June 18, 2024 By Bill Parry Four individuals were arrested on Monday for assaulting two on-duty NYPD officers from the 114th Precinct in Astoria. The officers encountered a disorderly group outside a Long Island City migrant shelter just before 4:30 a.m. Police are continuing to search for others involved in the attack. The officers pulled… Read more »
June 17, 2024 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Friday the takedown of an illegal cannabis dispensary operating out of a converted school bus in Sunnyside. Anthony Stevens, 62, of Brooklyn, was charged on Thursday with unlawful sale of cannabis and other crimes after his vehicle was impounded in a joint… Read more »
June 13, 2024 By Bill Parry A Southeast Queens man was criminally charged with kidnapping and other crimes for allegedly abducting a 7-year-old boy from a Long Island City school late last month and sending a stream of threatening messages to the youngster’s mother as soon as police from the 114th Precinct rushed to the… Read more »
June 13, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are looking for an unidentified man who snatched a pricey set of headphones from the head of a woman on board a 7 train before running off the subway in Hunters Point late last month. The… Read more »
June 12, 2024 By Bill Parry A woman was killed after a motorcycle rider jumped the curb and crashed into three pedestrians walking on the sidewalk near 90th Street and 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights on Monday afternoon, according to the NYPD. Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights reported that the collision occurred… Read more »
Jun. 12, 2024 By Dean Moses
The Queens woman accused of stabbing her father to death in his home last week told detectives he had repeatedly sexually abused her, police brass reported on Tuesday.
June 10, 2024 By Bill Parry Detectives from the 114th Precinct are searching for a gunman who opened fire inside a commercial establishment in Dutch Kills on Saturday, June 1, leaving one man injured. The incident occurred at a convenience store a block away from the Dutch Kills Playground when the perpetrator entered a store… Read more »
June 6, 2024 By Queens Post News Team Dozens of local residents raised concerns about food trucks by Gantry Plaza State Park in a fiery meeting with officers from the 108th Precinct at the New York Irish Center on Thursday, May 30. Long Island City residents complained to the Commanding Officer, Capt. Tony Wong about… Read more »
June 6, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City are looking for a pair of moped-riding criminals who targeted pedestrians on Queens Boulevard in broad daylight on consecutive Sundays last month. In the latest incident, at around 3:15 p.m. on May 26, the two men rode up alongside a… Read more »
Jun. 5, 2024 By Dean Moses
A 70-year-old Queens father was allegedly stabbed to death Wednesday morning — allegedly by his own daughter, police and neighbors said.