June 18, 2024 By Bill Parry Four individuals were arrested on Monday for assaulting two on-duty NYPD officers from the 114th Precinct in Astoria. The officers encountered a disorderly group outside a Long Island City migrant shelter just before 4:30 a.m. Police are continuing to search for others involved in the attack. The officers pulled… Read more »
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Queens park rape: Person of interest in custody after being assaulted, sources say
Jun. 18, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki, Dean Moses and Bill Parry Police have a person of interest in custody whom they believe is the Queens park rape suspect who sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl last week in a heinous attack that shocked the city. The development occurred hours after NYPD released security camera footage…
Queens cops rescue puppies bound in sack: ‘These dogs would have been dead in 5 minutes’
Jun. 17, 2024 By Dean Moses
Queens cops rescued a litter of dogs who had been stuffed into a bag as a woman tried to illegally sell the animals to passersby, authorities said.
Mobile cannabis dispensary seized in Sunnyside, illegal scooter crackdowns continue: DA
June 17, 2024 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Friday the takedown of an illegal cannabis dispensary operating out of a converted school bus in Sunnyside. Anthony Stevens, 62, of Brooklyn, was charged on Thursday with unlawful sale of cannabis and other crimes after his vehicle was impounded in a joint… Read more »
Man sought for raping 13-year-old girl in Flushing park in broad daylight Thursday: NYPD
Jun. 14, 2024 By Bill Parry
An urgent manhunt is underway in Northeast Queens after a Hispanic man allegedly raped a 13-year-old girl at knifepoint in Kissena Corridor Park in broad daylight on Thursday afternoon.
Attorney General releases body-cam footage in probe of MTA police shooting in Jamaica
Jun. 14, 2024 By Bill Parry New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday released police body-worn camera footage that her office obtained as part of the ongoing investigation into the shooting death of 52-year-old Bashe McDaniel, who died on Dec. 29, 2023, following an encounter with members of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, (MTA) Police…
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St. Albans man charged with kidnapping for abducting a child from a Long Island City school: DA
June 13, 2024 By Bill Parry A Southeast Queens man was criminally charged with kidnapping and other crimes for allegedly abducting a 7-year-old boy from a Long Island City school late last month and sending a stream of threatening messages to the youngster’s mother as soon as police from the 114th Precinct rushed to the… Read more »
Man sought for snatching expensive headphones from the head of a 7 train rider in Long Island City: NYPD
June 13, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are looking for an unidentified man who snatched a pricey set of headphones from the head of a woman on board a 7 train before running off the subway in Hunters Point late last month. The… Read more »
‘Ghost car’ driver arrested in East Elmhurst after traffic stop reveals weapons, threatening note: NYPD
Jun. 12, 2024 By Bill Parry
Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst discovered an arsenal of weapons in a ghost car they pulled over on Ditmars Boulevard and 86th Street in East Elmhurst early Wednesday morning.
Cyclist fatally struck by van driver along 41st Avenue in Flushing Monday morning: NYPD
Jun. 12, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 61-year-old Flushing woman was struck and killed by a van driver on Monday morning while she was cycling on 41st Avenue.