Sep. 15, 2024 By Dean Moses Police in Queens are on the hunt for two brutes who relentlessly beat a commuter over a necklace at a subway station last week, authorities said. According to police sources, the callous attack occurred just after a 26-year-old man left a Flushing-bound 7 train inside of the 52nd…
Sept. 6, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Community leaders and local business owners gathered Thursday afternoon to demand action against a rise in criminal organizations, drug rings, human trafficking, prostitution and shoplifting syndicates along Roosevelt Avenue. The event, which took place at 90-20 Elmhurst Ave., was organized by former City Council Member Hiram Monserrate in response… Read more »
Sep. 4, 2024 By Dean Moses and Lloyd Mitchell A Queens husband was arrested Tuesday night for allegedly stabbing his wife to death in an apparent fit of rage inside a Queens spa, authorities said. According to police sources, officers from the 109th Precinct responded to a frantic 911 call that a female worker…
Aug. 21, 2024 By Dean Moses NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kemper honored on Tuesday two heroic migrants who saved a woman in Queens last month from a dangerous criminal who attacked her with a knife. Alexander Oswaldo Robles Lino and Josnan Alberto Palacios of Venezuela arrived at One Police Plaza on Aug. 20…
Aug. 4, 2024 By Dean Moses Police are searching for two suspects after a night out on the town in Queens ended with five people stabbed. Authorities said the bloody brawl unfolded just before 12 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3 near the corner of 100th Street and 37th Avenue in Corona, where two groups…
Jul. 16, 2024 By Dean Moses Cops in Queens are now backtracking after they said they were working to find a man who tried to abduct a child from a daycare center on Monday — leaving staff members shaken, authorities said. Police sources originally stated an unidentified man strolled into the Flushing school near…
Jul. 8, 2024 By Dean Moses Police brass say they are continuing to zero in on criminals bringing weapons into the subway system, with NYPD’s Chief of Transit noting that their job is being made harder due to recidivism– pointing to the repeat offender who slashed three people at a Queens station last month…
Jul. 7, 2024 By Dean Moses Hundreds of NYPD cops came together at a funeral home on Long Island Saturday to honor the life of Police Officer Emilia Rennhack, who was killed last month by an alleged drunk driver who crashed his vehicle into a storefront that the off-duty officer was frequenting at the…
Jun. 23, 2024 By Dean Moses Subway crime seemed out of control in January of this year, when the transit system saw more than 200 major felonies — including several deadly shootings — in the first month of 2024. But since then, police brass said, major crimes have plummeted in the subway system —…
Jun. 20, 2024 By Dean Moses Comptroller Brad Lander took aim at the NYPD’s ShotSpotter technology Thursday, calling the citywide network of sound sensors designed to detect gunfire an ineffective waste of resources. The New York City Comptroller’s office announced the findings of an audit on June 20 that claims ShotSpotter often sends cops…