Jul. 16, 2025 By Adam Daly Former interim Police Commissioner Tom Donlon filed a bombshell, 251-page federal lawsuit Wednesday, accusing Mayor Eric Adams and senior NYPD leadership of using the department as a racketeering enterprise that allegedly engaged in corruption, obstruction of justice, and retaliation against whistleblowers. In the July 16 lawsuit, Donlon, a former senior…
July 15, 2025 By Bill Parry Three New Jersey men were convicted by a federal jury in Brooklyn on July 10 for a violent kidnapping and extortion attempt in Astoria in 2022. Aasim Boone, 42, and Jarrett Bruce, 41, both of Englewood, and Lesly Valentin, 39, of Asbury Park, were found guilty of kidnapping conspiracy,… Read more »
Jul. 15, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are looking for a suspect who allegedly robbed a Whitestone cell phone store last month. Police say the perpetrator entered the shop at 150-11 14th Ave. on the night of Sunday, June 22, and immediately began to argue with the 59-year-old…
Jul. 15, 2025 By Bill Parry A senior man was robbed in Woodhaven while waiting for a J train by a suspect who remains at large more than three weeks later. Police from the 102nd Precinct in Richmond Hill and Transit District 20 are looking for a perpetrator who approached a 68-year-old victim as…
Jul. 14, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing and Transit District 20 are looking for a thief who targeted a 7 train rider as he slept during the morning of Tuesday, July 1. Police say the 33-year-old victim dozed off on a Flushing-bound 7 train as it approached the…
Jul. 14, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood are looking for three suspects who tried to rob a man in Glendale last month. Law enforcement sources say the 21-year-old victim was walking near the intersection of Seneca Avenue and Madison Street just before 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 17,…
Jul. 14, 2025 By Dean Moses Police in Queens are looking for answers after finding a heavily decomposed body rotting inside a parked van on Sunday afternoon. Officers from the 110th Precinct made the grim discovery after responding to a 911 call at 59-21 Calloway St. in Corona at around 3:30 p.m. on July…
Jun. 26, 2025 By Dean Moses Police arrested the man on Thursday who allegedly pepper-sprayed a mother and her baby on a Queens train after she refused to let him use her cell phone. The NYPD Warrant Squad apprehended 34-year-old Edward Vargas on June 26 for the disturbing assault on a young mother and…
Jun. 24, 2025 By Mayor Eric Adams New Yorkers love their city, but they are very clear about what they don’t love about living here: noise, trash, illegal vending, open-air drug use, reckless driving, double parking, and other everyday offenses. These and many other quality-of-life issues affect not just the reality of public safety,…
Jun. 16, 2025 By Bill Parry A Middle Village senior was struck and killed by an MTA bus in what officials say was a freak accident at a bus stop in front of Hoffman Park in Elmhurst on Friday the 13th. Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst responded to a 911 call of…