As Crime Recedes in 3Oth Pct, C.O. Korabel Gets Moved to Northern Bronx Where Crime Is Rising; He’s replaced by a Transit Captain.
Captain Jessica Rivera, most recently in transit takes, the helm of the once notorious 30th Precinct in West Harlem, a tiny one mile square precinct, that was once known as the cocaine capital of the world in the 1990s but which has seen crime go down this year.
| 02 May 2023 | 05:54
Deputy Inspector Jonathan Korabel is the last Manhattan commanding officer on the move. He’s moving from the 30th Pct. in western Harlem that he has headed for two years to the 47th Pct in northern Bronx. Photo: NYPD file photo
In the latest round of dizzying shuffles of Manhattan precinct commanders, Inspector Jonathan Korabel who had been atop the 30th Pct for two years, moved to the Bronx while Captain Jessica Rivera moves from transit command in the Bronx across the Harlem to the northern Manhattan precinct.
The NYPD’s DCPI office did not confirm the moves, but an NYPD web site of personnel moves said both appointments were effective as of April 27th.
Rivera has just over 21 years on the job and was promoted to captain in June 2021. During her nearly 22 years on the job, she has made 454 arrests.
She takes over the Harlem precinct, which is only one square mile and includes portions of west Harlem and the neighborhoods of Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill. The area was once notorious for police corruption in the early to mid 1990s when it was known as the “Dirty 30” and was known as “the cocaine capital of the world.” One of its ringleaders at the time was Sgt. Kevin Nannery, who led a group of officers who dubbed themselves “Nannery’s Raiders” and frequently conducted raids on known drug dealers, confiscated their money and then sold their drugs at discounted prices on the streets. Eventually 34 officers were arrested. Nannery only received one year of home confinement after he was found guilty of perjury, but over 100 convictions were overturned when the widespread police corruption was revealed.
Today, crime in the 30th precinct appears to be on the decline, except for auto thefts. Robbery, felonious assault and burglaries are all down year to date compared to a year ago. The overall number of crime incidents reported to police is down 15.2 percent to 246 incidents, compared to 290 in the same period a year ago.
Auto thefts are climbing, however. Through April 30, 35 cars have been swiped off the west Harlem streets, compared to 21 in the year earlier period.
Deputy Inspector Korabel, a decorated police officer with no known disciplianary black marks on his is heading north to the 47th precinct in the northern Bronx which serves Woodlawn, Wakefield, Williamsbridge, Baychester, Edenwald, Olinville, Fishbay, and Woodlawn Cemetary that still has rising crime. In the most recent incident, only days after Korabel arrived, 31 year old Tavaree Hyatt turned himself for the fatal shooting of his neighbor, 32 year old Abousbacar Drame on April 18th.
Murders in the precinct actually dropped dropped from 7 in the first four months of last year to 4 in the same period this year, but all other major crime categories saw increases. The overall number of criminal incidents were up 9 percent to 955 this year, compared to 876 a year ago. There were 214 auto thefts in the precinct this year, compared to 189 a year ago a 13.2 percent jump.
In the 47th, he replaces Inspector Osvaldo A. Nunuez, a 27 year veteran who is heading to 1 Police Plaza in downtown Manhattan working in the real time crime center.