Sep. 11, 2024 By Czarinna Andres U.S. Representative Tom Suozzi (D-Queens, Long Island) hosted his annual “Hometown Heroes” event on Tuesday, Sept. 3, honoring ten law enforcement officers for their exceptional service. The ceremony, held outside the Glen Cove Police Department, celebrated officers from across Suozzi’s district, which includes parts of the North Shore…
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Senior assaulted near Francis Lewis Park in Whitestone: NYPD
Sep. 10, 2024 By Bill Parry A 68-year-old man was brutally assaulted by a stranger in broad daylight near the entrance to Francis Lewis Park in Whitestone on Sunday afternoon, and police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are asking for the public’s help in tracking down his assailant. The random attack occurred just…
Woman allegedly choked in Queensboro Hill by robber who snatched her bag containing thousands in cash: NYPD
Sep. 6, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are looking for a strangler who robbed a 63-year-old woman in Queensboro Hill on the night of Thursday, Aug. 29. The victim was walking on a residential block near the intersection of Frame Place and Maple Avenue just before midnight, when…
Flushing man charged with murder in fatal stabbing of wife at spa
Sep. 5, 2024 By Bill Parry A Flushing man was criminally charged in the fatal stabbing of his wife in front of horrified customers at a Kissena Boulevard spa during the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 3. Jiahai Ma, 25, of Cherry Avenue, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Wednesday evening on a criminal…
Crunching the Queens crime numbers: rapes and burglaries increase across borough, grand larcenies decrease
Sep. 3, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The amount of reported rapes and burglaries across Queens had notable increases during the 28-day period from Aug. 5 to Sept. 1, compared to the same period of time last year, according to the NYPD’s latest crime stats. However, grand larcenies took a deep dive across the borough…
Drones were key in the hostage rescue of Douglaston family during violent home invasion: Mayor Adams
Aug. 27, 2024 By Bill Parry The future is now for drone technology as a crime-fighting tool for the NYPD; Mayor Eric Adams declared days after the gadgets were used in a successful hostage rescue during a violent home invasion in Douglaston during the early morning hours of Saturday, Aug. 17. The mechanical “eyes…
Man in cast sought for beating a senior on Main Street in Flushing: NYPD
Aug. 21, 2024 By Bill Parry A 73-year-old man was punched out by a stranger in broad daylight in Flushing on the morning of Saturday, Aug. 10, and police from the 109th Precinct are still looking for his attacker, who remains at large nearly two weeks after the beatdown. The senior was walking in…
Two women sought for fleeing the scene of a fatal collision in Queensboro Hill that left one man dead and another injured: NYPD
Aug. 20, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are looking for two women who ran away from the scene of a fatal collision in Queensboro Hill early Tuesday morning. One of the women was behind the wheel of a 2015 Ford U-Haul box truck traveling westbound on the Horace…
Three Cambria Heights men charged after terrifying home invasion and hostage situation in Douglaston early Saturday morning: DA
Aug. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry Three Cambria Heights men have been criminally charged in connection to a terrifying home invasion in Douglaston during the early morning hours of Saturday, Aug. 17, in which they allegedly held eight people, including three children, hostage during a robbery. Brandon Dash, 39, and his brother Ryan Dash,…
Crunching the Queens crime numbers: Rapes rise in southern Queens, felony assaults remain up in north
Aug. 2, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The number of reported rapes spiked in southern Queens during the 28-day period from July 1-28, compared to the same period of time last year, according to the NYPD’s latest crime stats. Meanwhile, felony assaults jumped in northern Queens over the same respective period. Rapes in southern Queens…