Oct. 16, 2023 By Mac Sorensen
Police in Queens are looking for the suspect who stabbed a 17-year-old boy steps away from a court house on Monday morning.
Queens teen stabbed in neck across from court house: cops
Tag: Jamaica
Jamaica man admits to running down estranged wife with SUV and stabbing her in front of their kids: DA
Sep. 5, 2023 By Bill Parry Jamaica resident Stephen Giraldo pleaded guilty in Queens Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 5, to attempted murder charges for slamming into his estranged wife with his SUV and then stabbing her in the presence of their three children who witnessed the assault as passengers in their father’s vehicle. The mother survived the attack but has not regained consciousness since the December 2022 assault and remains under care, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. Giraldo, 36, of 144th Street in Jamaica, pleaded guilty to attempted murder before Queens Supreme Court Justice Michael Yavinsky who…
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Queens LIRR derailment blamed on faulty ‘misaligned’ switch, MTA says after preliminary investigation
Aug. 11, 2023 By Robert Pozarycki A faulty switch appears to be the culprit behind a Long Island Rail Road commuter train derailment in Queens earlier this month, according to the MTA. The authority announced Friday preliminary results of the ongoing probe into the mishap just east of the Jamaica station on Aug. 3…
Queens teen fatally struck by MTA bus while on electric scooter, capping off deadly weekend on city streets
Aug. 8, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld A Queens teenager died Monday after being struck by an MTA bus while riding an electric scooter, capping off a deadly weekend on city streets for those on two wheels. Police discovered 18-year-old Saad Mohammed lying in the roadway, with traumatic injuries, at 168th Street and 89th Avenue…
Man sought for groping woman near Baisley Pond Park in Springfield Gardens: NYPD
Jul. 27, 2023 By Bill Parry
Police from the 113th Precinct in Jamaica are looking for a suspect who allegedly groped a woman in broad daylight near Baisley Pond Park during the 4th of July long weekend.
Edgemere man pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2020 fatal shooting in Rufus King Park: DA
Jul. 26, 2023 By Bill Parry An Edgemere man admitted he gunned down a 22-year-old Bronx man during a marijuana deal gone bad inside Rufus King Park in Jamaica in October 2020. Torren King, 20, of Beach 47th Street, pleaded guilty on July 25 in Queens Supreme Court to manslaughter in the first degree, Queens…
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Boyfriend of young mother admits he killed her, stuffed remains in abandoned car in South Jamaica: DA
Jul. 26, 2023 By Bill Parry An upstate man pleaded guilty in Queens Supreme Court to manslaughter for killing the 26-year-old mother of his two children in November 2020 and stuffing her remains in the trunk of a car that was discovered months later in South Jamaica. Kareem Flake, 31, of Troy, New York, who…
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Real estate platform finds rents slowing, though not decreasing throughout New York City: report
Jul. 26, 2023 By Julia Moro Real estate platform Zumper released a report analyzing staggering rental prices that continue to break records, finding huge disparities between rents across 81 neighborhoods in the city. Throughout the city, the median rent for a one-bedroom is $3,980– which is more than twice the national median. According to Zumper,…
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Scaffolding in front of Queens Supreme Court to be removed as part of pilot program: Mayor
Jul. 24, 2023 By Bill Parry For more than half a decade, unsightly sidewalk construction shed and scaffolding have created an eyesore around the Queens County Supreme Court building on Sutphin Boulevard in Jamaica. On Monday, Mayor Eric Adams announced a pilot that will remove the structure and replace it with safety netting as part…
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Two Queens men sentenced for roles in 2020 armed robbery at Aqueduct Racetrack: Feds
Jul. 13, 2023 By Bill Parry Two Jamaica men were sentenced Thursday in Brooklyn federal court for their roles in an armed heist at the Aqueduct Racetrack in South Ozone Park in 2020. Lamel Miller, 41, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ann M. Donnelly to nine years in prison following his conviction at trial…
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