Jan. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry The Springfield Gardens man who became the target of a citywide NYPD manhunt on Wednesday for a two-day stabbing spree in southeast Queens was criminally charged with attempted murder and faces up to 90 years in prison if convicted. Jermain Rigueur, 27, of 160th Street, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on a 19-count complaint Friday charging him with three counts of attempted murder and assault for attacking four people in Springfield Gardens and Jamaica, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced. According to the charges and video surveillance footage, on Tuesday, Jan. 16, at…
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Tag: Stabbing
R train rider stabbed by stranger near Queens Plaza subway station in Long Island City: NYPD
Jan. 18, 2024 By Bill Parry An R train rider was stabbed during an unprovoked assault near the Queens Plaza subway station in Long Island City last week. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are looking for an unidentified man who approached the 36-year-old victim as he was… Read more »
Queens stabbing spree suspect apprehended after day-long manhunt
Jan. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry, Dean Moses and Robert Pozarycki
Police have apprehended the Queens stabbing spree suspect who was the subject of a day-long citywide manhunt Wednesday.
Manhunt on for suspect who stabbed two men in Springfield Gardens Wednesday morning: NYPD
Jan. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry
With NYPD aviation overhead and police flooding the streets of Springfield Gardens on Wednesday morning, a manhunt was on for a suspect who allegedly stabbed two men near the intersection of Guy R. Brewer Boulevard and 134th Avenue at around 7:30 a.m.
Man stabbed in the neck by stranger in front of Queens Village pawn shop: NYPD
Jan. 16, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 22-year-old man was allegedly stabbed by a panhandler in front of a Queens Village pawn shop last week and the suspect remains on the run.
Maspeth man charged with murder of LIC man in 2020, after he was busted for smoking in Brooklyn subway station: NYPD
Jan. 15, 2024, By Bill Parry A Maspeth man was nabbed Friday for a fatal stabbing that took place in Long Island City nearly four years ago after coming into contact with cops for smoking at a Brooklyn subway station. Luis Hernandez, 36, of 56th Street in Maspeth was taken into custody by police from… Read more »
Queens stabbing that ended with first NYC homicide of 2024 still under investigation
Jan. 4, 2024 By Dean Moses
Detectives in Queens are still working to find the killer behind New York City’s first homicide of 2024 — a stabbing following a bar brawl.
First murder in NYC takes place in Queens, with double stabbing in Jackson Heights: NYPD
Jan. 2, 2024 By Dean Moses and Robert Pozarycki The first homicide in New York City this year took place in Queens, when a double stabbing left one man dead and another fighting for his life on New Year’s Day. Police said the murder happened at about 3:57 a.m. near the corner of 76th Street…
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Queens teen stabbed in neck across from court house: cops
Oct. 16, 2023 By Mac Sorensen
Police in Queens are looking for the suspect who stabbed a 17-year-old boy steps away from a court house on Monday morning.
Teenager stabbed in Far Rockaway after verbal dispute turns violent: NYPD
Sep. 29, 2023 By Bill Parry A teenager was stabbed in broad daylight in Far Rockaway on Sept. 11 — and authorities say his attacker remains at large. Police from the 101st Precinct in Far Rockaway report that the assault occurred just before 4 p.m., when the 17-year-old boy got into an argument with a…
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