Sep. 9, 2024 By Dean Moses NYPD sources are denying Monday rumors that Police Commissioner Edward Caban is set to step down from his post in the coming days amid a federal investigation. Politico reported on Sept. 9 that Caban could resign from his post in mere days following a probe that saw his…
Sep. 9, 2024 By Bill Parry An A train rider was beaten and robbed by a mugger at the Rockaway Boulevard subway station in Ozone Park on the morning of Friday, Sept. 6. The 49-year-old victim was standing on the northbound platform of the station at Liberty Avenue and Cross Bay Boulevard at around…
Sep. 9, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills and the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are looking for two robbers who targeted postal workers in broad daylight last month to steal mail keys from their victims. The first incident occurred just before 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 21,…
Sep. 6, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are looking for a strangler who robbed a 63-year-old woman in Queensboro Hill on the night of Thursday, Aug. 29. The victim was walking on a residential block near the intersection of Frame Place and Maple Avenue just before midnight, when…
Sep. 5, 2024 By Bill Parry A Flushing man was criminally charged in the fatal stabbing of his wife in front of horrified customers at a Kissena Boulevard spa during the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 3. Jiahai Ma, 25, of Cherry Avenue, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Wednesday evening on a criminal…
Sep. 4, 2024 By Bill Parry A teenager who was wanted in connection to a burglary at St. John’s University last month turned himself in at the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows on Tuesday. He was booked on burglary and criminal trespass charges for breaking into the office of SJU head basketball coach Rick…
Sep. 4, 2024 By Bill Parry A Ridgewood woman was allegedly kidnapped from her home and sexually abused by a homeless man on Monday morning after he had engaged in a physical altercation with her husband. Police from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood responded to a 911 call of an abduction just after 8…
Sep. 4, 2024 By Dean Moses and Lloyd Mitchell A Queens husband was arrested Tuesday night for allegedly stabbing his wife to death in an apparent fit of rage inside a Queens spa, authorities said. According to police sources, officers from the 109th Precinct responded to a frantic 911 call that a female worker…
Sep. 3, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The amount of reported rapes and burglaries across Queens had notable increases during the 28-day period from Aug. 5 to Sept. 1, compared to the same period of time last year, according to the NYPD’s latest crime stats. However, grand larcenies took a deep dive across the borough…
Sep. 3, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst are looking for three men who slugged an 18-year-old store worker with brass knuckles during a robbery at the Queens Place Mall in late July. The incident occurred on the night of Thursday, July 25, when the three assailants entered 88-01…