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New York Post
12 hours ago
- New York Post
Skipper of NYC boat that burst into flames charged with drunken driving, released: ‘I had one beer'
This booze cruise didn't end well. The captain of a 35-foot boat that burst into flames off the Bronx shoreline over the weekend was charged with drunk driving and released — after giving cops a lame excuse for the boozy blaze that injured nearly two dozen passengers, prosecutors said. 'I had one beer,' Joshua Brito, 33, allegedly told cops before being hit with drunken driving charges after the fiery Saturday night mishap, according to a complaint filed in Bronx Criminal Court. Advertisement 3 Joshua Brito was charged with operating a vessel while under the influence after a Saturday night Bronx boat fire. Peter Gerber 3 The Saturday night boat blaze near Hart Island left nearly two dozen passengers injured and the captain in cuffs. FDNY Cops arriving at the scene shortly before 8 p.m. on Saturday found Brito 'to have watery eyes and a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from his breath,' according to the criminal complaint. Advertisement He allegedly admitted to cops that he had an issue with the boat just days earlier. 'I picked up the group at World Fair,' he told police, the complaint said. 'I had an issue with the boat two days ago. I disconnected the generator.' Brito pleaded not guilty to three counts of operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs following his arrest after the Carver 35 yacht exploded in Bronx waters near Hart Island. 3 The 35-foot Carver 35 yacht was torched by the Saturday night fire off the Bronx shoreline that injured 23 people. TOMAS E. GASTON Advertisement Several boats were tied up near the doomed yacht when it burst into flames, leaving 23 people injured — including a 46-year-old man who was in the ICU on Sunday, a relative told The Post. Police said Monday his condition remains unchanged. The passengers swam to Hart Island and were later transported to City Island by the US Coast Guard. Advertisement The blaze is under investigation. It is unclear if disconnecting the generator could have caused the fire. Police said Brito's blood alcohol level measured .05 when a test was administered at Jacobi Hospital Medical Center following the incident — above the .04 threshold for operating the boat under the influence.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Yahoo
Man shot to death in Bronx park boasted he ‘beat the odds' after Rikers release
A 21-year-old man shot to death in a Bronx park less than three months after being released from Rikers Island recently bragged on Instagram he 'made it out' and 'beat the odds.' Irvin Provitt was about to start classes in a court-ordered education program through the Fortune Society, hoping to resolve a pair of ongoing robbery cases after spending more than a year in jail, his lawyer Paul London told the Daily News. 'The only thing he wanted was to get get out of jail because he feared Rikers,' London said. 'He was a kid. He was 21 … He still needed to grow up.' But all Provitt's future dreams were dashed when he was shot in the head in Crotona Park near E. 173rd St. about 12:45 p.m. May 30. 'He was a young kid who was trying to turn his life around. He was about to be enrolled in a program,' London said. 'To hear that happened was devastating. To lose a young person like that is not a way to lose a young person.' On April 14, Provitt posted photos of himself with a stack of cash on Instagram with the caption, 'I MADE IT OUT. I BEAT THE ODDS.' But Provitt was still reeling from the death of his mother a few years back when he was killed, London said. He was proficient with sign language, the lawyer said, interpreting for his father and his brother, who are both deaf. He was due back in Bronx Criminal Court on June 18 as he continued to fight the two robbery cases he was arrested for at age 19. On Oct. 27, 2022, he and an accomplice allegedly jumped two victims on a Bronx street, with Provitt punching one in the head while his accomplice took the other victim's cell phone, according to the criminal complaint. A second accomplice was present while a third waited behind the wheel of their getaway silver Honda, according to court papers. On Feb. 14, 2023, Provitt piled into a cabbie's SUV with four pals and argued with the driver about the fare after trying to pay with counterfeit money, prosecutors say. Provitt then pulled a gun on the driver while his pals stole $750 from the cabbie's pockets, the criminal complaint charges. 