On Tuesday, September 17, 2024, at approximately 2313 hours, the following 34-year-old male off-duty New York City employee was arrested and charged in the confines of the 43rd Precinct in the Bronx.
Arrested:
Elbert Espinosa
NYCHA Employee
Charges:
- assault in the 3rd degree;
- robbery in the 2nd degree;
- harassment in the 2nd degree;
- strangulation in the 2nd degree;
- endangering the welfare of a child in the 2nd degree;
- criminal possession of stolen property in the 5th degree.
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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