Dec. 11, 2023 By Anthony Medina The NYPD is asking for the public’s help to find and identify two men allegedly responsible for a citywide robbery pattern in Ridgewood and Bushwick earlier this month. According to police, at approximately 4:55 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 1, in the confines of the 104th Precinct, the two individuals…
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Dec. 8, 2023 By Anthony Medina As of Friday, Dec. 8, Deputy Inspector Kevin Coleman, officially bid farewell to the 104th Precinct as he begins his new assignment as commanding officer of the 109th Precinct in Flushing. In an email sent to the public on Thursday, Dec. 7, Coleman announced his reassignment and shared his…
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Dec. 6, 2023 By Anthony Medina Police from the 104th Precinct are searching for the crooks behind a gunpoint robbery inside a Glendale smoke shop. Police say two unidentified men entered Buy me Flowers, located on 67-38 Myrtle Ave., shortly after midnight on Tuesday, Dec. 5, and flashed a gun before stealing $4,450 worth of…
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Nov. 20, 2023 By Anthony Medina About a dozen residents, along with officers from the 104th Precinct, turned out on Nov. 16 for a community meeting in Glendale to voice their concerns about crime, a local housing shelter and illegal cannabis dispensaries. The meeting, held inside the Brewery Keenan Heiser Post 1815 on Cooper Avenue, was the last of the year for the Glendale Property Owners and members sought answers on issues such as an uptick in robberies as well as problems at a housing shelter on Cooper Avenue. Several elected officials or their representatives were also in attendance. Two…
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Nov. 15, 2023 By Anthony Medina Police from the 104th Precinct arrested one of two men who allegedly robbed a man at gunpoint while on a scooter in Ridgewood last month, according to the NYPD. Police say the robbery occurred in front of 16-81 Linden St., at approximately 3:18 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28, when…
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Nov. 14, 2023 By Anthony Medina Police from the 104th Precinct arrested the man who allegedly robbed a Middle Village deli earlier this month and attacked a good Samaritan who tried to stop him, according to the NYPD. Police say the robbery occurred inside Middle Village Deli and Grocery, located at 75-51 67th Dr., at…
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Nov. 14, 2023 By Bill Parry A Fresh Meadows man was criminally charged in Queens Supreme Court on Tuesday, Nov. 14, in connection with a fatal crash that killed a 75-year-old woman in Maspeth last month. Rony Zino, 27, of 71st Avenue was arraigned on a six-count indictment charging him with criminally negligent homicide for…
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Nov. 7, 2023 By Anthony Medina A new pilot program spearheaded by the NYPD’s 104th Precinct Commanding Officer, Deputy Inspector Kevin Coleman, allows traffic enforcement agents to address parking-related 311 complaints directly in the neighborhoods of Ridgewood, Maspeth, Middle Village and Glendale. Deputy Inspector Kevin Coleman said in an exclusive interview with QNS that the…
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Nov. 7, 2023 By Bill Parry A Middle Village man was arrested Sunday and booked at the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood in connection with two forcible touching incidents early last month, according to the NYPD. David Perez, 33, of 79th Street, was taken into custody on Nov. 5 for targeting women in two different police precincts on Wednesday, Oct. 5. Perez allegedly approached a 25-year-old woman as she was walking in the vicinity of Metropolitan Avenue and 65th Place in Middle Village at around 5:20 p.m. and grabbed the victim’s buttocks before running off in an unknown direction, police said….
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Nov. 6, 2023 By Anthony Medina Police from the 104th Precinct are on the lookout for a pair of thieves who stole a woman’s phone and car keys while she was getting flat tire changed in Ridgewood last month. According to police, the 32-year-old victim had her phone and car keys stolen while getting a flat tire replaced, directly in front of Compi Tire And Rim, located at 11-16 Cypress Ave. in Ridgewood, on Friday, Oct. 27. Police said an unidentified woman distracted the victim by spilling paint on her, all while a male accomplice reached into the victim’s car…
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