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,…
Aug. 26, 2024 By Bill Parry A correction officer assigned to Rikers Island was indicted by a Queens grand jury for allegedly raping a woman he lured to his Springfield Gardens apartment with the promise of an acting job in March. Anthony Martin, 32, of 161st Street, was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on…
Aug. 5, 2024 By Bill Parry Police arrested a summer school teacher at a Rego Park junior high school on Thursday after he lost his cool with a 12-year-old boy who refused to put away a Game Boy he was playing with. Michael Freydin, 55, allegedly pulled the gaming device from the student’s hand…
Jul. 3, 2024 By Bill Parry
An F train rider was assaulted and robbed by an apparent Atlanta Braves baseball fan in Kew Gardens last month, and the suspect remains at large more than two weeks later.
May. 14, 2024 By Bill Parry
Police from the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills made a gruesome discovery Sunday after residents of a Rego Park apartment building complained of smelling noxious fumes. Officers found the badly decomposed body of an adult lying in the bushes near scaffolding at 92-40 Queens Blvd. just before 1:00 p.m.
May. 7, 2024 By Bill Parry
FDNY fire marshals arrested the manager of a Forest Hills bike shop last week after several lithium-ion batteries exploded while they were being removed from the store by Hazmat units.
May. 7, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki
Police in Queens are investigating a deadly stabbing at a bodega early on Tuesday morning.
Apr. 24, 2024 By Bill Parry
Police from the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills and Transit District 20 are looking for a man, who is built like an NFL player, for allegedly groping a 50-year-old woman as she waited for the subway near the Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst on Monday morning.
Apr. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 71-year-old man was attacked by a stranger in broad daylight as he got off an MTA bus in Forest Hills last week, police said.
Apr. 3, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 35-year-old man was beaten and robbed of a bag containing jewelry valued at $150,000 in broad daylight by two moped-riding strangers in Forest Hills last week.