Mar. 3, 2023 By Bill Parry A teacher at PS 48Q in Jamaica was arrested at the school Wednesday morning, March 1, and was later charged with assault for allegedly manhandling an 8-year-old girl, according to authorities. Police from the 103rd Precinct were called to the David N. Dinkins School for Community Service, located at…
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Man pushed down stairs and robbed at knifepoint inside Jamaica Hills subway station: NYPD
March 1, 2023 By Michael Dorgan A man was pushed down a flight of stairs before being robbed at knifepoint by two suspects at a Jamaica Hills subway station last week, according to authorities. The victim, 30, was walking up a set of stairs inside the 169th Street subway station on Feb. 22 at around… Read more »
Notorious Queens drug kingpin granted early ‘compassionate release’ due to health setbacks
Feb. 24, 2023 By Bill Parry When members of the NYPD and FDNY gather outside the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica in the early morning Saturday, Feb. 26, to mark the 35th anniversary of the assassination of Police Officer Eddie Byrne, the solemnity of the observance could be mixed with outrage. On this weekend in 1988,…
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Jamaica man sentenced for slashing girlfriend as she sat in Jamaica Hospital with their sick baby: DA
Feb. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry Jamaica resident Alexander Fitzpatrick was sentenced to 17 years in prison for viciously slashing his girlfriend as she sat at the bedside of their sick baby at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in 2020, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Monday. Fitzpatrick, 28, of 159th Street in Jamaica, pleaded guilty…
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Suspect behind Jamaica shooting remains at large: NYPD
Feb. 13, 2023 By Michael Dorgan A man was shot in front of a house in Jamaica, Queens, on Friday, Feb. 10, and the suspect remains at large, according to authorities. The victim, a 20-year-old man, was shot by an unidentified suspect while in front of a house at 91-27 183rd St. at around 6:20… Read more »