Sep. 6, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica are looking for a group of five suspects who assaulted a motorist in Hollis last month before stealing his car. Police say the incident happened at around 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 20, as the 61-year-old victim was sitting in his 2016…
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Sep. 6, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Robberies, burglaries and other property crimes are dropping across Queens, according to a review of recent crime statistics covering the end of August and the start of September. The NYPD released its crime stats for its precincts in northern and southern Queens during the week of Aug. 28 to…
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Aug. 2, 2023 By QNS News Team On Tuesday, Aug. 1, the annual National Night Out Against Crime event returned to the many NYPD precincts in Queens and across New York City. The National Night Out Against Crime celebrated 40 years since it was established by Matt Peskin in Philadelphia in 1984. Back then, the…
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Jul. 31, 2023 By Bill Parry Crime scene investigators are working to determine how a woman was killed in her South Jamaica Houses apartment building early Monday morning. Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica and Public Service Area 9 in Flushing responded to a 911 call just after 1 a.m. on July 31 after…
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Jul. 14, 2023 By Bill Parry
Detectives from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica are still trying to piece together a motive behind a shooting in front of a corner bodega on Sutphin Boulevard late last month.
Jun. 1, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb Police from the 103rd Precinct and 20th Transit District are searching for the crook who assaulted a 19-year-old man on an E train at the Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer subway station last month. Authorities say that the unknown man approached the teen on the E train inside the station at approximately…
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May. 12, 2023 By Bill Parry An Auburndale man was arrested May 11 and charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Jamaica man last summer. Damion Howell, 39, of 194th Street, was taken into custody at the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica, nine months after he allegedly gunned down 29-year-old Julian Askew, who lived…
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Apr. 14, 2023 By Bill Parry
A wall of blue erupted into cheers and applause as NYPD Police Officer Brett Boller was released from Jamaica Hospital Medical Center on April 14, nine days after he was shot in the line of duty.
Apr. 7, 2023 By Robert Pozarycki, Dean Moses and Meaghan McGoldrick Queens detectives are questioning a person of interest in the shooting of a rookie police officer on Wednesday afternoon. According to published reports, the person of interest was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals on Thursday night, April 6, at his residence. A…
Apr. 6, 2023 By Dean Moses, Robert Pozarycki and Meaghan McGoldrick Queens detectives continued their desperate search Thursday morning for the gunman who shot and wounded a rookie officer on Wednesday afternoon. The injured officer is currently in stable condition at Jamaica Hospital, according to law enforcement sources. The officer involved, age 22, just…