Aug. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry A Brooklyn man was sentenced Thursday in Queens Supreme Court to 17 years to life in prison for the 2019 fatal stabbing of a 38-year-old homeless shelter resident near LaGuardia Airport in East Elmhurst. Ricardo Henry, 39, of Nostrand Avenue in Flatbush, was convicted after a jury trial…
Aug. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry A recidivist animal abuser and hoarder from Jackson Heights was indicted by a Queens grand jury after dozens of dogs and cats were rescued from deplorable conditions from her home on 82nd Street in May. Elizabeth Grant, 56, was arraigned Wednesday in Queens Supreme Court on an 88-count indictment… Read more »
Aug. 14, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 105th Precinct in Queens Village are looking for four armed robbers who attacked a 34-year-old man in Cambria Heights before stealing property from his vehicle on the night of Monday, Aug. 5. At around 10 p.m., the victim parked in front of 231-07 Linden Blvd.…
Aug. 13, 2024 By Bill Parry A Queens FDNY Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) has pleaded guilty to stealing cash from an undercover investigator posing as a sick patient in a sting operation conducted by the city’s Department of Investigation just over a year ago. Luis Carrillo Jr., 44, of Corona, pled guilty on Friday,…
Aug. 13, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood are looking for an armed robbery crew that stole a pricey Swiss luxury wristwatch from a home on a residential street in the Liberty Park section of Glendale and shot a man before they fled the scene in a minivan last…
Aug. 13, 2024 By Bill Parry Seven members of a California-based cryptocurrency hacker network were indicted by a Queens grand jury on charges of grand larceny, money laundering, identity theft and other related crimes following a long-term investigation into the hack of a private Bitcoin wallet belonging to a 61-year-old Jamaica man, Queens District…
Aug. 12, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 105th Precinct in Queens Village are looking for a gunman who opened fire near the Queens Public Library branch in Cambria Heights during the evening of Thursday, Aug. 8. The perpetrator was in front of a home at 116-42 219th St. at around 7 p.m.,…
Aug. 9, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 102nd Precinct in Richmond Hill are looking for a gunman and his accomplice who walked into a smoke shop at 119-11 Jamaica Ave. and began to argue with a store worker before shooting him multiple times on the night of Monday, Aug. 5. The two…
Aug. 9, 2024 By Bill Parry The NYPD released surveillance images of three suspects who went on a bloody rampage, stabbing five men during a street brawl in Corona on the night of Saturday, Aug. 3. Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights reported that the trouble began at around 11:40 p.m. near the… Read more »
Aug. 9, 2024 By Dean Moses The NYPD held a career day at its police academy this week for more 1000 young people involved in its summer internship program with the intention of both fighting crime and offering them opportunities for the future. The academy, located in College Point, Queens, hosted the job fair…