Sep. 15, 2024 By Dean Moses Police in Queens are on the hunt for two brutes who relentlessly beat a commuter over a necklace at a subway station last week, authorities said. According to police sources, the callous attack occurred just after a 26-year-old man left a Flushing-bound 7 train inside of the 52nd…
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Queens husband stabbed wife to death at spa in horrific attack witnessed by employees, customers: cops
Sep. 4, 2024 By Dean Moses and Lloyd Mitchell A Queens husband was arrested Tuesday night for allegedly stabbing his wife to death in an apparent fit of rage inside a Queens spa, authorities said. According to police sources, officers from the 109th Precinct responded to a frantic 911 call that a female worker…
Migrants honored by NYPD for saving woman’s life from knife-wielding attacker in Queens
Aug. 21, 2024 By Dean Moses NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kemper honored on Tuesday two heroic migrants who saved a woman in Queens last month from a dangerous criminal who attacked her with a knife. Alexander Oswaldo Robles Lino and Josnan Alberto Palacios of Venezuela arrived at One Police Plaza on Aug. 20…
Major Queens drug bust nets $5 million in illegal pot products
Aug. 9, 2024 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Police conducted a major drug bust in Queens on Thursday, resulting in the seizure of hundreds of pounds of illegal marijuana and cannabis products. The operation took place in a warehouse on Second Street in Astoria in the early morning hours of Aug. 8. Officers from the 114th…
Major drug bust in Astoria nets $5 million in illegal pot products
Police conducted a major drug bust in Queens on Thursday, resulting in the seizure of hundreds of pounds of illegal marijuana and cannabis products. The operation took place in a warehouse on Second Street in Astoria in the early morning hours of Aug. 8. Officers from the 114th Precinct were responding to a burglary…
Trespassers shoot man inside his Glendale home during attempted robbery
Aug. 8, 2024 By Anthony Medina A 24-year-old man narrowly escaped death on Wednesday, Aug. 7, when three trespassers entered his residence in Glendale and shot him, grazing his head and neck, police reported. The incident occurred around 2:45 p.m. in the Liberty Park section of Glendale, near 65th Street and Cooper Avenue. According…
Off-duty NYC Parks employee arrested in Queens for reckless motorcycle chase
Aug. 4, 2024 By Dean Moses An off-duty New York City Parks Department employee was arrested in Queens over the weekend for allegedly endangering himself and the public with his motorcycle, authorities said. Police identified the suspect as 32-year-old Hebron Joseph, who was apprehended around 3:07 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 at Murdock Avenue and…
Five stabbed in bloody Queens brawl, police seek two suspects
Aug. 4, 2024 By Dean Moses Police are searching for two suspects after a night out on the town in Queens ended with five people stabbed. Authorities said the bloody brawl unfolded just before 12 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3 near the corner of 100th Street and 37th Avenue in Corona, where two groups…
Cops backtrack on report of man who tried to abduct child from Queens daycare center, investigation shows no wrong doing
Jul. 16, 2024 By Dean Moses Cops in Queens are now backtracking after they said they were working to find a man who tried to abduct a child from a daycare center on Monday — leaving staff members shaken, authorities said. Police sources originally stated an unidentified man strolled into the Flushing school near…
Police brass say recidivism remains ongoing problem with subway crime
Jul. 8, 2024 By Dean Moses Police brass say they are continuing to zero in on criminals bringing weapons into the subway system, with NYPD’s Chief of Transit noting that their job is being made harder due to recidivism– pointing to the repeat offender who slashed three people at a Queens station last month…