'The robbery case is not as crystal (clear) as the D.A. wants to make it,' London said, adding that his client got hit with the charges merely because he was present for the crimes. Provitt was locked up on $100,000 bail in July 2023 after a bench warrant was ordered in the cases. He was released from Rikers Island on March 7 after posting bond. A series of photos and videos on Instagram after his release captioned 'Fresh start' show Provitt with U.S. Treasury checks made out to other people and bank ATM receipts showing several thousand dollars in his account. Provitt was wearing a surgical mask hanging out with a group of about 20 people inside a playground in the park when he was shot, witnesses said. He died at the scene. Comments left on his Instagram posts after his slaying range from heartfelt condolences to messages and GIFs celebrating his murder, including one saying he 'went poof.' 'I'm sure it does have to do with it,' London said when asked if he thought the negative messages were linked to his unsolved murder. 'The crime in the city has changed dramatically with young kids, where it has become extremely personal with mocking each other.' Provitt's friends were devastated by his slaying. 'He was living his life. He was happy,' said a 20-year-old friend who declined to give her name. 'He was a good kid. Stayed out the way. He was trying to change his life.' That sentiment was echoed by two other pals. 'I grew up with him. That's f—ed up,' one of them said. 'He just came home.' One neighborhood resident, Jennifer Ramos, 34, said the playground where the shooting happened is a trouble spot. 'It's always hot,' she said. 'There's always a lot of gang activity. Especially in the summer time.'
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Yahoo
Second 13-year-old boy arrested for fatal Bronx stray bullet shooting
A second 13-year-old boy has been arrested for the fatal shooting a 28-year-old man killed by a stray bullet outside a Bronx convenience store, cops said Thursday. The NYPD Warrants Squad grabbed the teen on Wednesday evening after identifying him as a second suspect in the April 23 killing of 28-year-old plumber Daoud 'David' Marji and the wounding of a woman on the same street. Both victims were innocent bystanders hit by stray bullets, cops said. Another 13-year-old boy surrendered to authorities for the same shooting last week and was ordered held at a juvenile facility without bail. Both have been charged with murder, manslaughter and weapons possession. Their names have not been released because of their ages. Bronx prosecutors said the two teens were 'acting in concert' when they fired shots on University Ave. near W. Kingsbridge Road just before 5 p.m. It was not immediately disclosed which one of the teens pulled the trigger. The newly arrested teen is expected to be arraigned as a juvenile offender in Bronx Criminal Court. Marji was walking back to Unk Candy and Grocery after grabbing a vape pen from his car when he was struck in the head by the stray slug, surveillance video obtained by the Daily News shows. He collapsed in front of the store, where he used to work. 'He was just walking. Then it looked like he turned around, and that was it. Flash. Gone,' said a convenience store worker who identified himself only as Ray. A second victim, Tania Tubon, 33, was also struck by a stray bullet in the hip during the same incident, cops said. Four teens, all wearing ski masks and dark-colored sweatsuits, fled north on University Ave. in a gray Honda Civic, cops said at the time. The two teens were the third and fourth adolescents under 14 to be arrested in the Bronx for killing a bystander with a stray bullet to the head within six weeks. Two boys ages 13 and 14 were arrested and held without bail for the stray-gunshot killing of 16-year-old Evette Jeffrey just three and a half miles south of the April 23 shooting scene. So far this year, 28 kids younger than 18 have been shooting victims citywide, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. At the same time, 17 adolescents have been arrested for pulling triggers. 'These are babies killing babies and it has to stop,' Tisch said.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Yahoo
Bronx BMW driver arrested for manslaughter in crash that killed beloved coach
An unlicensed BMW driver has been charged with manslaughter for a November crash that killed a beloved football coach outside the victim's Bronx home, police said Thursday. Sheydon McClean remained at the scene after the Nov. 30 crash in Baychester killed 60-year-old Dwight Downer. Cops let McClean go without charges but began building a case against him as they investigated the crash at Eastchester Road and Givan Ave. Meanwhile, McClean's BMW has been hit with at least three speeding violations after being photographed by city speed cameras,in the months since the crash police sources said. McClean, 25, surrendered at the 47th Precinct stationhouse Thursday to face charges of manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and driving without a license. He said nothing as he was led in handcuffs by cops from the stationhouse to appear in Bronx Criminal Court. Downer, a retired correction officer and high school football coach, had just parked his Nissan Murano on the street when McClean's BMW 328 XI, which was heading east on Eastchester Road, blew through a red light and slammed into a pickup truck at the intersection of Givan Ave. at about 12:10 a.m., cops say. The BMW careened out of control and slammed into Downer and four parked cars before coming to a stop. Downer, who coached football at DeWitt Clinton High School — where he was affectionately known as 'Coach D' — was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center, where he died a half-hour later. 