Opposed Shelter Moved to FEGS Site NYU Dental Outreach
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February 16-22, 2018 Your Neighborhood — Your News® SERVING PARKCHESTER, HUNTS POINT, FORDHAM SOUTH, GRAND CONCOURSE, FORDHAM NORTH, BRONX NORTH, CO-OP CITY NYPD FISHES FOR FENTANYL $10 million worth of lethal drugs confi scated BY ALEX MITCHELL Two boxes were recovered Each of the brick-shaped Queens Narcotics Major by police, both containing packages consisted of a kilo- Case Squad recovered close to Styrofoam coolers, with the gram of fentanyl. The entire $10 million worth of the highly larger cooler containing fi sh haul could have yielded over a addictive fentanyl, cloaked wrapped around two brick- million lethal doses. in packaged fi sh, from a car shaped packages covered in The drugs are collectively they were trailing, outside green plastic and a brick- worth up to $10 million on the Parkchester, during the night shaped package tucked into a street. of Thursday, February 1. bunch of chili. The wholesale value for the Fentanyl is an illicitly pro- The second cooler con- four kilograms of fentanyl is duced synthetic opioid that is tained one brick-shaped pack- estimated at $100,000. up to 50 times stronger than age similarly wrapped with Fent a nyl is i ncreasi ng ly be - heroin. green plastic and fi sh. ing mixed into the black mar- NYPD arrested Johnny De NYPD had De Los Santos ket drug supply in New York Los Santos Martinez after the Martinez under surveillance City and is frequently found drugs were found concealed in in an investigation into drug in combination with heroin, his 2017 white Acura MDX. traffi cking in New York City. cocaine and a variety of syn- He’s being charged with Police offi cers spotted him thetic drugs. two counts of criminal posses- in his car with the two boxes When the police fi rst seized sion of a controlled substance. in the back seat. the nine pounds of drugs they The bust took place near After obtaining a search had initially suspected the the intersection of Leland warrant police offi cers exam- goods to be cocaine, but were Avenue and Archer Street at ined the contents of the boxes analysed as fentanyl after un around 7 p.m. and vehicle. Continued on Page 74 Brighter Smiles At St. Theresa’s St. Theresa School students enjoyed learning about dental hy- giene and having their teeth checked during a recent visit by the Opposed shelter moved to FEGS site NYU Dental Outreach. (Above) A student had her teeth examined BY SARAH VALENZUELA outcry,” said Walker-Santi- shelter is a registered sex of- by a NYU Dental Outreach dentist. See more photos on page 61. On Wednesday, February ago, who was one of the com- fender. Photo courtesy of St. Theresa School 6, Community Board 7 chair, munity members at the Sep- Acknowledging the bor- Adaline Walker-Santiago, re- tember 19 rally protesting the ough and citywide housing ceived offi cial notice that the initial location of the shelter crisis, CB 7 proposed an alter- TOP BRONX NEWS STORIES proposed location of an all at the former Sam’s Carpet on native location to the DHS. HOOD male homeless shelter has Webster Avenue. The all-male shelter is BOR - YO The Bronx Times IGH UR changed. “I think the Bronx is doing currently being placed at the E N On-Line $-"44*'*&%4'035)/9 N E R W In a sign of relief for the its share to help the homeless former FEGS Bronx Mental U O S Your world is community, she was informed and we know there’s a crisis, Health Center at 3600 Jerome Y ® by the NYC Department of but we also want to be sure (the Avenue. 24/7... NOW Homeless Services that the shelter) is not directly across “Because homeless New so are we. shelter, which was initially the street from a school.” Yorkers come from every com- planned for a location across The major concern about munity across the fi ve bor- ÜÜÜ°LÝÌiðV the street from P.S./M.S.20 the Webster Avenue loca- oughs, we need every com- and a park, would now be con- tion was its close proximity munity to come together to 5)&-"5&45#30/94103544$03&4 structed in a more appropiate to children. Shelter residents address homelessness and location. are transient, so it’s diffi cult '00%t)&"-5)t5&$)/0-0(: “I think they heard our to know if someone from the Continued on Page 74 A CNG Publication • Vol. 24 No. 7 www.bxtimes.com GoFor To More Our Blog Information To See Our Weekly Visit Specials!Us At VistVisit Our Our New www.bronxdentistny.comNEW Web-ite: Web-Site: www.reliablebronxdentist.com www.reliablebronxdentist.com GOT IMPLANTS DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT COME SEE US (718) 547-5280 2 BRONX TIMES REPORTER, FEBRUARY 16-22, 2018 BTR Man gunned down on quiet Morris Park street BY ALEX MITCHELL Incidents like this aren’t A man was gunned down something that the Morris while sitting in his car on Park community is used to Hone Avenue in Morris Park seeing. on Monday, Februay 5. “This is a very peaceful He has been identifi ed as community, things like this 45-year old George Carras- don’t happen over here,” said quillo, who had just moved to Al D’Angelo vice chair of Com- Morris Park, but previously munity Board 11 and presi- lived in Hunts Point. dent of the Morris Park Com- The shooting occurred munity Association. “We’ve a short distance beyond St. stepped up our neighborhood Clare of Assisi School prop- patrols and reached out to the erty. 49th about our concerns,” he Captain Thomas Alps of added. the 49th Precinct is leading Captain Alps and his pre- the murder investigation. cinct have communicated to “We arrived on the scene to Morris Park and residents calls of a male possibly shot, that this shooting is not gang he was pronounced dead on related and is being viewed as the scene,” said Alps. “There an isolated incident. is no suspect in custody right Gang violence is not an is- now,” he added. sue within Morris Park ac- The gun used was a 40-cal- cording to local leadership iber pistol and Carrasquillo within the community. was shot at least six times. “We were concerned at It appears that the shooter fi rst that this was an issue The crime scene in Morris Park where 45-year-old George Carrasquillo was gunned down. Edwin Soto was waiting for the victim, within the community and whom was sitting in a grey we communicated that to the 2017 Ford Explorer. police,” said Tony Vitaliano, shooter in a timely manner. soon,” said Vitaliano. ten,” said Vitaliano. “Resi- Carrasquillo was pro- chairman of CB11. “They as- “We have evidence re- Vitaliano couldn’t re- dents have not expressed any nounced dead at about 5:30 sured the community that trieved and the investigation count the last time a shooting concerns over their safety a.m. this not related to anything,” is progressing nicely,” said like this occurred in Morris within the community,” he The shooting was described he added. the captain. Park. added. as ‘more of an assassination Vitaliano is confi dent that “They have great info, I “It was very surprising, The investegation is still from something personal.’ the NYPD will identify the know they’ll wrap this up very this does not happen very of- ongoing. 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