Truman HS Student Dragged Child by Legs up Flight of Stairs, Threw him Off the Roof
BRONX, NEW YORK, February 7- District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced that a 17-year-old teenager has been indicted on charges of attempted murder and other offenses for allegedly throwing a 9-year-old boy from the roof of an apartment building.
The grand jury charged Casmine Aska, of Nelson Avenue, the Bronx, with one count of Attempted murder in the second degree, one count of assault in the first degree and one count of assault the second degree in connection with the alleged attack against Freddy Martin. Aska is facing up to 25 years imprisonment if convicted of the top charge attempted murder in the second degree.
The charges in the indictment are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Aska is being held without bail and is scheduled to be arraigned on the indictment in State Supreme Court, Part 92 on March 6, 2013 before Supreme Court Justice Troy Webber.
The incident occurred on Friday, February 1, 2013 at 1545 Nelson Avenue in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx. According to court papers, Aska grabbed the young child by the legs and dragged him up a flight of stairs to the roof, picked him up and threw him from the roof. The victim remains on life support in a medically induced coma at New York-Presbyterian Hospital where he is being treated for numerous broken bones and severe internal bleeding.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Paul Rosenfeld of the Trial Division.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Friday, February 1, 2013
Mount Eden News: Bronx Hails Koch
Mount Eden News: Bronx Hails Koch: --> Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. issued the following statement on the passing of Mayor Ed Koch: BRONX, NEW YORK...
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Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. issued the following statement on the passing of Mayor Ed Koch:
BRONX, NEW YORK, February 1- “Today the Bronx is mourning the death of a son and one of the city’s greatest and most charismatic public leaders. Mayor Ed Koch was a man of wit and wisdom, a leader who helped lift our city out of the brink of bankruptcy, raising our spirits along the way and securing New York’s place as the capital of the world.
“Mayor Koch was always proud of his Bronx roots. During his administration he helped rebuild the South Bronx, creating a task force that helped restore burned-out buildings while creating new, thriving communities—work that still resonates to this day. He was a man of deep devotion, who after leaving office continued to inspire New Yorkers through his activism and his commitment to a city he fiercely loved.
“While we mourn his loss we honor his legacy, commitment to civil rights and his civic leadership, which will forever live in our hearts and in the millions of lives he touched. On behalf of the 1.4 million residents of the Bronx, I would like to extend our most heartfelt condolences to his family and friends during this very difficult time,” said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.
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