Mar. 27, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The number of rapes throughout Queens remained up during the 28-day period from Feb. 23 to Mar. 24, compared to the same time period last year, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD Monday. In northern Queens, robberies had a large increase, while grand larcenies declined sharply. Over the course of the 28-day period, reported rape cases in northern Queens increased 33.3%, from 15 in 2023 to 20 in 2024. Robberies also had a large increase in northern Queens, rising 37% from 119 to 163. Grand larcenies, on the other hand,…
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Going home: Slain NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller’s body leaves medical examiner’s office in honorable transfer
Mar. 26, 2024 By Dean Moses and Robert Pozarycki
The body of NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller, who was shot to death in Queens on Monday afternoon, left the Chief Medical Examiner’s office in Kips Bay Tuesday evening as his family and colleagues prepare for their final goodbyes.
Mayor Adams says these three things led to Queens cop killing, deadly Harlem subway shove
Mar. 26, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller
Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday said two violent incidents that shook the city the night before, including one where a cop in Queens was shot and killed, resulted from a triad of issues that current laws and policies do not address.
Manhattan bouncer charged in New Year’s Day fatal stabbing in Elmhurst: NYPD
Mar. 26, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Manhattan man was arrested on Saturday and charged in the fatal stabbing of an East Elmhurst man during the early morning hours of New Year’s Day in what notably became the city’s first homicide of 2024.
Tears and salutes: NYPD, family weep as fallen officer Jonathan Diller’s body is removed from hospital in Queens
Mar. 26, 2024 By Dean Moses
Just before midnight on Monday, a legion of grief-stricken cops assembled outside Jamaica Hospital to salute Police Officer Jonathan Diller, who lost his life in the line of duty hours earlier after being mortally wounded in a Far Rockaway gunfight.
‘No more freebies!’ Another 800 NYPD cops going into subways to stop fare evaders
Mar. 25, 2024 By Dean Moses
NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell issued a loud and clear message to fare evaders on Monday: “There’s no more freebies anymore!”
Glendale man charged for selling counterfeit luxury auto accessories, bringing in over $1 million: DA
Mar. 25, 2024 By Bill Parry A Glendale man, along with several corporations linked to him, were criminally charged with trademark counterfeiting and money laundering stemming from the trafficking of bogus custom automobile accessories for luxury brand vehicles, such as Mercedes-Benz and BMW, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Sunday. Fei Wu, 39, of…
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‘Real, honest conversations’: Caban gets earful from straphangers as NYPD top cop rides the subways
Mar. 24, 2024 By Dean Moses
He wanted to hear it like it is from New York City’s straphangers.
Cops investigating double shooting in Queens as possible murder-suicide
Mar. 23, 2024 By Zach Gewelb
Police are investigating Friday afternoon’s double shooting in Queens as a potential murder-suicide, according to authorities.
Detectives investigating fatal shooting of 19-year-old man in Springfield Gardens on Thursday night: NYPD
Mar. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry Detectives at the 113th Precinct in Jamaica are investigating a fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man in Springfield Gardens on Thursday. Police responded to a 911 call of a shooting victim at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center just before 10:30 p.m., where they were met by medical personnel who told them that the victim had been transported there by private means with a gunshot wound to his chest. Upon further investigation, it was determined that the man was shot inside a home at 178-16 Leslie Rd. in Springfield Gardens. The victim was subsequently pronounced dead,…
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