Colin Mixson

1 week ago | nydailynews.com | Colin Mixson |Leonard Greene

The mother of Arius Williams, accused of tossing his 2-year-old son Montrell into the Bronx River, had met with a lawyer to discuss having the troubled young father committed to a psychiatric institution, family members told the Daily News in an exclusive interview. “I kept telling her, ‘You need to put him away,'” said Williams’ cousin Berniece, recounting a string of violent episodes involving the 20-year-old father. “She kept saying she was going to put him away.

2 weeks ago | nydailynews.com | Rocco Parascandola |Colin Mixson |Thomas Tracy

Arius Williams, the father of Montrell Williams, the 2-year-old Bronx boy believed to have been found dead in the East River after going missing for a month, has been charged with murdering the toddler, police sources said Thursday. Williams, 20, has been locked up on Rikers Island since Monday, a day after he allegedly threatened Montrell’s 17-year-old mother with a knife and told her he had thrown the the boy into the Bronx River, cops said.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Colin Mixson |Thomas Tracy

The father of the missing 2-year-old Bronx boy who told the toddler’s mother he threw their son into the Bronx River is refusing to return to to court after being ordered held on Rikers Island, the Daily News has learned. A Bronx Family Court judge ordered 20-year-old Arius Williams held without bail for contempt of court Monday for refusing to divulge the location of the boy.

2 weeks ago | gazettextra.com | Dave Goldiner |Colin Mixson

President Trump's new travel ban has sparked widespread outrage and fear in New York's sprawling Haitian community, by far the biggest local diaspora group impacted by the edict aimed at 12 nations. Pastors, shopkeepers and community leaders worried out loud that their community would seek to stay out of sight to avoid any contact with authorities for fear of being arrested or possibly deported. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.

2 weeks ago | nydailynews.com | Dave Goldiner |Colin Mixson

President Trump’s new travel ban has sparked widespread outrage and fear in New York’s sprawling Haitian community, by far the biggest local diaspora group impacted by the edict aimed at 12 nations. Pastors, shopkeepers and community leaders worried out loud that their community would seek to stay out of sight to avoid any contact with authorities for fear of being arrested or possibly deported. “We did nothing wrong,” said Rev.