Feb. 5, 2024 By Bill Parry While the use of scooters and mopeds have proliferated in recent years, so too has their use as a tool for criminals in armed robberies and drive-by shootings—including a bloody rampage in July that left an 86-year-old grandfather dead in Richmond Hill, authorities say. On Monday, Queens District Attorney… Read more »
Feb. 2, 2024 By Bill Parry A Queensbridge Houses man was arrested on Monday and booked at the 114th Precinct in Astoria in connection to a fatal shooting of an ex-con on the night of Monday, Nov. 20. Yasser Saleh, 36, of 12th Street, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment… Read more »
Feb. 1, 2024 By Bill Parry A 60-year-old woman was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Jackson Heights on Thursday morning. Police from the 115th Precinct responded to a 911 call of a vehicle collision involving a pedestrian at the intersection of 37th Avenue and 90th Street just after 6:45 a.m. Officers found… Read more »
Jan. 31, 2024 By Bill Parry An off-duty NYPD school safety agent was arrested Monday and booked at the 115th Precinct for allegedly groping a woman inside the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue transit hub. Elvin Espinal, 28, is accused of grabbing the victim’s rear end as she waited on the Flushing-bound 7 platform at 4:40 p.m…. Read more »
Jan. 29, 2024 By Bill Parry Two Astoria brothers were criminally charged Monday after an arsenal of improvised explosive devices and ghost guns, including assault rifles, were found inside their apartment directly across Vernon Boulevard from the Ravenswood Generating Station. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Andre and Angelo Hatziagelis were indicted Monday on… Read more »
Jan. 26, 2024 By Bill Parry Two men were assaulted and robbed by three strangers in Jackson Heights in two separate incidents occurring roughly three hours apart on the morning of Saturday, Jan. 6. Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights reported that the first attack occurred at just after 1:00 a.m. as a… Read more »
Jan. 26, 2024 By Bill Parry An East Elmhurst resident, Papa Diakhate, has been sentenced to a maximum of three years in prison for orchestrating a scheme that involved stealing over $1 million in federal pandemic relief funds through two fraudulent companies based in Jamaica. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz made the announcement Friday. Diakhate,… Read more »
Jan. 25, 2024 By Dean Moses
Police arrested a man Wednesday wanted for allegedly shooting four people—one fatally—in Queens last month.
Jan. 24, 2024 By Dean Moses
As retail theft continues to cause mass disruptions for shoppers and financial despair for business owners, officers from one Queens precinct are looking to turn things around on a major shopping hub.
Jan. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry A Jackson Heights man was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for repeatedly sexually assaulting a child relative beginning when the girl was 5 years old. Edgar Chalco, 42, of 92nd Street, was convicted by a jury in Queens Supreme Court last month of sexual conduct against a… Read more »