Tag: queens-crime

Fake doctor arrested at JFK after botched butt implant in Astoria home: NYPD

April 3, 2025 By Bill Parry A fake doctor who was performing medical procedures without a license at an Astoria home was taken into custody on the night of Friday, March 28, after one of his patients went into cardiac arrest. At around 1 p.m. that afternoon, Felipe Hoyos-Foronda, 38, injected a 31-year-old woman with… Read more »

Notorious Flushing squatter sentenced to two years in prison for illegally occupying home: DA

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Mar. 31, 2025 By Bill Parry A notorious Queens squatter was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday for illegally occupying a single-family Flushing home and renting out rooms to other illegal tenants in February 2024. Brian Rodriguez, 36, of 161st Street in East Flushing, pleaded guilty in January to falsely reporting an…

Serial purse snatcher targets women in South Richmond Hill and Jamaica: NYPD

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Mar. 20, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 106th Precinct in South Ozone Park are looking for a purse snatcher who targeted a 53-year-old woman who had just finished shopping at a C-Town Supermarket at 134-16 Liberty Ave. in South Richmond Hill during the afternoon of Saturday, March 15. The victim was loading…

Woman found dead inside Locust Manor home during wellness check: NYPD

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Mar. 11, 2025 By Bill Parry Detectives from the 113th Precinct in Jamaica are investigating the death of a woman inside a Locust Manor home on Saturday morning. Police responded to a 911 call of a person in need of medical attention inside 172-15 127th Ave., where they found a 64-year-old female unconscious and…

Scooter-riding groper sought in broad daylight assault in Elmhurst: NYPD

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Mar. 5, 2025 By Bill Parry The Queens Special Victims Squad is looking for a scooter-riding groper who targeted a 37-year-old woman in Elmhurst in broad daylight on the afternoon of Saturday, March 1. The victim was walking past a house at 41-47 77th St. at around 1:15 p.m. when the suspect rode up…