Tag: moped

Moped-riding robbers sought for targeting victims on Queens Boulevard: NYPD

June 6, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City are looking for a pair of moped-riding criminals who targeted pedestrians on Queens Boulevard in broad daylight on consecutive Sundays last month. In the latest incident, at around 3:15 p.m. on May 26, the two men rode up alongside a… Read more »

Richmond Hill man killed after driver of moped he was riding on crashed in Jamaica: NYPD

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Dec. 4, 2023 By Bill Parry A Richmond Hill man was killed early Monday morning while he was riding on the back of a moped after the operator lost control in southeast Queens, according to authorities. Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica responded to a 911 call of a vehicle collision near the intersection of 146th Street and Jamaica Avenue just before 12:30 a.m. on Dec. 4. Upon their arrival, officers found the rider and his passenger lying on the roadway. EMS transported them to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where the passenger was pronounced dead, police said. He was…
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