Jul. 26, 2023 By Bill Parry An Edgemere man admitted he gunned down a 22-year-old Bronx man during a marijuana deal gone bad inside Rufus King Park in Jamaica in October 2020. Torren King, 20, of Beach 47th Street, pleaded guilty on July 25 in Queens Supreme Court to manslaughter in the first degree, Queens…
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Jul. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry The Brooklyn man who allegedly went on a deadly shooting rampage through the streets of Richmond Hill, firing at random from a scooter and leaving a grandfather dead and two others wounded on July 8, was indicted by a Queens grand jury on July 19 on a 14-count indictment…
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Jul. 17, 2023 By Bill Parry
Jul. 6, 2023 By Julia Moro An Albany man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for the drag-racing crash in Kew Gardens Hills that killed a hospital staffer who was on his way to work in November of 2020 Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on July 6 that that Alamin Ahmed, of…
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Jul. 4, 2023 By Bill Parry Despite her landslide victory in the June 27 Democratic primary, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz is reminding her supporters that there is still work to be done in her re-election bid. Katz acknowledged that retired Judge George Grasso, who had a disappointing second-place finish in the primary, will continue…
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Jun. 29, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb A New Hyde Park man has been charged with promoting a sexual performance by a child and other crimes after allegedly paying a 14-year old girl to perform a sex act and take lewd photos/videos of him in a Flushing park as well as trying to pay a 12-year-old…
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Jun. 27, 2023 By Bill Parry
Jun. 23, 2023 By Bill Parry A former FBI agent and current real estate attorney practicing in Forest Hills was criminally charged with promoting a sexual performance by a child for allegedly sending child sexual abuse materials from a computer in his Forest Hills home, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. John Magri, 57,…
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Jun. 22, 2023 By Bill Parry An Albany man admitted that he was responsible for the death of his own son while driving under the influence and crashing his car in Far Rockaway in the summer of 2020. Victor Mitchell, 37, of Central Avenue, pleaded guilty Wednesday to aggravated vehicular homicide before Queens Supreme Court…
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Jun. 16, 2023 By Bill Parry
Retired state Supreme Court Judge George Grasso was in Flushing on June 15 where he received endorsements in his campaign for Queens district attorney from two Asian-American political advocacy organizations just two days before the start of early voting for the June 27 Democratic primary election.