Nov. 26, 2024 By Bill Parry A woman was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver after she jumped out of an Uber on the Long Island Expressway near Main Street in Flushing early Saturday morning. Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows responded to a 911 call on Nov. 23 of a pedestrian…
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Police seek suspect in double groping incident on MTA bus and subway in Queens: NYPD
Nov. 25, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows and Transit District 20 are looking for a relentless suspect who groped a woman on an MTA bus in Holliswood and proceeded to follow her all the way to Woodhaven, where he groped her a second time, police said on…
Trio of robbers targeted two victims one month apart near Captain Tilly Park in Jamaica Hills: NYPD
Nov. 21, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are looking for a trio of robbers who targeted two people at the same location, just over a month apart, near Captain Tilly Park in Jamaica Hills. The first incident occurred during the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 12, near the…
Crunching the Queens crime stats: Grand larcenies down across borough, but car thefts rise sharply in southern neighborhoods
Oct. 30, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The amount of reported grand larcenies across Queens dropped a significant amount across both northern and southern Queens during the 28-day period from Sept. 30 to Oct. 27, compared to the same period of time last year, according to the NYPD’s latest crime stats. Another notable trend over…
Sleeping man at Jamaica subway station beaten, slashed and robbed last week: NYPD
Oct. 14, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows and Transit District 20 are looking for two young men who beat, slashed and robbed a 42-year-old man on Hillside Avenue in broad daylight last week. The victim’s ordeal began when he was sleeping on a bench inside the Sutphin…
Queens man shot dead at public housing complex; suspect still on run
Oct. 5, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki Queens detectives are on the hunt for the suspect who shot a man dead near a public housing complex on Friday night. Police said Rahsaun Williams, 39, of 160th Street in Queens was gunned down in front of 65-16 Parsons Blvd., near the Pomonok Houses, at about 7:32…
Hooded suspect sought for robbing teen at a Ridgewood subway station on Sept. 11: NYPD
Sep. 24, 2024 By Bill Parry Police out of the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood and Transit District 33 are on the lookout for a hood-wearing hoodlum who allegedly robbed a teenager onboard an M train approaching the Forest Avenue subway station during the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 11. The 17-year-old victim was on a…
Two teens surrender after stealing subway car at the Briarwood-Van Wyck Blvd. station: NYPD
Sep. 23, 2024 By Bill Parry Two teenagers turned themselves in at the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows, where they were booked for stealing an unoccupied MTA subway car at the Briarwood-Van Wyck Blvd. station and taking it for a brief joy ride just after midnight on Thursday, Sept. 12. The 17-year-old girl surrendered…
Train thieves took Briarwood subway train for a joyride, then crashed: NYPD
Sep. 18, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Police are on the hunt for two suspects who allegedly stole, operated and crashed a subway train in Briarwood last week. According to law enforcement sources, the incident occurred just after midnight on Sept. 12 at the Briarwood subway station, which serves the E and F lines. Police…
Postal workers held up at gunpoint for mailbox keys in Forest Hills, Fresh Meadows: NYPD
Sep. 9, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills and the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are looking for two robbers who targeted postal workers in broad daylight last month to steal mail keys from their victims. The first incident occurred just before 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 21,…