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 »
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Delivery truck driver criminally charged for hit-and-run collision that killed a Woodside girl and injured her little sister: DA
July 23, 2024 By Bill Parry A delivery truck driver from Manhattan was indicted by a Queens grand jury for a hit-and-run collision that killed a 16-year-old girl and injured her little sister near I.S. 125 in Woodside on the last day of school. Boubacar Barry, 28, of Broome Street in lower Manhattan was arraigned… Read more »
Bronx motorist arraigned for critically injuring cyclist while leading police on high-speed chase through Astoria: DA
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 »
Long Islander faces life in prison for gunpoint robbery of a Junction Boulevard jewelry store: Feds
July 10, 2024 By Bill Parry A Long Island man is criminally charged for being part of a crew that committed a violent gunpoint robbery at a Jackson Heights jewelry store last December, during which the store owner was shot. Ildemar Chirinos-Torres, 29, of Freeport, was arraigned Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court on an indictment… Read more »
Six defendants arraigned for attacking police officers in front of LIC migrant shelter last month: DA
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 »
BP secures new temporary housing agreements for Sunnyside families displaced by 5-alarm fire in December
July 2, 2024 By Bill Parry A breakthrough was reached just days after tenants of a Sunnyside apartment complex filed a lawsuit against their building’s landlord stemming from their displacement following a 5-alarm fire in December. Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and A&E Real Estate, the landlord, announced a plan Monday to provide 22 tenants… Read more »
Forest Hills man charged with attempted murder for heinous beating of 62-year-old Woodside deli worker: DA
June 28, 2024 By Bill Parry A Forest Hills man has been criminally charged for the savage beating of a 62-year-old deli worker that took place in Woodside on the night of Monday, June 17. Osvel Diaz, 29, of 62nd Drive, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court Thursday night on a criminal complaint charging him… Read more »
Bronx man charged with slashing three men during unprovoked attacks Saturday morning in Long Island City: NYPD
June 24, 2024 By Bill Parry A Bronx man was criminally charged for going on a bloody rampage in and around a Long Island City subway station Saturday morning that left three men injured with slash wounds to their faces. Christian Marrero, 21, of Clay Avenue in the Bathgate section of the Bronx, was arraigned… Read more »
Four people arraigned for attempted gang assault of two cops at a Long Island City migrant shelter: DA
June 19, 2024 By Bill Parry Four people were criminally charged with attempted gang assault after they allegedly attacked two NYPD officers from the 114th Precinct who were checking on the welfare of unattended children outside a Long Island City migrant shelter early Monday morning, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Tuesday. Juan Munoz,… Read more »
St. Albans man charged with kidnapping for abducting a child from a Long Island City school: DA
June 13, 2024 By Bill Parry A Southeast Queens man was criminally charged with kidnapping and other crimes for allegedly abducting a 7-year-old boy from a Long Island City school late last month and sending a stream of threatening messages to the youngster’s mother as soon as police from the 114th Precinct rushed to the… Read more »