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BY KYLE VUILLE
Residents are questioning how
the sale and transfer of a Throggs
Neck property to the Hells Angels
came about without anybody
knowing following last week’s
shooting outside the clubhouse.
On Thursday, January 2, just
before midnight, a caravan of motorcycles
and cars rode past the
newly acquired property at 241
Longstreet Avenue and emptied
14 gun rounds into the side of the
building. Neighbors caught the incident
on video surveillance cameras.
Following the incident, neighbors
and community members
are wondering if their worst fears
about the biker gang’s presence in
the neighborhood are now becoming
a reality.
The 45th Precinct police reported
that they observed bullet
damage to the building’s brick exterior,
but reported no injuries. No
suspects have been identifi ed and
the investigation is ongoing.
3 newborns at Bronx hospitals mark a new year & decade
BY STEVEN GOODSTEIN
NYC Health + Hospitals announced
the fi rst births of the
new year and the new decade at
three Bronx facilities.
The fi rst offi cial Bronx baby
of the new year 2020 and the new
decade was Ousmane Camara,
a baby boy born at 12:02 a.m. at
Lincoln Hospital to mother Mamawa
Dore and father Zakaria
Camala.
Both parents, who were accompanied
by their extended
family for the New Years birth,
originally come from Guinea but
moved to the south Bronx, making
little Ousmane a fi rst generation
Bronxite.
Ousmane Camara came in at
seven pounds and 14 ounces with
a height of 18.9 inches.
Arya Mila Terrero De Los
Santos was the second baby born
in 2020, born at 2:09 a.m. at North
Central Bronx Hospital.
Mother Jennifer De Los Santos
is from Puerto Rico and father
Mario Terrero is from the
Dominican Republic. Arya came
in weighing four pounds and 15
ounces and measured out to 19
inches.
The third Bronx baby born in
Newborn girl Arya Mila Terrero De Los
Santos, born to parents Jennifer De
Los Santos and Mario Terrero at North
Central Bronx Hospital.
Photo courtesy of NYC Health + Hospitals/
North Central Bronx
2020 was Nickoy McFarlane, born
at 3:39 a.m. at Jacobi Hospital
to parents Julene Bedward and
George McFarlane.
Mother Julene was born in Jamaica
and the family now resides
in Wakefi eld. Baby boy Nickoy,
who came in at nine pounds
and 12 ounces and 21 inches, is
mother Julene’s fi rst child.
Mamawa Dore, mother, and Zakaria Camala with the fi rst baby of the Bronx, Ousmane Camala. Photo courtesy of Lincoln
Hospital
Newborn Nickoy McFarlane with his
mother Julene Bedward.
Photo courtesy of NYC Health + Hospitals/
Jacobi
According to sources , a rival
gang, the Pagans, are suspected in
launching the late night fussilage.
A similar situation occurred in
Staten Island about six years ago
whe the Pagans shoot at a Hells
Angels clubhouse, wounding at
least one individual.
According to the NYPD, there
is now a foot post at the location
and directed patrols are being conducted
by Neighborhood Coordination
Offi cers and patrol offi cers.
Residents have lashed out at
Councilman Mark Gjonaj for the
Hells Angels purchase of the property.
A part-time member of Gjonaj’s
staff was the real estate broker
on the sale. Residents believe the
councilman should have thwarted
the transaction if he had prior
knowledge of the sale.
“Our offi ce has been in constant
contact with the local precinct
regarding the recent incident,”
Gjonaj’s offi ce commented
in a statement to the Bronx Times
Reporter,
“The councilman and the owners
of the property will likely meet
soon to further discuss the matter
as well as what can be done to ensure
the safety and well-being of
the community moving forward.”
The blame shifted towards
Gjonaj because his attorney Edmond
‘Ted’ J. Pryor orchestrated
the sale of the property to the Hells
Angels.
Pryor resigned his position
on Tuesday, January 7, stating he
didn’t want his private practice
interfering with the councilman’s
work in the community.
“I will not allow my work as
an attorney in private practice or
what I do as a private citizen to be
used as a weapon against you and
all of the positive work that you
have been doing to make our community
a better to live in for all,”
Pryor wrote to Gjonaj.
Gjonaj contends that he was not
aware of Pryor’s private work.
A source informed the Bronx
Times Reporter that a high-ranking
member of the Hells Angels
lives on City Island, one block
away from Pryor’s legal practice.
Bartley J. Dowling, who resides
on Bay Street on City Island,
is the president of the New York
City Chapter of Hells Angels.
Pryor could not be reached for
comment.
The Hells Angels sold their
property on Third Avenue in Alphabet
City for $7.5 million and
purchased the Longstreet Avenue
property for $1.25 million according
to reports.
The building was constructed
for the Korony American Legion
Post, which then sold the property
to a real estate fi rm ten years ago.
Hells Angels shooting blamed
on councilman’s staffer
The new location of the worldly renowned Hells Angels motorcycle club sits at
241 Longstreet Ave. According to the Department of Finances, the building was
sold for $1,250,000 back in August. Photo by Kyle Vuille/Schneps Media
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