July 22, 2024 By Bill Parry Homicide detectives out of the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights are investigating a fatal stabbing of a Corona man in East Elmhurst during the early morning hours of Saturday, July 20. Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing responded to New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, at around 3 a.m., where… Read more »
July 16, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst are looking for a nighttime bike rider who has targeted pedestrians in two grand larcenies on Roosevelt Avenue in recent weeks. In both incidents, the perpetrator rode up alongside his victims on a white bicycle before snatching their property and riding off…. Read more »
Jun. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry
Ecuadorean migrant Christian Inga was criminally charged Wednesday with first-degree rape, two counts of kidnapping, predatory sexual assault, and other crimes for attacking two 13-year-olds who were in Kissena Corridor Park in the middle of the afternoon on June 13.
Jun. 18, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki, Dean Moses and Bill Parry Police have a person of interest in custody whom they believe is the Queens park rape suspect who sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl last week in a heinous attack that shocked the city. The development occurred hours after NYPD released security camera footage…
June 4, 2024 By Bill Parry Three teenage boys were robbed by two strangers in broad daylight near Corona Plaza on Sunday afternoon. Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights reported that two unknown individuals were in the vicinity of Roosevelt Avenue at 103rd Street at 4 p.m. when one of the assailants pulled… Read more »
May 20, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst are looking for an inept crook who tried to rob a man in Corona and failed, then threw a punch that missed before running off empty-handed. The attempted robbery occurred during the early hours of Saturday, May 11, while the 49-year-old male… Read more »
Apr. 23, 2024 By Bill Parry
The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) has launched a probe into the death of Jesus Alberto Nunez Reyes, 65, who was shot and killed during an encounter with NYPD officers in Corona on Saturday morning.
Apr. 20, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki
Police officers in Queens shot and killed a man who apparently refused their commands to drop a weapon on Saturday morning, law enforcement sources said.
Mar. 27, 2024 By Bill Parry A New Jersey truck driver was arrested Tuesday and booked at the 108th Precinct in Long Island City in connection to a fatal collision that killed a Corona cyclist in Maspeth last month. Yakup Mace, 46, of Lawton Avenue in Cliffside Park, is charged with reckless driving, tampering with… Read more »
Mar. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 79-year-old Corona man was beaten to death by his son during a domestic dispute at their home on Monday afternoon.