Mar. 23, 2024 By Zach Gewelb
Police are investigating Friday afternoon’s double shooting in Queens as a potential murder-suicide, according to authorities.
Cops investigating double shooting in Queens as possible murder-suicide
Tag: 103rd-precinct
Bomb threat forces lockdown at York College and Queens College, NYPD investigating
Feb. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry and Anthony Medina
Two CUNY colleges in Queens were thrust into chaos Thursday afternoon as both York College and Queens College campuses received bomb threats.
Crunching the Queens crime numbers: robberies and felony assaults on the rise, reported rapes decline
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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Gunman sought for brandishing firearm, causing panic inside Jamaica subway station: NYPD
Feb. 1, 2024 By Bill Parry
Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica and Transit District 20 are looking for a masked gunman for menacing E train riders on a platform in the Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Avenue-JFK Airport subway station on the afternoon of Tuesday, Jan. 23.
Shoeless man breaks into two St. Albans commercial businesses making off with more than $10K in cash: NYPD
Jan. 30, 2024 By Bill Parry
Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica are looking for a shoeless burglar who targeted two commercial businesses in St. Albans in less than a half hour last week.
Crunching the Queens crime numbers: boroughwide drop in rape and burglaries cases
Jan. 24, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The number of reported rapes and burglaries across Queens both dropped over the last month compared to the same period of time last year, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD Monday. During the 28-day period from Dec. 25 to Jan. 21, the number of reported rapes went down 20% in northern Queens, from 15 reported cases last year to 12 this year. Over the same period of time, burglaries decreased 12.4% in northern Queens, from 169 to 148. The 108th Precinct, which oversees Long Island City, Sunnyside and Woodside, experienced…
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Crunching the Queens crime numbers: robberies and felony assaults on the rise
Jan. 17, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The amount of reported cases of robberies and felony assaults across Queens have each risen over the last month compared to the same period of time a year ago, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD Monday. During the 28-day period from Dec. 18 to Jan. 14, reported robberies have increased 51.3% in northern Queens, from 117 cases the previous year to 177 this year. At the same time, felony assaults are up 29.3% in northern Queens, from 184 to 238. The 110th Precinct, which covers Corona and Elmhurst, experienced the…
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Two teenage boys shot by gunman near Hillside Avenue in Jamaica Hills last week: NYPD
Jan. 16, 2024 By Bill Parry
Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica are still looking for a gunman who shot and wounded two 16-year-old boys in broad daylight during the afternoon of Monday, Jan. 8.
Crunching the Queens crime numbers: large jump in robberies during final month of 2023
Jan. 3, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The number of robberies spiked across Queens over the final month of 2023 when compared to the same period in 2022, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD on Monday. During the 28-day period from Dec. 4-31, the number of robberies rose 54.2% in northern Queens, from 118 cases in 2022 to 182 in 2023. The most significant increase was seen in the 110th Precinct, which oversees Corona and Elmhurst. Cases there rose from 18 to 52. In southern Queens, there was a 23.6% increase in robberies over the same period…
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Brooklyn man extradited back to Queens for fatal 2022 shooting in Jamaica: NYPD
Dec. 27, 2023 By Bill Parry A convicted rapist from Brooklyn was arrested and charged last week for the 2022 fatal shooting of a Jamaica man who was gunned down while sitting in his car on Sutphin Boulevard. Kenyon Nesbitt, 44, of Sutter Avenue in the Brownsville section of the borough, was booked on Dec….
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