Mar. 27, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki and Dean Moses
Queens was rocked by another fatal shooting involving police on Wednesday less than two days after an officer was fatally gunned down.
Mar. 27, 2024 By Dean Moses and Robert Pozarycki
Emotions ran high Wednesday as a suspect connected to the Queens killing of Police Officer Jonathan Diller on Monday afternoon faced the walk of shame – and the derision of local residents.
Mar. 27, 2024 By Bill Parry A New Jersey truck driver was arrested Tuesday and booked at the 108th Precinct in Long Island City in connection to a fatal collision that killed a Corona cyclist in Maspeth last month. Yakup Mace, 46, of Lawton Avenue in Cliffside Park, is charged with reckless driving, tampering with… Read more »
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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!”
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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