Jan. 2, 2024 By Dean Moses and Robert Pozarycki The first homicide in New York City this year took place in Queens, when a double stabbing left one man dead and another fighting for his life on New Year’s Day. Police said the murder happened at about 3:57 a.m. near the corner of 76th Street…
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Man burglarizes kosher restaurant on Union Turnpike: NYPD
Jan. 2, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are still looking for a burglar who broke into a kosher steakhouse on Union Turnpike in mid-December and made off with nearly $5,000 in cash. The suspect targeted the Union Bistro at 190-11 Union Tpke. on the morning of Monday, Dec….
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Man drops gun on MTA bus in Queens, bullet flies nearly hitting 10 passengers: NYPD
Dec. 29, 2023 By Bill Parry Police are looking for a man who dropped a firearm on an MTA bus in Jamaica earlier this month that caused a bullet to fly that almost hit several passengers. The suspect was seated on board a Q43 bus in the vicinity of Sutphin Boulevard and Hillside Avenue on…
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Brooklyn teen charged with gun possession for snatching a dog on Christmas Day in Queensbridge Houses: DA
Dec. 29, 2023 By Bill Parry A Brooklyn teenager was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, petit larceny and other crimes in the gunpoint theft of a French Bulldog from another teen at the NYCHA Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City on Christmas Day. The teenage defendant, of Sheffield Avenue in Brooklyn, allegedly pointed… Read more »
The e-scooter rider who was fatally struck by a tractor-trailer driver in Flushing was 82-years-old: NYPD
Dec. 29, 2023 By Bill Parry
New details have emerged from the investigation into the fatal hit-and-run on Northern Boulevard that killed an electric scooter rider in Flushing on Thursday morning.
Two burglars remain at large nearly a month after they made off with $140K during apartment heist in Queensboro Hill: NYPD
Dec. 28, 2023 By Bill Parry
Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are still searching for two burglars who made off with a vast amount of cash and property during an apartment heist in Queensboro Hill back on the morning of Monday Dec. 4.
Drunk driving crackdown: NYC launches aggressive enforcement campaign for New Year’s weekend
Dec. 28, 2023 By Robert Pozarycki
Don’t even think of getting behind the wheel on New Year’s if you’re planning to knock back drinks while celebrating.
Brooklyn man extradited back to Queens for fatal 2022 shooting in Jamaica: NYPD
Dec. 27, 2023 By Bill Parry A convicted rapist from Brooklyn was arrested and charged last week for the 2022 fatal shooting of a Jamaica man who was gunned down while sitting in his car on Sutphin Boulevard. Kenyon Nesbitt, 44, of Sutter Avenue in the Brownsville section of the borough, was booked on Dec….
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Two masked men rob Chase Bank in Ozone Park, make off with $4,000 cash: NYPD
Dec. 27, 2023 By Anthony Medina Two masked men entered a Chase Bank branch in Ozone Park Tuesday where they demanded cash and made off with $4,000, police said. Police say the duo entered the bank, located at 96-19 101 Ave., shortly before noon, where one of them approached a teller and handed over a…
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Crunching the Queens crime stats: number of stolen vehicles in northern Queens dips, uptick in southern portion of borough
Dec. 27, 2023 By Ethan Marshall The number of vehicles reported stolen trended downward across northern Queens over the last month when compared to the same period in 2022, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD on Monday. At the same time, southern Queens experienced an uptick in cases during this time….
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