Bronx Woman Embezzled Over $1M

A Bronx woman who worked for the New York Archdiocese is accused of embezzling more than $1 million from the church.

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Thomas Lockhart

was born June 8, 1953. Mr. Lockhart is a former Bronx resident from the Marble Hill section, and attended The Bronx High School of Science and Manhattan College. A former All-American basketball player at both institutions, he left for Europe in 1976 to pursue a professional career after a brief encounter with the Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA. Continuing his education he actively plunged into corporate marketing communications with international companies like Philips, Alstom, Qiagen Instruments, KPMG, European Space Administration, ABN-Amro Bank and the Port of Rotterdam, while continuing to play ball and coach. Teaching English and advertising in Holland led to the setup of Ideas Unlimited, his own International Business Communications firm. Mr. Lockhart has lived and worked in various countries for the past 33 years, speaks German, French, Dutch and is currently learning Italian. Now residing near Zurich Switzerland, he has three children, Jarrett, 31 Chief of Staff with the Bronx City Council, 14th District, Maraya, 21 and Malik, 11. Tom is currently serving as Communications Manager and Asst. Operations Coordinator of the Marble Hill Reunion and Development Project.