Jan. 31, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Cambria Heights man was criminally charged with possessing an arsenal of ghost guns, including assault weapons, silencers and other weapons-related paraphernalia after a search warrant was executed at his home on 235th Street Tuesday night.
Jan. 31, 2024 By Bill Parry An off-duty NYPD school safety agent was arrested Monday and booked at the 115th Precinct for allegedly groping a woman inside the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue transit hub. Elvin Espinal, 28, is accused of grabbing the victim’s rear end as she waited on the Flushing-bound 7 platform at 4:40 p.m…. Read more »
Jan. 30, 2024 By Bill Parry
Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica are looking for a shoeless burglar who targeted two commercial businesses in St. Albans in less than a half hour last week.
Jan. 30, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The total number of major crimes across Queens during the first month of 2024 remained mostly static compared to the totals from January 2023, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD Monday. During the 28-day period from Jan. 1-28, the total number of major crimes increased…
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Jan. 30, 2024 By Bill Parry
Police from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood are searching for four men who allegedly carjacked a 64-year-old man in Glendale on the night of Sunday, Jan. 14.
Jan. 29, 2024 By Bill Parry Two Astoria brothers were criminally charged Monday after an arsenal of improvised explosive devices and ghost guns, including assault rifles, were found inside their apartment directly across Vernon Boulevard from the Ravenswood Generating Station. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Andre and Angelo Hatziagelis were indicted Monday on… Read more »
Jan. 29, 2024 By Bill Parry A Kew Gardens Hills man was robbed at gunpoint by three strangers as he tried to enter his home last week. Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows reported that the 36-year-old victim was about to enter his residence in the vicinity of 78th Avenue and Parsons Boulevard on the night of Wednesday, Jan. 24 when he was approached by three men at around 11:30 p.m. They pulled out firearms and forced the victim into his home, taped up his hands and forcibly removed his wallet containing credit cards and approximately $300 in…
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Jan. 26, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan At a southeast Queens community board meeting on Monday, elected officials debated two public safety bills that overwhelmingly passed in the city council that were subsequently vetoed by the mayor. The city’s public advocate, Jumaane Williams, and Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers joined the virtual monthly Community Board 13 meeting to discuss the legislation, with one bill requiring police officers to document low level civilian stops and the other limiting solitary confinement in the city’s jails. One of the mayor’s senior advisors, Tiffany Raspberry, joined the call to defend the vetoes and a debate ensued. …
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Jan. 26, 2024 By Bill Parry Two men were assaulted and robbed by three strangers in Jackson Heights in two separate incidents occurring roughly three hours apart on the morning of Saturday, Jan. 6. Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights reported that the first attack occurred at just after 1:00 a.m. as a… Read more »
Jan. 26, 2024 By Dean Moses The NYPD says that they have lost patience with sex trafficking in the Big Apple and are raiding brothels in short order. The first of the unannounced sieges began with a slew of alleged prostitution houses in Corona, Queens on Thursday following community complaints that the illicit businesses…