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Alleged squatter indicted for illegally occupying Howard Beach home: DA
Alleged squatter indicted for illegally occupying Howard Beach home: DA

A Hollis woman was indicted by a Queens grand jury on charges of burglary, criminal trespass and other related crimes for illegally occupying a single-family home in Howard Beach.

Laurel Bay, 49, of 198th Street, was arraigned Thursday in Queens Supreme Court on a five-count indictment for allegedly squatting in a house on 99th Street that had been vacant since 2012, with the homeowner managing the property from out of state.

According to the charges, on the night of July 18, an eyewitness saw Bay moving items into and out of the home and reported the activity to the NYPD. Police from the 106th Precinct in Ozone Park responded to the home and observed Bay coming out of the front door of the home. She was taken into custody and issued a desk appearance ticket for criminal trespass.

Several days later, on July 21, at around 9:20 a.m., the same witness observed items moved around inside the home and the basement door open. When police returned to the property, they saw Bay crawl out of a basement window. She was arrested again and issued a second desk appearance ticket for criminal trespass.

E train rider beaten with a skateboard during attempted robbery, suspect remains at large a month later: NYPD

Police from the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills and Transit District 20 are looking for a suspect who weaponized a skateboard to bludgeon an E train rider last month.

The attack went down during the early morning hours of Monday, Sept. 16, as the 36-year-old victim was sitting on a southbound E approaching the Forest Hills–71st Avenue station at around 3 a.m. when a stranger approached. The intruder attempted to remove property from the victim’s pocket. The targeted rider began to record the older man with his cell phone. The stranger grabbed a skateboard from another rider and smashed the victim in his head, police said Tuesday.

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Former FBI agent from Queens Village charged with possessing arsenals of illegal ghost guns: DA

A former FBI agent from Queens Village is criminally charged with possessing an arsenal of illegal ghost guns and a stockpile of ammunition after law enforcement raided his home and a storage unit in Port Washington, L.I.

Scott Chiang, 53, was arraigned Friday in Queens Criminal Court on a 242-count criminal complaint after the searches at the two locations uncovered 18 illegal firearms, including eight ghost guns and six assault weapons, as well as high-capacity magazines, ammo and gun manufacturing tools.

Long Islander struck and killed on the Cross Island Expressway in Bayside

A Long Island man was struck and killed on the Cross Island Expressway in Bayside on Tuesday night after he was involved in a crash and got out of his vehicle to assess the damage from the collision.

Police from the 111th Precinct in Bayside responded to a 911 call of a pedestrian struck near exit 30 alongside Alley Pond Park just before 11 p.m. The officers found the 31-year-old man lying on the roadway unconscious and unresponsive. EMS rushed the victim to North Shore University Medical Center in Manhasset, where he was pronounced dead a short while later. The victim was identified as Curtis Blocker of Canterbury Gate in Lynbrook.

Boy on board M train in Ridgewood punched out and robbed, suspect remains at large: NYPD

Police from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood and Transit District 33 are looking for the perpetrator who attacked and robbed a 13-year-old boy in broad daylight on board an M train on Tuesday, Oct. 8.

The youngster was riding in a southbound M subway car approaching the Seneca Avenue station just after noon when a stranger approached him and sucker-punched him in the head, police said on Tuesday. The boy’s assailant proceeded to forcibly remove his cell phone and headphones before running off the train inside the Seneca Avenue station. He was last seen on foot on Palmetto Street. The victim refused medical attention at the crime scene.