Feb. 7, 2024 By Dean Moses
Police outlined chilling details behind the gruesome weekend murder of a Queens man allegedly slain by a previously homeless roommate.
‘Blood on the walls’ found in Queens home where man murdered roommate: cops
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Gunman holds up South Ozone Park liquor store before speeding off in dark pickup truck: NYPD
Feb. 7, 2024 By Bill Parry
A worker at a South Ozone Park liquor store was robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight last month with the suspect making his getaway in a pickup truck and remains at large, according to the NYPD.
Crunching the Queens crime numbers: robberies and felony assaults on the rise, reported rapes decline
Feb. 6, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The number of reported robbery and felony assault cases across Queens climbed for the 28-day period ending Feb. 4—compared to the same period last year— while the number of reported rapes dropped, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD Monday. During the 28-day period from Jan. 8 through Feb. 4, the number of felony assaults increased 11.5% in northern Queens, from 174 reported cases in 2023 to 194 this year. Over the same period of time, robberies in northern Queens went up 12.6%, from 143 to 161. Reported rapes declined 25%,…
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College Point man gets 18 years for firing an assault rifle at NYPD officers responding to domestic violence call: DA
Feb. 6, 2024 By Bill Parry
A College Point man was sentenced Tuesday in Queens Supreme Court to 18 years in prison for firing an assault weapon at NYPD officers who were responding to a 911 call from his girlfriend and mother in 2020.
Homeless man arrested in connection to fatal stabbing in Far Rockaway: NYPD
Feb. 6, 2024 By Bill Parry
Detectives from the 101st Precinct in Far Rockaway arrested a homeless man in connection to a fatal stabbing of a man who was found unconscious and unresponsive inside a home on the 1100 block of McBride Street early Saturday morning.
Woman subjected to act of public lewdness by creep aboard 7 train in Corona: NYPD
Feb. 6, 2024 By Bill Parry A 7-train rider was accosted by a stranger in broad daylight on Monday and police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights and Transit District 20 are looking for the suspect who subjected her to “public lewdness.” The 46-year-old woman was seated aboard a Flushing-bound train at around 2:45… Read more »
NYC crime rates drop in January, but hate crimes continue rising
Feb. 5, 2024 By Aidan Graham Crime in New York City saw a decline in January compared to the same time last year, as authorities continue touting their work to combat lawlessness in the Big Apple. “It is evident that the tremendous work being done by the men and women of the NYPD to…
Queens DA in collaboration with NYPD confiscates 40 illegal scooters in western Queens
Feb. 5, 2024 By Bill Parry While the use of scooters and mopeds have proliferated in recent years, so too has their use as a tool for criminals in armed robberies and drive-by shootings—including a bloody rampage in July that left an 86-year-old grandfather dead in Richmond Hill, authorities say. On Monday, Queens District Attorney… Read more »
Queensbridge Houses resident busted for allegedly gunning down ex-con in Long Island City in November: NYPD
Feb. 2, 2024 By Bill Parry A Queensbridge Houses man was arrested on Monday and booked at the 114th Precinct in Astoria in connection to a fatal shooting of an ex-con on the night of Monday, Nov. 20. Yasser Saleh, 36, of 12th Street, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment… Read more »
60-year-old woman killed in Jackson Heights hit-and-run identified, driver remains at large: NYPD
Feb. 1, 2024 By Bill Parry A 60-year-old woman was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Jackson Heights on Thursday morning. Police from the 115th Precinct responded to a 911 call of a vehicle collision involving a pedestrian at the intersection of 37th Avenue and 90th Street just after 6:45 a.m. Officers found… Read more »