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NYC crime: July sees overall felonies drop, though murder rate ticks upward

NYC crime: Brooklyn detectives investigate shooting scene

Aug. 6, 2024 amNewYork Metro Despite an uptick in murder, overall NYC crime fell for the seventh consecutive month in July 2024, the NYPD reported Tuesday. The total number of crimes reported dropped 4.2% year-over-year, from 11,505 in July 2023 to 11,022 in July 2024. Significant progress was found, the NYPD reported, in the…

Queens Special Victims Squad joins search for alleged rapist in Downtown Flushing: NYPD

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Jul. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry Detectives from the Queens Special Victims Squad have joined the urgent manhunt for the sexual predator who allegedly beat and raped a 53-year-old woman inside a commercial building in Downtown Flushing on the night of Sunday, July 14. Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing responded to a…

Queens park rape: Person of interest in custody after being assaulted, sources say

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Jun. 18, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki, Dean Moses and Bill Parry Police have a person of interest in custody whom they believe is the Queens park rape suspect who sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl last week in a heinous attack that shocked the city. The development occurred hours after NYPD released security camera footage…

Crunching the Queens crime numbers: robberies and felony assaults on the rise, reported rapes decline

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Feb. 6, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The number of reported robbery and felony assault cases across Queens climbed for the 28-day period ending Feb. 4—compared to the same period last year— while the number of reported rapes dropped, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD Monday. During the 28-day period from Jan. 8 through Feb. 4, the number of felony assaults increased 11.5% in northern Queens, from 174 reported cases in 2023 to 194 this year. Over the same period of time, robberies in northern Queens went up 12.6%, from 143 to 161. Reported rapes declined 25%,…
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