Feb. 15, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki A Queens woman was found dead in her apartment early on Saturday morning in an apparent homicide, police reported. Rosa Cruz, 58, was killed inside her residence on the 9000 block of 95th Avenue in Ozone Park at about 12:32 a.m. on Feb. 15. Officers from the 102nd…
Feb. 13, 2025 By Bill Parry A married couple from Sunnyside was sentenced in Queens Supreme Court on Thursday to 14 years in prison for attempted murder in a brutal assault of a neighbor over a parking spot in March 2023. Aruto Cuevas, 32, and Daisy Barrera, 28, of 48th Street, pleaded guilty to attempted… Read more »
Dec. 18, 2024 By Bill Parry A South Ozone Park man is facing up to 80 years in prison after a jury in Queens Supreme Court convicted him on Monday for shooting at NYPD police officers during an armed standoff at his home. Marco Mosquera, 46, has been found guilty of attempted murder, attempted…
Dec. 3, 2024 By Bill Parry Flushing resident Quiming Wan was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison in Queens Supreme Court on Tuesday morning for the November 2021 murder and sexual abuse of Jiaomei Zhou, a 29-year-old woman whose battered body he carried from his blood-soaked apartment to the lobby before being…
Sep. 21, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki A Queens woman was arrested Friday night for allegedly stabbing her husband to death during an apparent domestic dispute, police reported on Saturday. Lai Chun Ho, 74, was charged with allegedly killing Kuen Tat Ho, 76, inside the home they shared on the 2300 block of 120th Street…
Jun. 9, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki Queens detectives are looking for answers behind a horrific murder-suicide on Saturday night that left two people dead and another seriously wounded. Police believe that a 33-year-old man shot his 27-year-old brother and a female relative at their home on the 9400 block of 111th Street in Richmond…
May. 2, 2024 By Athena Dawson On Saturday, Apr. 27, Far Rockaway community activist Theresa Racine hosted a Denim Day event at Hammel Playground, situated at Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 84th Street. Denim Day, which usually occurs on the last Wednesday of April, during Sexual Assault Awareness Month, serves as a day of action…
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Oct. 21, 2023 By Robert Pozarycki
Two people were found shot dead in Queens on Saturday morning in a suspected murder-suicide, police reported.
Aug. 28, 2023 By Bill Parry An off-duty Brooklyn cop was arrested and booked at the 106th Precinct in Ozone Park on Saturday, Aug. 26, for assaulting his ex-girlfriend in her South Ozone Park apartment near the Aqueduct Racetrack, according to authorities. NYPD Police Officer Aneal Mahabir, 23, was taken into custody after he allegedly…
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