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Star, the abandoned Pitbull’s heartbreaking story ignites outcry and push for animal cruelty reforms
Star, the abandoned Pitbull’s heartbreaking story ignites outcry and push for animal cruelty reforms

Oct. 15, 2024 By Athena Dawson

The Paul A. Vallone Queens Animal Care Center (ACC) euthanized an abandoned pitbull Tuesday afternoon after it was discovered that the approximately eight-year-old dog was suffering from advanced Stage 4 mammary cancer. 

Star was found tied to a tree with severe open chest wounds near The Shops at Atlas Park in Glendale early Tuesday morning.  Marilyn Kativjo, who works at the Shops At Atlas Mall and a local cat rescue, said she found Star around 9:15 a.m.  

Kativjo said it was heartbreaking to find Star shivering and in pain. “I saw she was bleeding and very raw, and she couldn’t even stand up. We had to cover her with blankets and give her some food. She was in bad condition; it looked like she had puppies recently,” Kativjo said. Star had a significant infection from the harness, which had to be cut off as it was embedded into her skin.

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Richmond Hill man charged with attempted kidnapping after mother foils abduction of 2-year-old daughter: NYPD

A Richmond Hill man was arrested and charged with attempted kidnapping after he allegedly tried to abduct a 2-year-old girl at knifepoint in broad daylight at a laundromat around the corner from his home on 109th Street on Thursday, Oct. 10.

Peter Vonderhofen, 32, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court the following day on a complaint charging him with attempted kidnapping in the second degree, menacing, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of a weapon.

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Two robbers sought for targeting a Hillside Avenue cell phone store in Jamaica Hills: NYPD

Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica are still looking for two masked men who robbed a cell phone store of cash and merchandise late last month.

The suspect entered the storefront at 159-08 Hillside Avenue in Jamaica Hills at around 8 p.m. on the night of Wednesday, Sept. 25, and approached a 23-year-old woman behind the counter and threatened to harm her if she tried to intervene, police said. They proceeded to remove several iPhones and cash from the register before leaving the store. They were last seen running off northbound on Parsons Boulevard toward Hillcrest High School.

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Sleeping man at Jamaica subway station beaten, slashed and robbed last week: NYPD

Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows and Transit District 20 are looking for two young men who beat, slashed and robbed a 42-year-old man on Hillside Avenue in broad daylight last week.

The victim’s ordeal began when he was sleeping on a bench inside the Sutphin Boulevard F train station just after 2 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10, when he was awakened by the two suspects who punched him in the head and then forcibly removed his cell phone valued at approximately $500, police said Monday. The man tried to escape his attackers, but they followed him out of the station and again confronted him on the street at the northwest corner of 144th Street and Hillside Avenue.

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Jamaica school evacuated after a high pressure gas main ruptured nearby: FDNY

Students, faculty and staff at an elementary school in Jamaica were evacuated on Friday morning after a gas leak was detected nearby, officials said. The FDNY received a call just before 9 a.m. of a ruptured high-pressure gas main near P.S. 95 Eastwood, located on 179th Place between Hillside Avenue and Hillside Avenue.

“Out of an abundance of caution, this school is being evacuated to a nearby building due to an outside gas leak, off school property,” Department of Education spokeswoman Jenna Lyle said. “The school has communicated with families, FDNY is responding, and all students and staff are safe.”

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NYPD School Safety Agent busted for threatening daughter with machete in St. Albans home: NYPD

An off-duty NYPD School Safety Agent was arrested and booked at the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica late last month after officers responded to a domestic dispute call at her St. Albans home.

Janet Williams, 54, of Elmira Avenue, was taken into custody on the evening of Monday, Sept. 30, and arraigned in Queens Criminal Court two days later on a criminal complaint charging her with menacing, criminal mischief, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of a weapon.

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