Sep. 5, 2024 By Bill Parry A Flushing man was criminally charged in the fatal stabbing of his wife in front of horrified customers at a Kissena Boulevard spa during the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 3. Jiahai Ma, 25, of Cherry Avenue, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Wednesday evening on a criminal…
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. 23, 2024 By Bill Parry A South Ozone Park man was indicted by a Queens grand jury for a fatal collision that killed a 67-year-old pedestrian from Long Island who was visiting with kin on Christmas Day 2019. Ravinda Dharamjit, 26, of 124th Street, was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on Friday morning…
Aug. 7, 2024 By Bill Parry A Flushing man was arrested on Friday, Aug. 2 and booked at the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills for stealing a Sefer Torah from a Far Rockaway Yeshiva in May. Saul Colon, 37, of Parsons Boulevard, was arraigned Saturday in Queens Criminal Court on a complaint charging him…
Aug. 6, 2024 By Bill Parry A Jamaica man was beaten to death by a neighbor after a verbal dispute escalated into violence. Michael Tobon, 39, of 179th Street, was bludgeoned to death after being struck multiple times in his body and head with a chair during a dispute on Friday, July 26, police…
Aug. 1, 2024 By Bill Parry A Rockaway Beach man could spend the rest of his life in prison for shooting at cops at the Ocean Bay Apartments in Edgemere during the early morning of Saturday, July 27, following a night of heavy drinking. Joel Kelly, 60, of Beach 92nd Street, was arraigned in…
July 31, 2024 By Bill Parry Detectives from the Queens Special Victims Squad arrested a Long Island City man on Saturday, July 13 for sexually assaulting two girls while he worked as a counselor for the city’s Police Athletic League in Jamaica. Aaron Gafur, 27, from 10th Street at the Queensbridge Houses, was booked at… Read more »
Jul. 30, 2024 By Bill Parry A panhandler from the Bronx was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Monday evening on a criminal complaint charging him with attempted murder in the second degree and other crimes for allegedly stabbing a 23-year-old woman inside the Jamaica-Van Wyck subway station on Sunday night. Randol Contreras, 24,…
July 23, 2024 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury indicted a Bronx man for striking an e-bike rider and speeding away while evading police during a car chase through the streets of Astoria earlier this month. Harold Vega, 46, of Jackson Avenue in the Mott Haven section, was arraigned Tuesday in Queens Supreme Court… Read more »
July 10, 2024 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury has indicted six individuals on charges of attempted gang assault and related crimes for attacking police officers who were checking on the welfare of three unattended children riding bikes before dawn outside a Long Island City migrant shelter last month. The cops from the 114th… Read more »