Mar. 4, 2024 By Bill Parry The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is asking for the public’s help in identifying four teenage boys who allegedly assaulted two men walking on Broadway near 33rd Street in Astoria last Wednesday night. The 114th Precinct in Astoria reported that the incident occurred at around 7:30 p.m. on Feb…. Read more »
Mar. 2, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki Gunfire erupted at a Queens restaurant early on Saturday morning, leaving two men wounded and a woman injured after being trampled by guests as they ran for their lives, police reported. Law enforcement sources said the bullets rang out at about 3:50 a.m. on March 2 inside the…
Feb. 21, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The number of felony assaults across Queens increased during the 28-day period from Jan. 22 through Feb. 18, compared to the same period of time last year, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD Tuesday. At the same time, the number of reported burglaries experienced a…
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Feb. 20, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Maspeth man who was caught by transit cops vaping inside a Brooklyn subway station in January is facing as much as 75 years to life in prison for stabbing a Dutch Kills man to death four years ago.
Feb. 12, 2024 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz provided an update Friday on her ongoing crackdown with the NYPD on illegal scooters and mopeds in western Queens. Detectives from the DA’s office working with officers from the NYPD’s 108th Precinct in Long Island City and the 114th Precinct in Astoria searched 18… Read more »
Feb. 5, 2024 By Bill Parry While the use of scooters and mopeds have proliferated in recent years, so too has their use as a tool for criminals in armed robberies and drive-by shootings—including a bloody rampage in July that left an 86-year-old grandfather dead in Richmond Hill, authorities say. On Monday, Queens District Attorney… Read more »
Feb. 2, 2024 By Bill Parry A Queensbridge Houses man was arrested on Monday and booked at the 114th Precinct in Astoria in connection to a fatal shooting of an ex-con on the night of Monday, Nov. 20. Yasser Saleh, 36, of 12th Street, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment… Read more »
Jan. 29, 2024 By Bill Parry Two Astoria brothers were criminally charged Monday after an arsenal of improvised explosive devices and ghost guns, including assault rifles, were found inside their apartment directly across Vernon Boulevard from the Ravenswood Generating Station. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Andre and Angelo Hatziagelis were indicted Monday on… Read more »
Jan. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry No criminality is suspected in the death of a three-month-old infant girl who was found by her mother unconscious and unresponsive inside a migrant shelter in Long Island City on Sunday afternoon. Police from the NYPD 114th Precinct in Astoria and EMS responded to a 911 call of an… Read more »
Jan. 15, 2024, By Bill Parry A Maspeth man was nabbed Friday for a fatal stabbing that took place in Long Island City nearly four years ago after coming into contact with cops for smoking at a Brooklyn subway station. Luis Hernandez, 36, of 56th Street in Maspeth was taken into custody by police from… Read more »