Jul. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Wednesday the takedown of a prolific Queens-based gun trafficking crew accused of selling firearms and ammo at an East Elmhurst playground, the Queens Center Mall and other locations around the borough. James secured a 625-count indictment charging five men for participating…
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Woman attacked and robbed inside a Long Island City subway station, four suspects remain at large: NYPD
July 17, 2024 By Bill Parry A 23-year-old woman was beaten and robbed by a group of four young women inside the 21st Street-Queensbridge subway station in Long Island City during the early morning of Sunday, July 7. Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria and Transit District 20 are looking for the four women… Read more »
Gunman sought for allegedly shooting a man near the LIRR’s Richmond Hill Yard last month: NYPD
Jul. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 102nd Precinct in Richmond Hill are looking for a gunman who allegedly shot a 32-year-old man in front of an auto detailing shop last month. The suspect allegedly approached the victim in front of 130-05 91st Ave. near the Long Island Rail Road’s Richmond Hill…
Bike riding crook sought for grand larcenies along Roosevelt Avenue in Elmhurst and Corona: NYPD
July 16, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst are looking for a nighttime bike rider who has targeted pedestrians in two grand larcenies on Roosevelt Avenue in recent weeks. In both incidents, the perpetrator rode up alongside his victims on a white bicycle before snatching their property and riding off…. Read more »
Cops backtrack on report of man who tried to abduct child from Queens daycare center, investigation shows no wrong doing
Jul. 16, 2024 By Dean Moses Cops in Queens are now backtracking after they said they were working to find a man who tried to abduct a child from a daycare center on Monday — leaving staff members shaken, authorities said. Police sources originally stated an unidentified man strolled into the Flushing school near…
Woodhaven man arrested and charged for fatal hit-and-run in Long Island City: NYPD
July 15, 2024 By Bill Parry A Woodhaven man was arrested and booked at the 108th Precinct in Long Island City on Thursday and charged with criminally negligent homicide and related crimes for a fatal hit-and-run that killed a city employee from Brooklyn just a block away from the precinct more than a year ago…. Read more »
Jamaica man sentenced for gunning down two men in Southeast Queens just over a year apart: DA
Jul. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry A Jamaica man was sentenced to more than three-and-a-half decades in prison Friday in Queens Supreme Court for killing a 39-year-old man in 2020 over a dispute over money and for fatally shooting another man outside a liquor store in South Ozone Park in 2021. Ashik Zaman, 23,…
Hollis cabbie charged with felony hate crime for allegedly vandalizing religious statue at Catholic church in Fresh Meadows: DA
Jul. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry A Southeast Queens taxi cab driver was charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime and other related crimes for vandalizing a religious statue at a Fresh Meadows church late last month just hours before Sunday mass. Jamshaid Choudhry, 44, of 186th Street in Hollis, was arraigned Friday…
Man beaten and robbed by gang of five on Roosevelt Avenue, one caught while others get away: NYPD
July 12, 2024 By Bill Parry A 27-year-old man was beaten and robbed by five men as he walked along Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights at night last month. The suspect snatched a pricey gold chain from the victim. Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights were able to catch one of the… Read more »
NYPD and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield team up for special children’s day event in Flushing
Jul. 12, 2024 By QNS News Team The NYPD Community Outreach Division, in partnership with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, hosted a special children’s day event on July 11 at Kissena Park in Flushing. The event featured child safety and personal safety lectures, rock climbing, a bouncy house, a photo booth, snacks, drinks and the…
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