July 1, 2025 By Bill Parry An Astoria doctor admitted he raped multiple unconscious women at his apartment and sexually abused others at New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital where the gastroenterologist was employed. Dr. Zhi Alan Cheng, 35, or Broadway, pleaded guilty Monday in Queens Supreme Court to four counts of rape in the first degree… Read more »
June 30, 2025 By Bill Parry An Astoria man was sentenced on Monday to 25 years to life in prison for the brutal 2022 murder of FDNY EMS Captain Alison Russo during an unprovoked knife attack just around the corner from her stationhouse. Peter Zisopoulos, 37, of 41st Street, was convicted by a jury last… Read more »
June 27, 2025 By Dean Moses Police arrested a man Thursday who allegedly pepper-sprayed a mother and her 11-month-old daughter aboard a Queens subway train last week, just one day after the NYPD released surveillance images of the suspect to the public. Edward Vargas, 34, was apprehended by the NYPD Warrant Squad on June 26,… Read more »
Jun. 26, 2025 By Dean Moses Police arrested the man on Thursday who allegedly pepper-sprayed a mother and her baby on a Queens train after she refused to let him use her cell phone. The NYPD Warrant Squad apprehended 34-year-old Edward Vargas on June 26 for the disturbing assault on a young mother and…
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 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 »