Tenant calls cops after
attempted break-in
BRONX TIMES R 18 REPORTER, MAR. 4-10, 2022 BTR
life.”
There were no reported
injuries or forcibly
entry as a result of
this incident. And the
police have not made any
arrests.
Anyone with information
in regard 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
CrimeStoppers website
at https://crimestoppers.
nypdonline.org/ or on
Twitter @NYPDTips.
All calls are strictly confi
dential.
-Jason Cohen
The NYPD is looking
for two men who tried to
break into an apartment
in the Allerton section of
the Bronx.
Bobbie Jones, who
lives on Mace Avenue
with her wheelchair
bound husband, reported
the incidents to
the police last week, although
the incidents
took place in January.
Jones told the Bronx
Times that on Jan. 28
and Jan. 29, two different
men banged on her door
multiple times around 5
a.m.
After someone also
kicked at her door last
year, Jones, 56, is now
scared for her life.
“I heard someone
tried to open the door
and when I looked up
that person was already
gone,” Brooks said. “I
couldn’t have imagined
what would have happened
to me. I am concerned
for my safety.
There are defi nitely people
who don’t like me because
I’m always fi ghting
for the quality of
The NYPD is looking for two men who tried to break into an
apartment in the Allerton section of the Bronx in January.
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Suspect arrested for
murdering Bronx woman,
dumping her out with trash
Detectives locked up a 21-year-old man Saturday
for allegedly murdering a Bronx woman and
then dumping her body out with the trash on a local
street.
Khalid Barrow, 21, of Teller Avenue in Morrisania
faces murder and concealment of a human
corpse charges in the Feb. 25 death of Nisaa Walcott,
35, of East Harlem.
Sources familiar with the case said that Barrow
and Walcott knew each other and were related,
though the nature of their relationship was not disclosed.
Walcott’s lifeless body was found stored inside a
plastic container across the street from 950 University
Ave. in Melrose at about 1:55 p.m. on Feb. 25.
According to WABC-TV, a passerby noticed the
victim’s foot sticking out of the bin and called 911 for
assistance. The location where Walcott was found is
a known local dumping ground, according to police.
Offi cers from the 44th Precinct responded to the
scene along with EMS, who pronounced Walcott
dead at the scene. Her body was transferred to the
Medical Examiner’s offi ce for an autopsy to determine
the exact cause of death.
Barrow was linked to the crime through video
footage obtained from the scene, which placed him
at the location at the time Walcott’s body was disposed,
sources familiar with the case said.
-Robert Pozarycki
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