Jan. 4, 2020 By Michael Dorgan The NYPD Bomb Squad has determined that a suspicious device reported at the Queens Place Mall Monday morning was a hoax. Police received a report at 8:40 a.m. that there was a device, with a battery hooked up to two propane tanks, inside a Black Tesla inside a garage… Read more »
Jan. 4, 2021, By Michael Dorgan The Queens Place Mall and surrounding streets were evacuated Monday after a suspicious device near a vehicle in the garage was reported. The device was reported at around 8:40 a.m. in a vehicle that was “looking strange,” near 56th Ave. and Queens Blvd, police said. The vehicle was reported… Read more »
Jan. 4, 2021 By Allie Griffin New York City sheriff deputies broke up an illegal New Year’s Eve party inside a Maspeth warehouse that had hundreds of attendees. The deputies shut down the party inside the warehouse, which was converted into a bottle club, at 2 a.m. on New Year’s Day. Officers found more than… Read more »
Jan. 3, 2021 By Christian Murray A woman was shot dead outside a house in East Elmhurst Saturday, according to police. Police responded to a call at around 3:35 p.m. that a woman had been shot in front of 32-17 97th Street. Upon arrival, officers from the 115th Precinct discovered the woman, 37, with gunshot… Read more »
Jan. 2, 2021 By Christian Murray The community fridge outside State Sen. Jessica Ramos’ office in East Elmhurst was destroyed overnight Friday—but within 12 hours her constituents donated over $20,000 to have it repaired and restocked. Ramos took to twitter Saturday morning to express her outrage that the fridge outside her 32-37 Junction Blvd. had… Read more »
Jan. 1, 2021 By Christian Murray Two men were shot in a drive-by shooting in Long Island City in the early hours of New Year’s Day. The victims were sitting in their car on the corner of 9th Street and Queens Plaza South at around 12:15 a.m. when another vehicle drove up beside them and… Read more »
Jan. 1, 2021 By Christian Murray The police have released photos of four men wanted in connection to a fatal shooting outside a Kew Gardens hotel early this morning. The men are wanted for questioning following a triple shooting in front of the Umbrella Hotel, located at 124-18 Queens Bvd., that took place at 1:10… Read more »
Jan. 1, 2021 By Christian Murray Three men were shot, one fatally, outside a Kew Gardens hotel this morning, in what authorities say was the first homicide in New York City this year. The shooting took place at around 1:10 a.m. outside the Umbrella Hotel, a hotel known for being a hotbed for crime that… Read more »
Dec. 31, 2020 Staff Report A man wearing a “Red Sox” hat walked up to 74-year-old Queensbridge resident earlier this month and sucker-punched him in the face. The victim was standing on the corner of 12th Street and 40th Avenue at around 7:15 a.m. on Dec. 12 when the suspect approached him and unexpectedly punched… Read more »
Dec. 31, 2020 By Christian Murray The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Long Island City man with insider trading after he allegedly bought and sold stock in a chemical company after being tipped off that the corporation was likely to be acquired. Jason Peltz, 37, of 48th Avenue, allegedly started buying stock… Read more »