Aug. 1, 2024 By Bill Parry A Rockaway Beach man could spend the rest of his life in prison for shooting at cops at the Ocean Bay Apartments in Edgemere during the early morning of Saturday, July 27, following a night of heavy drinking. Joel Kelly, 60, of Beach 92nd Street, was arraigned in…
Aug. 1, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst are looking for a suspect who targeted women at or near the Queens Center Mall on two occasions in two days, snatching their pricey MacBook devices. The latest incident occurred on the evening of Wednesday, July 10, as a 57-year-old woman…
July 31, 2024 By Bill Parry Detectives from the Queens Special Victims Squad arrested a Long Island City man on Saturday, July 13 for sexually assaulting two girls while he worked as a counselor for the city’s Police Athletic League in Jamaica. Aaron Gafur, 27, from 10th Street at the Queensbridge Houses, was booked at… Read more »
Jul. 31, 2024 By Anthony Medina Sam Esposito, the former president of the Ozone Park Residents Block Association, has been arrested for allegedly ripping off out-of-state license plates from multiple cars, according to authorities. Police from the 102nd Precinct arrested Esposito on Saturday, July 20, following a reported incident earlier in the week on…
July 31, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights are looking for three men who attacked a 7 train rider on the night of Tuesday, July 23. A 26-year-old man was riding on a Flushing-bound train that was approaching the 103rd Street-Corona Plaza subway station just before midnight, when he… Read more »
Jul. 31, 2024 By Athena Dawson NYPD officials held a community forum on Monday evening to discuss the development of a new NYPD precinct and stationhouse that will serve parts of southeast Queens. The NYPD officials were joined by dozens of residents and elected officials at P.S./I.S. 270 in Rosedale to review the plans…
July 30, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria are looking for an armed robber who targeted a bodega near the Grand Central Parkway in broad daylight nearly two weeks ago. The suspect entered the Noreen Grocery store at 29-24 Hoyt Ave. S. at around 3:15 p.m. on Sunday, July 21… Read more »
Jul. 30, 2024 By Bill Parry A panhandler from the Bronx was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Monday evening on a criminal complaint charging him with attempted murder in the second degree and other crimes for allegedly stabbing a 23-year-old woman inside the Jamaica-Van Wyck subway station on Sunday night. Randol Contreras, 24,…
July 29, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are investigating a grand larceny that took place on a Flushing-bound 7 train on the morning of Sunday, July 14. A 41-year-old man had fallen asleep on the subway and woke up as the train pulled… Read more »
July 29, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 114th Precinct are looking for a man and his female accomplice, who allegedly robbed an electronics store on Steinway Street in Astoria in broad daylight during the evening of Sunday, July 14. Investigators say the same couple targeted a cell phone store in Brooklyn just over… Read more »