'He loved life,' Downer's sister Karen Green told the Daily News after his death. 'Every Super Bowl he would cook. He had a large circle of friends. People loved him.' McClean remained at the scene and was taken to the same hospital with minor injuries. The unlicensed pickup truck driver McClean hit fled the crash. Cops arrested Orville Berry, on March 13, charging him with leaving the scene of a fatal accident and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. The Yonkers resident pleaded not guilty and was released without bail. While he never left the scene, cops zeroed in on McClean. Their investigation determined he had blown the light and was speeding at the time of the crash, according to NYPD officials. 'There were two people at fault in this incident, but one was more at fault,' a police source said of McClean. As they built a case against McClean, detectives learned that the BMW involved in the crash had triggered city speed cameras at least three times, police sources said. It was not clear who was behind the wheel when the tickets were issued. Downer, a father of two, served as a correction officer at Rikers Island for 27 years before retiring nearly a decade ago, his family said. Besides coaching at DeWitt Clinton High School, his alma mater, he coached for the Bronx Buccaneers, a youth football league, for the past six years, relatives said. 'He was a mentor to so many kids,' Green said. 'He had that ability to instill those values and determination and send them on the right road.' The coach's family has lived at the intersection for more than 50 years, relatives said. Downer usually parked in the driveway but decided to park on the street so the driveway spot could be left open for a visiting nephew, they said. In 2017, Downer witnessed a terrible crash at the same corner that hurt five people and left an Audi in a neighbor's front yard. At the time, Downer complained about speeding drivers. 'People don't know how to slow down,' he told WABC-TV at the time. 'People are in a hurry to go nowhere.'
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Yahoo
Colombian migrant held without bail in mistaken killing of Bronx teen on moped
A Colombian migrant was held without bail after being charged in the fatal Bronx shooting of a 16-year-old boy he mistakenly believed was targeting him for a robbery, while the boy and a friend were actually searching the block for a dropped phone, according to law enforcement sources. Kenhy Sarrias-Buelvas, 37, appeared in Bronx Criminal Court Thursday to face charges of murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon in the Aug. 23 shooting of Kemari Sanders. Kemari was riding a moped with a friend on the back when he dropped his phone, police sources told the Daily News. The teens circled the block they had just ridden down in search of the missing phone, but as they slowed outside a closed daycare on Bryant Ave. near Jennings St. in Crotona Park East around 1 a.m., Sarrias-Buelvas mistook them for casing him, sources said. The man fired a gun, striking Kemari in the neck, police said. Medics rushed the teen to St. Barnabas Hospital in critical but stable condition, but his condition deteriorated, and he ultimately succumbed to his injuries on Oct. 4. Cops investigating the murder tracked Sarrias-Buelvas's movements after the shooting, finding he fled to a nearby building's laundry room, discarded his sweatshirt in a dryer and ran off, according to police sources. A clear surveillance image was captured, but when cops showed it to Kemari before his condition worsened, the teen didn't recognize him. DNA from the recovered sweatshirt linked Sarrias-Buelvas to a swab taken when he was taken into custody illegally crossing the border in Laredo, Tex., in December 2023. He was later released by federal authorities, law enforcement sources said. After plastering a wanted photo around the Bronx neighborhood, a tipster later identified him to cops as someone who sells weed out of a van in the area. Following the Thursday arraignment, Sarrias-Buelvas was held without bail. 'He's innocent until proven guilty, and right now, we haven't heard much in terms of what the prosecution is offering,' his defense attorney said outside the courtroom after the proceeding.
