Feb. 27, 2025 By Bill Parry A Bronx man was arrested Wednesday morning and booked at the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows for an unprovoked attack on a 7 train rider in Corona nearly two weeks earlier. Marlon Serrano, 51, of Wales Avenue in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx, was arraigned in…
Feb. 27, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are looking for a purse snatcher who allegedly targeted a young woman on a Manhattan-bound 7 train on the night of Friday, Feb. 21. The 17-year-old victim was sitting down as her train approached the Queensboro… Read more »
Feb. 25, 2025 By Bill Parry An Astoria gunman was sentenced Tuesday in Queens Supreme Court to 20 years in prison for firing the stray bullet that killed an innocent bystander from Westchester who was working at the Astoria Houses in the spring of 2020. Jerald Bethea, 24, of 27th Avenue, pleaded guilty last month… Read more »
Feb. 26, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki Police are on the hunt for the suspects who stabbed a young man during a fight in Jamaica on Tuesday night. Law enforcement sources said the assault occurred near the corner of Parsons Boulevard and Archer Avenue. Officers from the 103rd Precinct responded to the location at about…
Feb. 25, 2025 By Bill Parry A Southeast Queens man was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for rape, attempted murder, and another charge for the violent sexual assault of a woman in broad daylight on a Jamaica rooftop in August 2023. Jerson Vasquez, 25, of 170th Street in Jamaica, pleaded guilty in…
Feb. 25, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from two North Queens precincts are looking for three suspects who beat and robbed two men five days apart in recent weeks. The first incident occurred on the night of Friday, Feb. 14, in the confines of the 109th Precinct in Flushing. Two of the suspects arranged…
Feb. 20, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights and Transit District 20 are looking for two men who allegedly attacked a 7 train rider in Corona during a recent morning rush hour. The 37-year-old victim was aboard a Flushing-bound 7 train at the 103rd Street–Corona Plaza station at around… Read more »
Feb. 17, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are looking for a suspect who snatched a woman’s handbag on an F train in Woodside and remains at large more than a week later. The 31-year-old victim was riding a northbound F train at around… Read more »
Feb. 14, 2025 By Czarinna Andres A 14-year-old boy was fatally stabbed near a McDonald’s in Sunnyside, on Friday afternoon, according to police sources. The stabbing occurred around 3:30 p.m. at the McDonald’s located at 38th Street and Queens Boulevard. The teenager, a student from Hillcrest High School, was reportedly involved in a fight with… Read more »
Feb. 14, 2025 By Bill Parry A Venezuelan man who was living in the migrant shelter on Randall’s Island is now on Rikers Island after he was arrested last month and criminally charged with attempted murder for shooting an Astoria business owner during an armed robbery with his accomplice from Long Island in November. Elier… Read more »