Dec. 22, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights are looking for a scooter rider who allegedly assaulted an NYPD officer in Corona and remains at large two weeks later. The incident went down in broad daylight at around 2:20 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 8 when a uniformed cop… Read more »
Dec. 19, 2023 By Ethan Marshall The number of reported felony assault cases in Queens has increased over the last month when compared to the same period in 2022, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD on Monday. Felony assault cases have increased in both northern and southern Queens for the 28-day period from Nov. 20 through Dec. 17, compared to the same 28-day period last year. In northern Queens, felony assault cases over the 28-day period went up 15%, from 167 last year to 192 this year. The numbers also jumped in southern Queens, up 8.4%, from…
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Dec. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry A man was beaten by a stranger with the nozzle of a garden hose inside an office in Bayside last month in a bizarre attack that was caught on a Ring camera. Police from the 111th Precinct in Bayside reported that the assault occurred at 219-03 Northern Blvd., in an office above a Chinese restaurant, at noon on Tuesday, Nov. 7. According to cops, a man in black walked into the second-story office followed by two young men who recorded the beatdown on their cell phones. The assailant walked across the office and whipped…
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Dec. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry Two men beat up and robbed a man and a woman in front of a medical office in Jackson Heights just off Roosevelt Avenue earlier this month. Police from the 115th Precinct are looking for two suspects who approached a 28-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman who were… Read more »
Dec. 18, 2023 By Bill Parry An E train rider had his wallet snatched right out of his hands at the Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street station earlier this month and police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst are still looking for the suspect. The 21-year-old victim was standing on the southbound E platform at… Read more »
Dec. 18, 2023 By Bill Parry A man suffered a head injury during an unprovoked attack near the Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike subway station on Queens Boulevard in October and the suspect is still on the run more than two months later. The random assault occurred during the early morning hours of Wednesday, Oct. 11 when the 26-year-old victim was walking near the station just before 2 a.m. when a stranger approached him and struck him in the head with a Master lock causing a laceration to his skull. The suspect ran off in unknown direction and police from the 112th…
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Dec. 15, 2023 By Bill Parry An Astoria man was arrested Friday morning and charged with manslaughter following the death of his neighbor who tumbled down a flight of stairs in the apartment building they both lived. Kevin Ogara, 58, was taken into custody and booked at the 114th Precinct in Astoria where he was… Read more »
Dec. 15, 2023 By Bill Parry Two men were indicted in connection with the brutal murder of a motorist in Astoria who was beaten unconscious and then run over with his own car in October, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Friday. Zahir Williams, 24, of Beck Street in the Bronx, and Aaron… Read more »
Dec. 15, 2023 By Bill Parry A 7-train rider was struck and killed in Elmhurst early Friday morning, according to the NYPD. The victim, a 25-year-old man, was hit by a Flushing-bound train while at the 90th St-Elmhurst Ave. subway station at 4:55 a.m., police said. Officers from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights responded…
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Dec. 14, 2023 By Bill Parry An armed robbery crew targeted three businesses in two Queens police precincts during a five-day crime spree this month, according to the NYPD. The most recent heist occurred in the 104th Precinct on the night of Saturday, Dec. 9 when three men entered a store located at 59-11 71st…
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