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NYPD busts 10 Bx. Trinatarios gang members
BY ALEX MITCHELL
The NYPD arrested ten Trinatarios
gang members, including
two that are connected to the
murder of 15-year-old Lesandro
‘Junior’ Guzman-Feliz at ten
separate locations in the Bronx
between Tuesday, October 8 and
Wednesday, October 9.
The raids were a crackdown
on the gang’s general activity in
the Bronx and parts of Manhattan
rather than a continuation of
Junior’s case.
Although the names of the arrested
have not been disclosed as
of press time, they did appear in
Manhattan court on Thursday,
October 10.
The defendants are members
of the ‘Los Sures,’ a subset of
the Trinitarios gang that feuded
with members of the ‘F.E.B.,’ a
rival subset of the gang based in
Washington Heights, according
to court documents, the Manhattan
District Attorney’s offi ce and
statements made on the record in
court.
The alleged ringleader, Diego
Suero Lorenzo, is being charged
with ordering other gang members
to carry out attacks on members
of the F.E.B., the District Attorney’s
offi ce confi rmed.
“They instilled fear in communities
across Upper Manhattan
and the Bronx, chasing their
victims into bodegas and restaurants
and brutally attacking
them with knives, batons, and
machetes,” said Manhattan DA
Cyrus Vance.
Those arrested are being rung
up on 11 counts of attempted murder,
gang assault, and conspiracy,
according to the Manhattan DA.
“They used WhatsApp to send
encrypted messages with instructions
to a group of more than 100
Los Sures members, as well as to
a smaller group that was tasked
with carrying out their ‘missions.’
In one message, an alleged gangmember,
Ramirez Perez, notes that
they use WhatsApp to evade law
enforcement, writing “Encryption
is what maintains this app that the
Mugshots of the alleged gang members. Photos courtesy of CrimeStoppers
government cannot see anything…
So we good for now,” the DA’s offi ce
disclosed.
One specifi c incident disclosed
by the DA’s offi ce was when a group
of approximately 20 men, including
fi ve of the defendants, gathered
in Fort Tryon Park before chasing
the fi rst victim into a bodega on the
corner of West 192nd Street and St.
Nicholas Avenue.
The defendants, holding a bat,
knives, and a machete, attempted to
attack the victim, who hid behind
the deli counter. They then chased
the victim outside and attempted to
strike him with the weapons, but he
managed to escape with only minor
injuries.
Soon after, a block away on
Audubon Avenue between West
192nd and West 193rd Streets, the
group attacked a second man, repeatedly
stabbing him and striking
him with the bat and machete.
“We believe this is random acts
of violence,” said NYPD Chief Tim
McCormack on Wednesday, October
9; mentioning it likely has to
do with the gang expanding and
claiming territory throughout the
boroughs.
“(We are looking at) very vicious
acts of violence with knives and
machetes,” the chief said. “They’re
random acts that occurred against
innocent bystanders,” he continued
Police also arrested a person
they believe to be a high-ranking
member of the gang in the two-day
raid, McCormack announced, noting
that fi ve of the suspects had outstanding
warrants..
Cops also recovered a shotgun
and handgun at one of the ten Bronx
locations.
The takedown was part of a
larger, ten-month long operation,
the police said.
CB10 meeting provides update on Pelham Bay Landfi ll site
BY STEVEN GOODSTEIN
‘Something’s rotten’ off Eastchester
Bay and on Thursday, October 10, Community
Board 10’s Parks and Recreation
Committee held a meeting at their
offi ce on 3165 E. Tremont Avenue to receive
an update on the decomposing
mountain of trash that constitutes the
Pelham Bay Landfi ll.
The meeting was attended by CB 10
board members, residents, Councilman
Mark Gjonaj and Pelham Bay Park administrator
Marianne Anderson, who
led a slideshow presentation to provide
an update on the status of the site.
Anderson said there is a collaborative
effort underway by several city
agencies - the NYC Department of Parks
and Recreation, NYS Department of Environmental
Conservation and the NYC
Department of Environmental Protection
- that has resulted in recent remedial
improvements, such as improved
groundwater quality and reduction in
leachate quantity, from 12,000 to 3,000
gallons per day.
These improvements have resulted
in less stringent mandatory reporting
and sampling frequency requirements
over the past few years.
However, the Parks and Recreation
is currently awaiting the EPA’s approval
of two city petition requests - a
work plan for decommissioning and demolition
of the majority of the leachate
management system, and direct discharge
of rain water into Eastchester
Bay.
Another concern for the site is the
condition of the seawall, which was
damaged by Hurricane Irene in 2011
and Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
As a result of these storms, sections
of the protective seawall eroded and
some of the fence footings have became
exposed, threatening the site’s security
and increasing the chance of a fence
collapse. An eight-foot tall, 4,000-foot
long perimeter fence encircles the former
dump. The edge of the landfi ll cap
liner was also exposed by the storms.
The design and construction of the
seawall repairs are to be managed by
a capital engineering contract. The reconstruction
of the seawall is expected
to begin in the summer of 2022, with
completion set for the end of summer
2024.
Anderson, who represented NYC
Parks at the meeting, said that she was
happy to be able to provide an update on
the landfi ll.
Under the authority of the NYC Department
of Sanitation, the site accepted
household waste from 1963 until 1978. In
1982 the state placed the landfi ll on the
list of Inactive Hazardous Waste Sites.
DOS transferred jurisdiction of the site
to the DEP in 1991.
DEP completed remediation activities
in 1998, which included the installation of
a plastic containment cap over the entire
site, as well as the installation of landfi ll
gas collection, fl are, stormwater management
and leachate collection systems.
In 2010, the DEC re-classifi ed the landfi
ll to allow for limited access, before DEP
transferred jurisdiction of the landfi ll to
Parks and Recreation in the summer of
2013. Parks intends to convert the site
to passive parkland with public access
eventually.
The 95-acre landfi ll site includes 81
acres that are covered with fi ll. The
peak’s elevation rises 130 feet above sea
level.
Councilman Gjonaj speaks at the Community Board 10 meeting.
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