Category: Crime

SEE IT: Video of high-octane police car chase through Astoria goes viral online

Sept. 26, 2023 Staff Report – Updated at 4:27 p.m. Wild video footage has been posted online showing police chasing a reckless sports car driver in Astoria as he dangerously runs through red lights, speeds down one-way streets and races across the RFK Bridge before barreling along motorway shoulders in the Bronx, reaching speeds of… Read more »

Crooks nab $1,000 in knifepoint robbery of Ridgewood smoke shop: NYPD

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Sep. 25, 2023 By Anthony Medina Police from the 104th Precinct are asking the public to help identify the whereabouts of two suspects who robbed a smoke shop in Ridgewood last week. Police say the two unidentified males entered the smoke shop, located at 59-11 71 Ave. in Ridgewood, on Friday, Sept. 22, at approximately…
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Flushing man busted for fatally stabbing neighbor during bar fight: NYPD

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Sep. 25, 2023 By Bill Parry A Bland Houses resident was arrested and charged with murder for allegedly stabbing another Flushing man in the head during a bar fight on the night of Sunday, Sept. 24. Police from the 109th Precinct responded to a 911 call of an assault in progress in front of Kelly’s Bar at 136-11 41st St. in downtown Flushing just before 10 p.m., when they found 45-year-old Elliot Ortiz unconscious and unresponsive with a stab wound to his head lying in front of the saloon. EMS responded to the crime scene and rushed Ortiz to NewYork-Presbyterian…
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Alleged pervert wanted for groping woman on E train in Woodside: NYPD

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Sept. 25, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Police have released an image of a suspect who allegedly groped a woman on an E train in Woodside on Friday, Sept. 22. The alleged pervert boarded the Jamaica-bound train at the Lexington Avenue/51st Street station in Manhattan and sat next to the 26-year-old victim, according to police. The… Read more »

Gunman sought for allegedly shooting at MTA bus near JFK Depot: NYPD

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Sep. 22, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 105th Precinct in Queens Village are looking for a lone gunman who opened fire on an MTA bus in Springfield Gardens early Thursday morning. The Q3 bus was heading southbound on Farmers Boulevard at around 3:50 a.m. on Sept. 21, when the suspect walked into the intersection at 147th Avenue, pulled out a firearm and allegedly fired a single shot that struck the front door of the bus, an NYPD spokeswoman said. The police spokeswoman could not say if there were any passengers on board the bus at the time of…
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Decomposing human leg found in dumpster near bank in Hillcrest: NYPD

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Sep. 21, 2023 By Bill Parry Detectives from the 107th Precinct are trying to determine who was behind a macabre deposit at a Hillcrest bank after a human leg was discovered next to a dumpster on Wednesday night. Police responded to a 911 call around 9:30 p.m. to the TD Bank located near St. John’s…
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Police searching for crook who broke into 82-year-old woman’s car in Ridgewood

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Sep. 19, 2023 By Anthony Medina Police from the 104th Precinct are searching for the thief who broke into an 82-year-old woman’s car in Ridgewood last week. Police say the unidentified male suspect broke into the driver-side window of a black 2018 Hyundai parked in the vicinity of Bleecker Street and Woodward Avenue in Ridgewood, on Tuesday, Sept. 12. The car belonged to an 82-year-old woman who had left her car parked outside since Thursday, Sept. 7, police said. The suspect allegedly tampered with the steering column of the car and fled in an unknown direction in a Kia. The…
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Crook sought for snatching woman’s property at Jamaica subway station: NYPD

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Sep. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica and Transit District 20 are looking for a suspect in a grand larceny case that occurred at the Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Avenue subway station earlier this month. Police say a 58-year-old woman was waiting for a Manhattan-bound E train when a stranger approached…
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Police searching for suspects who broke into Middle Village pharmacy last month

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Sep. 18, 2023 By Anthony Medina Police are searching for two unidentified suspects who broke into a pharmacy in Middle Village last month.  Police from the 104th Precinct responded to a 911 call of a burglary at Colombo’s Pharmacy, located at 75-51 Metropolitan Ave., at approximately 3:50 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 31. Police say two unidentified perpetrators forced their way inside the pharmacy by breaking the lock to the front gate. Once inside, the crooks took prescription medication, including Promethazine and Oxycodone, and fled on mopeds going westbound on Metropolitan Ave.  One of the suspects captured in photos shared by…
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Gunman shoots at slow driver in road rage incident on the LIE in Bayside: NYPD

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Sep. 18, 2023 By Bill Parry Detectives from the 111th Precinct in Bayside are investigating a road rage shooting that took place on the Long Island Expressway early Monday morning. The incident occurred just before 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 18, near exit 23, when the driver of a white Mercedes Benz SUV was heading eastbound…
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