Aug. 4, 2024 By Dean Moses Police are searching for two suspects after a night out on the town in Queens ended with five people stabbed. Authorities said the bloody brawl unfolded just before 12 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3 near the corner of 100th Street and 37th Avenue in Corona, where two groups…
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Senator Addabbo condemns attack on MTA bus; police still searching for suspects
Aug. 2, 2024 By Anthony Medina Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. has called the attack on an MTA Q53 bus rider in Woodhaven last month a senseless act of violence and is urging commuters to practice caution on public transportation. Police say a 37-year-old man riding the Q53 bus on Sunday, July 7 suffered…
Southeast Queens man busted after loaded handgun detected in backpack at LaGuardia Airport
Aug. 2, 2024 By Bill Parry A St. Albans man was arrested by the Port Authority Police Department after a loaded handgun was detected in his backpack at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at Terminal C in LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday, July 31. Anthony Richard Morgan, 31, was checking in for a flight…
Crunching the Queens crime numbers: Rapes rise in southern Queens, felony assaults remain up in north
Aug. 2, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The number of reported rapes spiked in southern Queens during the 28-day period from July 1-28, compared to the same period of time last year, according to the NYPD’s latest crime stats. Meanwhile, felony assaults jumped in northern Queens over the same respective period. Rapes in southern Queens…
Retail theft ring hit a store in the Queens Center Mall as part of a three month crime spree in three boroughs: NYPD
Aug. 2, 2024 By Bill Parry The NYPD is looking for six members of a retail theft crew that has targeted nine sportswear and clothes shops in three boroughs during a three-month-long crime spree, with one of their biggest scores carried out in a sporting goods store inside the Queens Center Mall in late…
Rockaway man criminally charged with attempted murder for shooting at cops in Edgemere: DA
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…
MacBook crook sought for stealing laptops from women near Queens Center Mall: NYPD
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…
Queensbridge Houses man arrested for sexually assaulting young girls while working for PAL: NYPD
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 »
Ozone Park civic leader Sam Esposito arrested for alleged theft of out-of-state license plates
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…
Three men sought for attacking a 7 train rider in Jackson Heights: NYPD
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 »