June 26, 2025 By Bill Parry The NYPD has released surveillance images of the culprit they say is behind a pepper spray attack on a mother and her 11-month-old daughter in broad daylight at a Long Island City subway station on the morning of Friday, June 20. The 25-year-old woman was on board a southbound… Read more »
June 26, 2025 By Czarinna Andres An Astoria dog owner was arrested earlier this month and arraigned on animal cruelty charges for allegedly injuring his small female poodle by repeatedly throwing the pet down a flight of stairs and then dragging the puppy back up the steps by the leash. The alleged violence was caught… Read more »
June 25, 2025 By Bill Parry A Virginia man was sentenced Monday to 25 years to life in prison for the 2021 fatal shooting of a 33-year-old father near the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City. Khalik Berry, 35, was convicted by a jury in February of second-degree murder and two counts of criminal possession… Read more »
June 24, 2025 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury indicted a Staten Island man on charges of murder, manslaughter, unlawful fleeing a police officer, leaving the scene of an incident, and other related crimes for allegedly leading police on a car chase and fatally striking a 36-year-old Astoria woman in October 2024. Amanda Servedio… Read more »
June 19, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria and Transit District 20 are looking for a thief who targeted an R train rider at the Steinway Street subway station late last month and remains at large. The 30-year-old victim was standing on the southbound platform just before 9 p.m. on… Read more »
June 19, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights are looking for a trio of muggers who targeted a man as he walked on 37th Avenue near Junction Boulevard in Corona late last month and remain at large. The 28-year-old victim was approaching the intersection at around 7:30 p.m. on… Read more »
June 13, 2025 By Bill Parry An urgent manhunt is underway for a suspect who allegedly strangled a woman inside Flushing Meadows Corona Park on the morning of Friday, June 6. Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst reported that the 31-year-old woman was in the vicinity of 48th Avenue and 111th Street in front… Read more »
June 12, 2025 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury has indicted a Jackson Heights man and his mother for allegedly orchestrating a violent campaign of harassment and intimidation against his ex-girlfriend, who is also the mother of his young child. Brayahan Agudelo, 31, of 34th Avenue, was arraigned Tuesday in Queens Supreme Court on… Read more »
June 11, 2025 By Bill Parry Two 16-year-old girls are criminally charged for the beating of a 15-year-old student at William Cullen Bryant High School as she waited for a subway in Astoria on Monday. The two defendants from Elmhurst are both juniors at the school and were arraigned Tuesday in Queens Criminal Court on… Read more »
June 11, 2025 By Bill Parry The homeless Venezuelan migrant who admitted he shot two on-duty police officers while resisting arrest in East Elmhurst just over a year ago was sentenced to 28 years in prison Tuesday in Queens Supreme Court. Bernardo Raul Castro Mata, 20, pleaded guilty on May 20 to attempted murder in… Read more »