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Year in Review: Crimes that impacted the borough and shook the city in 2024

QNS is looking back at our top stories throughout 2024 as we look forward to 2025. In terms of crime, the borough was shaken by several high-profile murders, police shootings and drug gang takedowns, many of which shocked the entire city. Here are some of the top 2024 crime stories in Queens.

The city’s first homicide of the year went down in an Elmhurst karaoke bar

New York City’s first murder in 2024 occurred on New Year’s Day when a Manhattan bouncer stabbed two men outside an Elmhurst karaoke bar near 76th Street and Roosevelt Ave. just before 4 a.m. Torrance Holmes, 35, of Hamilton Heights, was arrested by detectives days later at his home and transported back to Queens to face justice.

Southeast Queens drug trafficking crew dismantled in Jamaica following two-year probe: DA

A Queens grand jury indicted nine men on charges of conspiracy, drug trafficking, and other related crimes following an extensive two-year investigation into a Jamaica-based narcotics crew, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Wednesday, Dec. 18.

The probe was conducted by her Major Economic Crimes Bureau and the NYPD. Dubbed “Operation the Price is Right,” this probe included a series of undercover drug buys and the use of electronic surveillance. Approximately 466 grams of cocaine, 91 grams of heroin and 288 grams of deadly fentanyl were seized at several locations that were raided. Just two milligrams of fentanyl is considered to be a lethal dose.