May 13, 2024 By Bill Parry The NYPD seized nearly a hundred illegal scooters and mopeds off the streets of Long Island City, Corona and Elmhurst as part of an ongoing crackdown across Western Queens in collaboration with the Queens District Attorney’s office. The latest joint operation in Patrol Borough Queens North began on the… Read more »
May 13, 2024 By Bill Parry A Staten Island man is accused of being a serial shoplifter who targeted several stores across Queens and stole jewelry for more than $170,000 during a three-month period beginning last December and a previous heist in 2021. Aaron Smalls, 39, of Wandell Avenue on Staten Island, was arraigned last… Read more »
May 10, 2024 By Bill Parry A 15-year-old girl was arraigned Friday afternoon in Queens Criminal Court for the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old classmate she was seen arguing with before it escalated into violence in Sunnyside on Wednesday night. Police from the 108th Precinct responded to a 911 call of a female stabbed on… Read more »
May 10, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights are looking for a suspect who allegedly stabbed a 22-year-old man in Corona on Sunday night. The victim was standing in front of a house at 104-38 38th Avenue just before 9:00 p.m. on May 5 when a stranger approached him… Read more »
May 9, 2024 By Bill Parry A 73-year-old man was beaten and robbed by four young muggers near the Jackson Heights Post Office early Tuesday morning. The victim was walking at 37th Avenue and 79th Street just after 3 a.m., when he was approached by a stranger who demanded money, police from the 115th Precinct… Read more »
May 6, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights are looking for two young men who slashed a supermarket employee last week. The perpetrators entered the Food Town located at 76-10 37th Ave. in Jackson Heights at around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1 and walked through the aisles, allegedly… Read more »
May 3, 2024 By Bill Parry Several elected officials representing Jackson Heights rallied with dozens of parents, school children and teachers on May 1, calling for urgent enforcement against Haze Land, located at 37-07 82nd St., an illegal smoke shop that recently re-opened after being shut down by the Sheriff’s department. Haze Land sits in… Read more »
Apr. 30, 2024 By Bill Parry A persistent panhandler was punched out by an angry commuter on board a northbound E train at the Queens Plaza subway station on Sunday, Apr. 21. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 reported that the assault occurred just after 8 p.m., when… Read more »
Apr. 29, 2024 By Bill Parry Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens was awarded a $3 million capital from Empire State Development earlier this month to support the club’s redevelopment project in Astoria. The new clubhouse will be approximately 125,000 square feet and include a state-of-the-art gymnasium, 175-seat theater, regulation swimming pool, classroom… Read more »
Apr. 25, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from two western Queens police precincts are looking for a pair of armed robbers who targeted several people miles apart in just over an hour last week. Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights reported that the first robbery occurred at around 2:40 a.m. as a 34-year-old… Read more »