Bronx Times Reporter - Vol. 21 No. 2 - New Home For New Year

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Weekly local news issue covering community events and public safety updates in the Bronx, dated January 9–15, 2015. Reports include the New Year’s Day homicide of Alice Durso in Throggs Neck, with details on charges, police response, and psychiatric evaluation. Another story describes the arrest of a robbery suspect accused of shooting two plainclothes officers in Fordham, along with a related accomplice case. Community coverage also highlights assistance from the 45th Precinct after church signage was defaced with graffiti.

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January 9-15, 2015

New Home For New Year

DERANGED MAN KILLS GRANDMA

Alleged cop shooter caught

Police ofﬁcers replace church’s grafﬁtied sign

January 9-15, 2015 Your Neighborhood — Your News® SERVING PARKCHESTER, HUNTS POINT, FORDHAM SOUTH, GRAND CONCOURSE, FORDHAM NORTH, BRONX NORTH, CO-OP CITY New Home For New Year Nicole Cirillo gave Lulu a new home for the new year after attending an adoption event hosted by NYC Animal Care & Control and PETCO of Throggs Neck on Saturday, January 3. Photo by Walter Pofeldt DERANGED MAN KILLS GRANDMA New Year’s Day murder shakes up quiet community BY STEVEN GOODSTEIN AND PATRICK ROCCHIO New Year’s Day usually signiﬁes the celebration of a brand new start, butinThroggs Neck, an alleged homicide made the day anything but a joyous occasion. Erik Perez, 48, from Brooklyn, has been charged with second-degree murder, for allegedly killing his grandmother Alice Durso ather home on the morning of Thursday, January 1. Police believe that Perez bludgeoned his 87-year-old grandmother, repeatedly hitting her in the head inside her home at 633 Hollywood Avenue. He also allegedly assaulted his mother and stepfather, and his grandmother’s homehealth care aide, according to published reports and police sources. He has been charged with assault, menacing and criminal possession of a weapon, a police spokesman stated. After a brief standoff with police, he was taken from the house in his underwear, and as of press time, remains at Jacobi Medical Center undergoing psychiatric evaluation. “Perez has yet to be arraigned,” stated a spokeswoman for Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson on Monday, January 5.“He is still hospitalized.” A spokesman for Jacobi Medical Center, John Doyle, said that the three victims who survived the alleged melee were released within 24 hours of the incidents. According to a police spokesman, ofﬁcers responded to a 911 call at around 7:30 a.m., and found Perez outside of the house behaving erratically. Perez then retreated back into the house upon seeing the ofﬁcers, and began to throw household items at the cops, a spokesman stated. The Emergency Service Unit arrived, subdued him, and then placed him into custody shortly thereafter. A neighbor, Joanne Santos, was shocked to hear about the apparent homicide, saying that the whole neighborhood was in mourning over Durso’s death. “She was well-loved, and we feel bad, even for the grandson,” said Santos. “From what I hear, (Perez) was a very nice gentleman who Conitnued on page 47 Alleged cop shooter caught BY PATRICK ROCCHIO Police arrested a robbery suspect for alledgedly shooting two plainclothes police ofﬁcers in Fordham. Jason Polanco, 24, of 2639 Decatur Avenue, was charged with counts of attempted murder of a police ofﬁcer, among other charges, after he alledgedly shot two ofﬁcers, on Sunday, January 4. The ofﬁcers have been identiﬁed in published reports as Andrew Dossi and Aliro Pellerano. An accomplice in the alleged robbery of a supermar- ket 10 minutes before the shootings, Joshua Kemp, 28, of 5 Metropolitan Oval, was also taken into custody on a number of charges, with police announcing the arrests on Tuesday, January 6. The plainclothes ofﬁcers were part of a 46th Precinct ﬁve-member anti-crime team searching for suspects wanted in connection with the armed robbery of Welcome 2 Yemen Deli and Grocery at 363 E. 180th Street. The shooting incident occurred at around 10:35 p.m. on East 184th Street and Tiebout Avenue, according to remarks by police commissioner William Bratton, who spoke at St. Barnabas Hospital shortly after the wounded hero cops were brought there for treatment. According to police, Polanco alledgedly ran into a Chinese restaurant on Tiebout Avenue after the men were found by the cops, while his partner in the earlier robbery, Kemp, waited outside. As the ofﬁcers approached, police report, Polanco ran out Conitnued on page 47 A CNG Publication • Vol. 21 No. 2 [www.bxtimes.com](www.bxtimes.com) For More Information Visit Us At [www.bronxdentistny.com](www.bronxdentist

FAQs

What happened in Throggs Neck on New Year’s Day according to the article?

Erik Perez was charged with second-degree murder for allegedly killing his grandmother, Alice Durso, at her home on the morning of January 1.

Who was arrested in connection with the alleged shooting of two plainclothes police officers in Fordham?

Police arrested Jason Polanco, accused of attempted murder of a police officer, and also took an accomplice, Joshua Kemp, into custody on related charges.

How did the 45th Precinct help the First Lutheran Church of Throggs Neck after it was defaced with graffiti?

Two officers helped secure a replacement sign after the temporary church sign was tagged with graffiti, and during a second visit they met with pre-K children and handed out toy badges.

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