Joseph A. Lucchese Funeral Home

View Full Caption Facebook/FDNY THE BRONX — Funeral details have been announced for the FDNY medic and mother of five who was fatally hit by a man high on drugs who stole her ambulance in The Bronx last week.Two days of visitations have been scheduled for Yadira Arroyo, 44, who died in The Bronx when a man with a history of mental illness got into the driver's seat of her ambulance and reversed into her, according to police. They will take place at the Joseph A. Lucchese Funeral Home at 726 Morris Park Ave. on March 23 and March 24, FDNY officials said. On both days, mourners can come between 2 and 4 p.m. and again between 7 and 9 p.m., officials said.Arroyo's funeral will be held March 25 at 11 a.m. at St. Nicholas of Tolentine R.C. Church at 2345 University Ave., officials said. Arroyo is survived by five children, a fiancé, a sister and five brothers, according to her brother, Joel Rosado.Several non-profit groups are also raising money for Arroyo's family: The FDNY Foundation and the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Tower Foundation have begun campaigns to help Arroyo's family.Those looking to donate to the FDNY Foundation can do so on the group’s website by selecting the EMT Yadira Arroyo’s Children Fund, and the Siller Foundation is crowdfunding on the website CrowdRise.She was working overtime on Thursday when she and her partner stopped to intervene as Jose Gonzalez, 25, tried to steal a teenage boy’s backpack, police said.Gonzalez, who lived at a shelter on the same block as Arroyo, and who police said had a history of mental health issues, leaped into the open driver's side of the ambulance and reversed, fatally striking Arroyo and injuring her partner.The funeral details emerged as additional history of Gonzalez's mental instability came to light. Multiple outlets obtained video of a Feb. 25 incident in which he kicked out an NY...

Wednesday on federal racketeering charges, including murder, authorities said.Joseph DiNapoliMadonna and underboss Crea Sr., aka “Wonder Boy,” as well as consigliere Joseph DiNapoli, and four others – Steven Crea Jr., Dominic Truscello, John “Big John” Castelucci and Tindaro “Tino” Corso – who served as captains or acting captains were among 19 charged in a superseding indictment unsealed Wednesday.Soldiers Joseph Venice, James “Jimmy the Jew” Maffucci, Joseph “Big Joe” and “Joey Glasses” Datello, Paul “Paulie Roast Beef” Cassano, Christopher Londonio and several others were also nabbed.The crew of goodfellas was allegedly behind the 2013 murder of Michael Meldish, a former leader of the notorious Purple Gang, who did jobs for the Lucchese and Genovese families.Meldish was found in his Lincoln LS with a gunshot wound to the head in The Bronx.The mobsters, most of whom are Lucchese, are also accused in court papers of attempting to kill an unnamed member of the Bonanno crime family in 2012 who had offended Crea Sr. and trying to rub out a former witness last year.They’re additionally charged with the attempted murder of reputed Bonanno soldier Enzo “The Baker” Stagno – whose nickname was derived from “The Godfather” character. Stagno was struck in the chest in 2013 as he made a phone call in his SUV near his Whitestone home.Two of them, Londonio and Terrance Caldwell, were charged in Meldish’s death and Stagno’s attempted murder earlier this year and are currently in custody.Michael Meldish was killed in 2013.Madonna is serving as the family’s “street boss” in lieu of its formal boss, who’s serving a life sentence for murder and other crimes.The 80-year-old wiseguy is currently locked up himself in Trenton state prison on a five-year sentence for his role in running an illegal gambling ring.The slew of charges in the 30-page indictment a...