On Saturday, August 28, 2021, at approximately 2042 hours, police responded to a 911 call of two pedestrians, struck by a vehicle at the intersection of East Fordham Road and Morris Avenue within the confines of the 46th Precinct in the Bronx.
Upon arrival, police observed a 44-year-old female and a 53-year-old female, unconscious and unresponsive, with trauma throughout the body.
EMS also responded and transported both aided to St. Barnabas Hospital, where the 44-year-old female was pronounced deceased, and the 53-year-old female was listed in stable condition.
A preliminary investigation determined that an unknown vehicle was traveling eastbound on E. Fordham Road when the operator failed to properly navigate the roadway and struck the 44-year-old female. The unknown vehicle also collided with metal items that were on the sidewalk, causing the metal items to strike the 53-year-old female.
The vehicle did not remain on the scene.
The NYPD’s Highway Collision Investigation Squad is investigating.
Following proper family notification, the deceased has been identified as follows.
Victim:
Murielle Gousse
address withheld
Bronx, NY 10458
On Saturday, November 27, 2021, at 1703 hours, the following 35-year-old male off-duty New York City employee (NYC Department of Education Employee (Maintenance Worker) was arrested and charged within the confines of the 50th Precinct in the Bronx, related to the above-listed incident.
Arrested:
Demoy Adams
address withheld
Bronx, NY 10471
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Too often we hear a lot about how to require voters to present an ID card at their polling site is a form of voter suppression. Therefore, requiring a voter ID is somehow racist, because it is geared toward preventing people of color from voting.
Frankly this argument does not hold water. First, because it implies that people of color do not possess ID cards, and as result cannot exercise their right to vote. Therefore, a law that requires the voter to present an ID is racist. To hear this argument, you would think that people of color are living under a rock.
I have often wondered how this is possible. How are voter ID laws racist? Upon analyzing this issue, I found that their argument is in fact quite racist for the following reasons. First it implies that people of color are either too lazy, or too ignorant to acquire an ID card. That we as people of color lack the ability to get something as simple as an ID card or cannot even follow voter instructions.
Then I asked myself if everyone is required to show and ID card when boarding a plane, or when cashing a check, or when applying for a bank loan, or when driving a car, or when opening a bank account, or when entering a government building, or when registering at a college, or going into a hospital or clinic, or even to enter a restaurant to have a decent meal we are required to show an ID, that proves we have been vaccinated, otherwise…
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On Thursday, November 18, 2021, at 2217 hours, the following 38-year-old female off-duty New York City employee was arrested and charged within the confines of the 45th Precinct in the Bronx.
Arrested:
Kayla Cox
NYPD School Safety Agent
Charges:
- assault
The investigation remains ongoing.
All charges are merely accusations and all defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to call the NYPD‘s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1–800–577–TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1–888–57–PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers‘ website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
All tips will be kept strictly confidential.
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Where is gambling currently legal?
As of today, mobile casino and poker gambling are legal in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and West Virginia. The most recent addition offering online wagering in October this year was Connecticut. Nevada and Delaware allow online poker. Mobile sports betting is also available in those three states apart from Delaware together with Illinois, Virginia, Colorado, Tennessee, and Indiana, Iowa, New Hampshire, Oregon, Rhode Island, Montana, Wyoming, and Arizona. As you can see it is still only a minority of states that approve it, so while New York isn’t leading the pack, it’s certainly up there amongst the front runners when it comes to online gambling. It will be interesting to see if Maryland, Louisiana, or New York will be the next to cross the line and get mobile sports betting up and running.
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