Jul. 17, 2025 By Bill Parry A Queens homeless man is being held without bail after he allegedly shot his estranged wife to death in front of his stepdaughter on a St. Albans street last month. Audwin Caines, 62, was apprehended in Upper Manhattan on Tuesday, July 15, by U.S. Marshals from the NY/NJ…
Jul. 11, 2025 By Dean Moses and QNS News Team A Queens woman who survived a brutal hammer attack in a subway station in 2022 confronted her assailant in court Thursday, demanding answers and finding some measure of justice as he was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Nina Rothschild, 60, stood…
July 3, 2025 By Bill Parry A Corona man was sentenced on Wednesday to one to three years in prison for being part of a mob that ambushed two police officers outside a migrant shelter in Long Island City just over a year ago. Miguel Chiluisa, 24, of Roosevelt Avenue, and Natali Iza, 28, address… Read more »
June 25, 2025 By Bill Parry A Virginia man was sentenced Monday to 25 years to life in prison for the 2021 fatal shooting of a 33-year-old father near the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City. Khalik Berry, 35, was convicted by a jury in February of second-degree murder and two counts of criminal possession… Read more »
Jun. 19, 2025 By Bill Parry A Southeast Queens man was sentenced to a decade in prison for a hate crime for punching out a Sikh man following a 2023 fender bender in Kew Gardens. The victim suffered a head injury and died five days later. Gilbert Augustin, 32, of 111th Avenue in Jamaica,…
Jun. 16, 2025 By Emily Davenport and QNS News Team Federal and local law enforcement officials announced the arrest of eight alleged gang members in Queens on Monday, June 16, charging them with racketeering conspiracy, assaults in aid of racketeering and related firearms offenses. The defendants — Felix Bonilla Ramos (also known as “Chabelo”…
May 21, 2025 By Bill Parry A homeless Venezuelan migrant admitted he shot two NYPD officers from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights who attempted to stop him for riding a motorcycle the wrong way on a one-way street in East Elmhurst nearly a year ago. Bernardo Raul Castro Mata, 20, pleaded guilty in Queens… Read more »
May 14, 2025 By Bill Parry A Glendale man is criminally charged for assaulting a young girl and then biting off a fingertip of an off-duty cop who chased after him in Glendale on Saturday afternoon. Feliz Enrique, 31, of 68th Street, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Sunday night on charges of assault… Read more »
April 28, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Elected officials, community leaders and members of the Queensbridge Houses community gathered in Long Island City on Saturday afternoon to celebrate the co-naming of 12th Street and 40th Avenue in honor of former Queensbridge Houses Residents Association President April Simpson-Taylor. Simpson-Taylor, who died in March 2024 at the age… Read more »
Apr. 25, 2025 By Bill Parry An off-duty NYPD cop from Briarwood was arrested on Thursday morning and booked at the 102nd Precinct in South Ozone Park for allegedly sending sexually explicit content via an online app to an undercover officer posing online as a 14-year-old girl. Police Officer Travis DeSouza, 35, of Van…