Oct. 25, 2024 By Bill Parry A Southeast Queens gun trafficking crew was taken down, and nearly 200 firearms, including 11 assault weapons, were recovered, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Friday. The 579-count indictment charges Deundre Wright, 32, of Jamaica, and Abner Sparkes, 31, and Ethan Charles, 22, both from Cambria Heights,…
Oct. 25, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights are still looking for a woman who punched out a man inside a Corona discount store in broad daylight earlier this month. The attack occurred inside the commercial establishment at 37-76 Junction Blvd. just before 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10,… Read more »
Oct. 23, 2024 By Dean Moses and QNS Staff Concerns are growing over gang activity along Roosevelt Avenue in Corona, where police have linked criminal operations to the Tren de Aragua (TDA) gang, which has already caused disruption in Times Square. The NYPD recently launched a major campaign to combat prostitution and illegal vendors…
Oct. 23, 2024 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury indicted a Long Island man for manslaughter and other related crimes in a fatal road rage collision on the Long Island Expressway in Queensboro Hill in mid-August. Shaqeem Douglas, 26, of Maple Street in Freeport, was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on Tuesday for…
Oct. 22, 2024 By Dean Moses The raids continue on Queens’ Roosevelt Avenue a week after City Hall declared war on the prostitution and other illegal businesses that have long lined the thoroughfare. Late Monday night, cops shuttered an alleged brothel located at 90-25 Roosevelt Ave. in Corona as part of the “Operation Restore…
Oct. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 111th Precinct in Bayside are still looking for two gunmen more than three weeks after a drive-by shooting in Douglaston left two men wounded. The incident went down on the night of Saturday, Oct. 5, with the two victims sitting in a car at the…
Oct. 21, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are looking for an alleged upskirt pervert concerning an unlawful surveillance incident at the Court Square subway station earlier this month. A 32-year-old woman was waiting for a Flushing-bound 7 train just before 8 a.m. on… Read more »
Oct. 21, 2024 By Bill Parry A moped rider from Jamaica was killed while riding just north of JFK Airport in South Ozone Park on Saturday night. Police from the 106th Precinct in Ozone Park responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision on the Nassau Expressway at Lefferts Boulevard just after…
Oct. 21, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are still looking for a creep who groped a 34-year-old woman on Northern Boulevard in broad daylight late last month. The incident occurred at around 3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26, when the victim was standing in front of 138-18 Northern…
Oct. 18, 2024 By Bill Parry A seemingly deranged woman terrorized an Uber driver on a residential street in Bellerose in what appears to be a violent carjacking, and she remains at large more than a week later. Police from the 105th Precinct in Queens Village reported that the violent scene broke out on…