Nov. 6, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst and Transit District 20 are looking for a suspect who attempted to rob a woman inside an R train subway station before a good Samaritan intervened on Sunday morning. Police say the 47-year-old victim was waiting on the southbound platform at the Elmhurst Avenue-Broadway station just after 11 a.m. on Nov. 5 when she was approached by a stranger who shoved her, causing her to fall to the platform. As he was trying to take her purse from her shoulder, the bystander pushed him away from the…
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Elmhurst man charged with murder in fatal Corona stabbing, killer remains at large: NYPD
Nov. 3, 2023 By Bill Parry An Elmhurst man was arrested Nov. 2 and criminally charged with murder in the second degree and other crimes for the fatal stabbing of a Corona man last month, according to the NYPD. Brayan Carchi Dutan, 20, of 52nd Avenue in Elmhurst was arraigned Friday in Queens Criminal Court…
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Shirtless youth smashes R train rider with chair at Elmhurst subway station: NYPD
Oct. 25, 2023 By Bill Parry A shirtless assailant bludgeoned an R train rider with a chair and a scooter at an Elmhurst subway station him on the night of Saturday, Oct. 21, according to authorities. Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst and Transit District 20 are looking for a young man who approached a 53-year-old man as he was waiting on the northbound platform at the Grand Ave-Newton subway station just after 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 21. The victim began to argue with the shirtless stranger and it quickly escalated to physical violence when the suspect smashed the…
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Crunching the Queens crime stats: robbery, assault cases rise as burglaries, grand larceny incidents are trending down
Oct. 25, 2023 By Ethan Marshall The NYPD released the crime stats for the 28-day period of Sept. 24 to Oct. 22 in northern and southern Queens and, while the numbers show there was little change year-over-year in major crimes, there was an overall increase in crimes across the borough. Some of the notable trends…
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Pair of crooks impersonated law enforcement officers during Jackson Heights robbery: NYPD
Oct. 24, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst are looking for two crooks who pretended to be one of their own during an early morning robbery on Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights earlier this month. A 41-year-old man was walking past a storefront at 89-14 Roosevelt Ave. just after 3:30… Read more »
Crunching the Queens crime stats: Rape cases rising, grand larceny continues downward trend
Oct. 18, 2023 By Ethan Marshall The NYPD released the crime stats for northern and southern Queens from Sept. 17 to Oct. 15. While much of it follows a similar trend to last week’s stats, there are some notable changes in trends. Rape cases in northern Queens rose from 15 to 20 year-over-year. While the 104th, 111th and 112th precincts each saw no change, the only northern Queens precinct to experience a decline was the 115th, from five last year to one this year. Southern Queens, on the other hand, experienced no change compared to the same period of time…
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Two men beaten, robbed in separate incidents in Jackson Heights, Elmhurst: NYPD
Oct. 16, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from two Queens precincts are looking for three suspects who remain at large after they allegedly beat up and robbed two men last month. The most recent incident occurred just before 3:00 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, within the confines of the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights. Police say… Read more »
Man sought in two forcible touching incidents in broad daylight in Elmhurst, Middle Village on same day: NYPD
Oct. 13, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from two Queens precincts are looking for a creep who forcibly touched two women during the same afternoon on Oct.4, according to the NYPD. The first incident occurred in front of the Queens Center mall at around 1:20 p.m., as a woman was walking in front of 90-15 Queens Blvd. Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst reported that the stranger approached the victim from behind and grabbed her rear end before running off in an unknown direction. The suspect struck a few hours later in Middle Village. Police from the 104th Precinct…
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Two men sought for robbing two liquor stores in the same morning, taking top-shelf booze: NYPD
Oct. 12, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from two Queens precincts are on the lookout for two top-shelf booze connoisseurs who broke into two liquor stores in under an hour-and-a-half during the early morning hours of Oct. 3, making off with cases of wine and spirits worth more than $92,000. The high-end crooks first targeted…
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Commuter beaten with own umbrella in Jackson Heights: NYPD
Oct. 11, 2023 By Bill Parry An E train rider was beaten with his own umbrella by a stranger at the Jackson Heights subway hub on Roosevelt Avenue on Sunday morning, according to authorities. Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst reported that the 41-year-old victim was inside the 74th Street station when an unidentified… Read more »