Oct. 4, 2024 By Shane O’Brien A homeless man was found dead early Friday morning at L/CPL Thomas P. Noonan Jr. Playground in Sunnyside, prompting an ongoing investigation. The man, known within the local community, was discovered unconscious and unresponsive in the park located at 42nd Street and Greenpoint Avenue. EMS teams responded to the… Read more »
Sep. 27, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 113th Precinct in Jamaica are investigating yet another shooting incident in St. Albans, but this latest case was non-fatal. The most recent shooting occurred in broad daylight on a quiet residential block during the afternoon of Tuesday, Sept. 17. A 21-year-old man was walking past…
Sep. 27, 2024 By Bill Parry Three Cambria Heights men were indicted by a Queens grand jury for a violent home invasion, burglary and kidnapping in Douglaston during the early morning hours of Saturday, Aug. 17. Jone Smith, 47, and brothers Ryan and Brandon Dash, 39 and 34, respectively, were arraigned in Queens Supreme…
Sep. 26, 2024 By Bill Parry Ecuadorean migrant Christian Inga was indicted by a Queens grand jury and is now criminally charged with predatory sexual assault, rape in the first degree and numerous other crimes for a June attack on a 13-year-old girl and her friend in Kissena Corridor Park. Inga, 25, who was…
Sep. 26, 2024 By Bill Parry A good Samaritan onboard an A train attempted to stop a beatdown of a fellow rider by a group of men and was himself attacked by the perpetrators. Police from the 106th Precinct in Ozone Park and Transit District 23 reported that on the night of Saturday, Aug.…
Sept. 25, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst and Transit District 20 are looking for a portly groper who targeted a 40-year-old woman inside the Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street subway station on Sunday afternoon. The victim was waiting on the platform for the northbound E train at 4 p.m. when… Read more »
Sep. 24, 2024 By Bill Parry Police out of the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood and Transit District 33 are on the lookout for a hood-wearing hoodlum who allegedly robbed a teenager onboard an M train approaching the Forest Avenue subway station during the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 11. The 17-year-old victim was on a…
Sep. 23, 2024 By Bill Parry Homicide detectives out of the 113th Precinct in Jamaica are working to determine why a 31-year-old man was gunned down outside a Merrick Boulevard watering hole on Sunday morning. Police responded to a 911 call of a person shot outside the Wave Juice Bar and Lounge at 125-22…
Sep. 22, 2024 By Dean Moses Police are on the hunt for a pervert who spat on and groped a schoolgirl in Queens on Friday, authorities said. According to police sources, a 12-year-old girl was walking to school on Sept. 20 along 71st Street and 54th Avenue, near P.S./I.S. 73 in Maspeth, at around…
Sep. 20, 2024 By Czarinna Andres Council Member Sandra Ung met with representatives from the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) and the New York Police Department (NYPD) on Thursday, Sept. 19, to discuss the persistent issue of unlicensed vending in downtown Flushing. The meeting commenced at the busy intersection of 38th Avenue and Main Street.…