Aug. 25, 2025 By Dean Moses The NYPD detective who was shot by “friendly fire” while responding to a Queens carjacking last week went home on Monday after a weekend in the hospital, getting a round of applause from fellow cops. Det. Corey Fisher smiled as he was wheeled on a stretcher out of…
Aug. 25, 2025 By Dean Moses The NYPD’s Quality of Life Team apprehended an alleged dog abuser in Queens on Sunday, one day after a Good Samaritan stopped him from tying up a pooch with duct tape and attempting to dump it in a park, police reported. amNewYork spoke with a 30-year-old woman, who…
Aug. 24, 2025 By Dean Moses The family of a Queens bartender who suffered severe burns over the weekend during a fire show at a lounge are demanding answers after her skin was left bubbled and melted. Adriana Goden, the aunt of 27-year-old Manuela Vergara Salazar, said her niece was working at the La…
Aug. 24, 2025 By Dean Moses Cops say they are still investigating after a department patrol car drove over and killed a man not far from the US Open in Queens on Saturday evening. Police sources report that they are still trying to identify the man struck and killed by a police officer from…
Aug. 22, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are still looking for a heartless purse snatcher who allegedly injured an elderly woman during a robbery last month. Police say the 75-year-old victim was walking in front of an apartment building at 134-38 Maple Ave. near Main Street at 9:40…
Aug. 21, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 102nd Precinct are looking for a woman who was caught shoplifting by a worker at a Kew Gardens variety store and put up a fight. Police say the brawl broke out inside the 99 cents store at 120-20 Queens Blvd. at 1:20 p.m. on Tuesday,…
Aug. 20, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are looking for a suspect who allegedly stole a wallet from an R train rider in Woodside late last month. The incident occurred on the afternoon of Wednesday, July 30, inside the Broadway/Northern Boulevard subway…
Aug. 20, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from two Queens precincts are looking for a three-man robbery crew who have been targeting moped riders for most of the summer. Police say the first incident occurred on the night of Monday, June 30, at approximately 11:35 p.m. as a rider was traveling eastbound on 107th…
Aug. 20, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst are looking for a suspect who allegedly robbed a woman at knifepoint on the night of Friday, Aug. 8, and remains at large nearly three weeks later. The 24-year-old victim was walking on Justice Avenue near 53rd Street at around 10:15…
Aug. 20, 2025 By Bill Parry The homeless man who was struck and killed by a driver on Union Turnpike in Fresh Meadows on the night of Tuesday, Aug. 12, has been identified by the NYPD a week later, on Tuesday, Aug. 19. Police say Rodney Carrington, 61, was fatally struck near 189th Street…