Feb. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Middle Village man is facing 25 years to life in prison in the death of a Woodside robbery victim in East Elmhurst in November.
Feb. 14, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The number of reported rape and burglary cases across Queens dropped for the 28-day period from Jan. 15 to Feb. 11, compared to the same period of time last year, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD Monday. Meanwhile, the statistics show that robberies trended upward…
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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. 6, 2024 By Bill Parry A 7-train rider was accosted by a stranger in broad daylight on Monday and police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights and Transit District 20 are looking for the suspect who subjected her to “public lewdness.” The 46-year-old woman was seated aboard a Flushing-bound train at around 2:45… 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. 1, 2024 By Bill Parry A 60-year-old woman was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Jackson Heights on Thursday morning. Police from the 115th Precinct responded to a 911 call of a vehicle collision involving a pedestrian at the intersection of 37th Avenue and 90th Street just after 6:45 a.m. Officers found… Read more »
Jan. 31, 2024 By Bill Parry An off-duty NYPD school safety agent was arrested Monday and booked at the 115th Precinct for allegedly groping a woman inside the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue transit hub. Elvin Espinal, 28, is accused of grabbing the victim’s rear end as she waited on the Flushing-bound 7 platform at 4:40 p.m…. Read more »
Jan. 30, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The total number of major crimes across Queens during the first month of 2024 remained mostly static compared to the totals from January 2023, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD Monday. During the 28-day period from Jan. 1-28, the total number of major crimes increased…
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Jan. 26, 2024 By Bill Parry Two men were assaulted and robbed by three strangers in Jackson Heights in two separate incidents occurring roughly three hours apart on the morning of Saturday, Jan. 6. Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights reported that the first attack occurred at just after 1:00 a.m. as a… Read more »
Jan. 13, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki Queens detectives arrested a suspect Friday in connection with a deadly vehicle robbery late last year that claimed a man’s life. Police said Kenny Panama, 36, of 81st Street in Middle Village was booked Jan. 12 on murder and other charges in connection with the Nov. 15, 2023…