May. 28, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday praised NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell, saying he likes “his style,” amid widespread criticism of Chell’s use of his official social media account to attack perceived critics of the department. Adams made the May 28 remarks during his weekly news conference in…
May. 24, 2024 By Athena Dawson and Bill Parry Chaos erupted at a middle school in Flushing on Thursday morning when a pepper spray device was discharged in the school cafeteria, affecting dozens of students and staff. The incident occurred at 10:40 a.m. at P.S./M.S. 219, located at 144-39 Gravett Rd. Police reported that 43…
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May. 24, 2024 By Bill Parry
A South Richmond Hill man was arrested on Monday and booked at the 102nd Precinct in Richmond Hill for groping a woman on a bus near the eastern edge of Forest Park earlier this month.
May. 23, 2024 By Bill Parry
The NYPD revealed the identity of the 22-year-old man who was struck and killed by one of its highway patrol vehicles on the Van Wyck Expressway in the early morning of Sunday, May 19.
May. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Ridgewood liquor store owner is facing up to seven years in prison for shooting an alleged shoplifter during a struggle in front of his shop on Monday evening.
May 22, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from two Queens precincts are looking for scooter-riding robbers who targeted two women in three hours and remain at large more than two weeks later. The first incident occurred within the confines of the 114th Precinct at around 7:25 p.m. on May 7. A 50-year-old woman was walking… Read more »
May. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Corona man was killed in a chain-reaction collision on the Grand Central Parkway in Jamaica Hills on Sunday morning.
May. 22, 2024 By Anthony Medina The NYPD 106th Precinct is reminding residents to double-check where they put their credit cards following the discovery of two card skimmer devices at a Dollar Tree location in Ozone Park. Police say a customer shopping at the Dollar Tree store at 137-20 Cross Bay Blvd. on Sunday, May…
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May. 21, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Brooklyn man who had a murder conviction vacated by the Queens District Attorney’s Office in November 2022 was indicted in connection to a fatal shooting in Middle Village.
May 21, 2024 By Bill Parry A Woodside man was indicted by a Queens grand jury for allegedly driving the wrong way on Northern Boulevard and striking and killing an Astoria delivery man who was riding a scooter in a head-on collision last November. Mohammad Bhuiyan, 48, was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on Tuesday… Read more »