Nov. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry A Southeast Queens FDNY emergency medical technician is criminally charged with attempted murder and other crimes for the unprovoked shooting of a 36-year-old man on Steinway Street in Astoria in late August, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Thursday. Isaiah Keller, 26, of 147th Street in Jamaica, was… Read more »
Nov. 20, 2024 By Bill Parry A South Ozone Park man admitted he set fires to cars in his neighborhood and entered a home where he set a blaze that critically injured two of its occupants on the morning of July 4. Evan Person, 35, of Linden Boulevard, was indicted by a Queens grand…
Nov. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry A Whitestone man was arrested for allegedly making and distributing forged modem devices filled with malware that mimics legitimate cable and streaming services in a takedown of a major cable theft operation in Flushing and Whitestone, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Tuesday. Kong Gao, 35, of…
Nov. 8, 2024 By Bill Parry A Brooklyn man was criminally charged with staging a car crash on the Belt Parkway in Rosedale last month that was captured on the dashboard camera in the victim’s car and went viral on social media after it was posted on TikTok, where it was viewed by millions…
Oct. 31, 2024 By Shane O’Brien A number of elected officials met with community-based organizations and anti-trafficking experts in Jackson Heights Tuesday to discuss possible solutions for human trafficking in the local community. Assembly Members Jessica González-Rojas, Steven Raga and Brian Maher gathered at Make the Road NY at 92-10 Roosevelt Ave. to meet with… Read more »
Oct. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry A Hollis woman was indicted by a Queens grand jury on charges of burglary, criminal trespass and other related crimes for illegally occupying a single-family home in Howard Beach. Laurel Bay, 49, of 198th Street, was arraigned Thursday in Queens Supreme Court on a five-count indictment for allegedly…
Oct. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry Flushing resident Haiyan Deng was sentenced in Queens Supreme Court on Wednesday to 27 years in prison for killing a man in her apartment and a related burglary in September 2021. Deng, 34, of 39th Avenue, pleaded guilty last month to manslaughter in the first degree and burglary…
Oct. 10, 2024 By Bill Parry A Flushing man was found guilty on Tuesday of brutally killing a 29-year-old woman at his Main Street apartment after a jury deliberated for just two hours before reaching a verdict. Quming Wan, 55, was convicted of murder, sexual abuse, and related charges for the November 2021 death…
Oct. 8, 2024 By Ethan Marshall and Paul Frangipane Several Queens leaders joined a ceremony held by the American Jewish Committee and the Queens Jewish Community Council at Queens Theatre on Monday, Oct. 7, to mark the first anniversary of the Hamas terrorist attack in Israel that resulted in 1,200 deaths and 250 people…
Oct. 4, 2024 By Bill Parry An 18-year-old reputed gang member is being held without bail after he was criminally charged with murder for allegedly firing multiple gunshots at a car, killing another teenager, outside a McDonald’s in Springfield Gardens on the night of Friday, Sept. 27. Rayvon Philip, of 167th Street in Jamaica,…