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Crunching the Queens crime stats: Burglaries continue to trend down, felony assault and grand larceny cases rise

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Oct. 11, 2023 By Ethan Marshall While burglary cases continue to trend down, felony assault and grand larceny of automobiles have been on the rise from Sept. 10 to Oct. 8 when compared to the same time period as last year, according to the 28-day crime stats released by the NYPD for the precincts in northern and southern Queens. This continues a similar trend seen in the previous report, for Sept. 3 through Oct. 1. Additionally, there were some crimes, like grand larceny, that had very different changes between northern and southern Queens. In northern Queens, the number of burglary…
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Cops in four different Queens precincts are searching for crook targeting bus riders in string of robberies

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Sep. 26, 2023 By Bill Parry The NYPD is searching for a masked man who has been targeting MTA bus riders in a series of robberies in the last month, primarily in the 106th Precinct in Ozone Park. The suspect began his robbery spree in the confines of the 102nd Precinct in Richmond Hill on the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 23, when he snatched a cellphone off a 15-year-old boy who was on board a Q52 bus as it approached the intersection on Woodhaven Boulevard and Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven, before running off the bus in an unknown direction, according…
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Crunching the Queens crime stats: Number of burglaries drop, assault cases increase

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Sep. 19, 2023 By Ethan Marshall The NYPD’s crime stats for northern and southern Queens precincts spanning Sept. 11 to Sept. 17 reveal that the number of burglaries throughout the borough has dropped, while felony assault cases increased. One thing that remained completely the same compared to last year was the fact that there wasn’t…
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Woman thwarts teen robber who threatened her with a butter knife at Elmhurst subway station: NYPD

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Sep. 13, 2023 By Bill Parry An E train rider was menaced by a teenager on board a scooter as she walked inside an Elmhurst subway station on the night of Thursday, Sept. 7. Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst and Transit District 20 reported that the 44-year-old woman had just come off a Jamaica-bound E train at the Elmhurst Avenue station and was walking on the platform just before 10:30 p.m., when the suspect rode up to her on his scooter. The youngster asked to use her cellphone and the victim refused. The teen proceeded to follow her…
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Crunching the Queens crime stats: Robberies and burglaries trending downward

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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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Three passengers beat, rob for-hire driver near LeFrak City: NYPD

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Aug. 21, 2023 By Bill Parry A for-hire driver was beaten and robbed by three passengers alongside the Long Island Expressway near LeFrak City earlier this month, according to the NYPD. Police say the 22-year-old victim began arguing with the two of his female passengers at around 5:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 4, when he…
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Corona man busted in fatal collision that killed a Brooklyn scooter rider: NYPD

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Aug. 15, 2023 By Bill Parry A Corona man was arrested Aug. 14 and charged in connection with a fatal hit-and-run collision that killed a Brooklyn scooter rider just over a week earlier. German Zhicay Cando, 50, of 99th Street in North Corona, was taken into custody and booked at the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst…
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