Sept. 25, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Police have released an image of a suspect who allegedly groped a woman on an E train in Woodside on Friday, Sept. 22. The alleged pervert boarded the Jamaica-bound train at the Lexington Avenue/51st Street station in Manhattan and sat next to the 26-year-old victim, according to police. The… Read more »
Sep. 22, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 105th Precinct in Queens Village are looking for a lone gunman who opened fire on an MTA bus in Springfield Gardens early Thursday morning. The Q3 bus was heading southbound on Farmers Boulevard at around 3:50 a.m. on Sept. 21, when the suspect walked into the intersection at 147th Avenue, pulled out a firearm and allegedly fired a single shot that struck the front door of the bus, an NYPD spokeswoman said. The police spokeswoman could not say if there were any passengers on board the bus at the time of…
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Sep. 21, 2023 By Bill Parry Detectives from the 107th Precinct are trying to determine who was behind a macabre deposit at a Hillcrest bank after a human leg was discovered next to a dumpster on Wednesday night. Police responded to a 911 call around 9:30 p.m. to the TD Bank located near St. John’s…
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Sept. 21, 2023 By Michael Dorgan A suspect who was wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a man near the Woodside Houses NYCHA complex in June has been apprehended after having fled to Virginia, according to the NYPD. Police nabbed Dewayne Boone, 35, in Chester, Va., on Sept. 1 and brought him back… Read more »
Sept. 21, 2023 By Michael Dorgan Police have released photos of a pair of suspects who allegedly mugged two men in Rego Park last week. The suspects approached the victims in the vicinity of Austin Street and 63rd Drive at around 11:05 p.m. on Sept. 15 and demanded they hand over money, according to police…. Read more »
Sept. 20, 2023 By Michael Dorgan An alleged pedophile who was arrested for allegedly kidnapping and sexually abusing a 5-year-old Queens girl last month has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Franz Vila, 75, pleaded not guilty in Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 19 to charges of predatory sexual assault of a child, carrying… Read more »
Sep. 19, 2023 By Anthony Medina Police from the 104th Precinct are searching for the thief who broke into an 82-year-old woman’s car in Ridgewood last week. Police say the unidentified male suspect broke into the driver-side window of a black 2018 Hyundai parked in the vicinity of Bleecker Street and Woodward Avenue in Ridgewood, on Tuesday, Sept. 12. The car belonged to an 82-year-old woman who had left her car parked outside since Thursday, Sept. 7, police said. The suspect allegedly tampered with the steering column of the car and fled in an unknown direction in a Kia. The…
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Sep. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica and Transit District 20 are looking for a suspect in a grand larceny case that occurred at the Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Avenue subway station earlier this month. Police say a 58-year-old woman was waiting for a Manhattan-bound E train when a stranger approached…
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Sep. 18, 2023 By Anthony Medina Police are searching for two unidentified suspects who broke into a pharmacy in Middle Village last month. Police from the 104th Precinct responded to a 911 call of a burglary at Colombo’s Pharmacy, located at 75-51 Metropolitan Ave., at approximately 3:50 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 31. Police say two unidentified perpetrators forced their way inside the pharmacy by breaking the lock to the front gate. Once inside, the crooks took prescription medication, including Promethazine and Oxycodone, and fled on mopeds going westbound on Metropolitan Ave. One of the suspects captured in photos shared by…
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Sept. 18, 2023 By Michael Dorgan The New York chapter of one of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights organizations has called on the NYPD to carry out a swift and comprehensive investigation into a violent attack on an imam outside a mosque in the Dutch Kills section of Long Island City earlier this month…. Read more »