Feb. 19, 2025 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Wednesday the release of surveillance video of the cold case murder of an off-duty Rikers Island correction officer in Springfield Gardens more than four years ago. During the early morning hours of Aug. 15, 2020, 28-year-old NYC Correction Officer John Jeff was…
Feb. 14, 2025 By Bill Parry A Venezuelan man who was living in the migrant shelter on Randall’s Island is now on Rikers Island after he was arrested last month and criminally charged with attempted murder for shooting an Astoria business owner during an armed robbery with his accomplice from Long Island in November. Elier… Read more »
Feb. 11, 2025 By Bill Parry Homicide detectives from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights have identified a prime suspect in connection to a cold-blooded murder of a Forest Hills man in broad daylight on a residential street in East Elmhurst during the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 11. Sebastian Agudelo is the alleged gunman who… Read more »
Jan. 19, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki Queens police are on the hunt for the suspect who shot a man dead on Saturday night. Police said the victim — Sherman Walker, 51, of Francis Lewis Boulevard in Queens — was gunned down at the corner of 204th Street and Murdock Avenue in St. Albans at…
Dec. 10, 2024 By Bill Parry Southeast Queens gang leader Junior Zelaya Canales pleaded guilty in Brooklyn federal court on Monday for his role in three murders and multiple shootings during a reign of terror that spanned New York, Texas, and El Salvador. Junior Zelaya Canales, 28, of Jamaica, pled guilty to racketeering conspiracy…
Oct. 20, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki Queens detectives are looking for the suspects behind an early-morning shooting on Sunday morning that left a man with bullet wounds to both legs. The gun violence erupted at about 5:06 a.m. on Oct. 20 near the corner of 43rd Avenue and 11th Street in Long Island City.…
Oct. 6, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell and Robert Pozarycki Queens detectives are looking for the suspect who shot and killed a man on Sunday morning. Police said the homicide happened at about 3 a.m. on Oct. 6 in an apartment building at 101-66 125th St. in South Richmond Hill. Officers from the 102nd Precinct,…
Oct. 5, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki Queens detectives are on the hunt for the suspect who shot a man dead near a public housing complex on Friday night. Police said Rahsaun Williams, 39, of 160th Street in Queens was gunned down in front of 65-16 Parsons Blvd., near the Pomonok Houses, at about 7:32…
Oct. 4, 2024 By Bill Parry An 18-year-old reputed gang member is being held without bail after he was criminally charged with murder for allegedly firing multiple gunshots at a car, killing another teenager, outside a McDonald’s in Springfield Gardens on the night of Friday, Sept. 27. Rayvon Philip, of 167th Street in Jamaica,…
Oct. 3, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki Queens detectives are looking for three men connected to a botched robbery that ended with two people shot and wounded. Police released on Wednesday night images of two suspects involved in the shooting that occurred at about 2:10 a.m. on Sept. 29 near a playground at the corner…