Jul. 31, 2023 By Bill Parry Crime scene investigators are working to determine how a woman was killed in her South Jamaica Houses apartment building early Monday morning. Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica and Public Service Area 9 in Flushing responded to a 911 call just after 1 a.m. on July 31 after…
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Jul. 27, 2023 By Bill Parry
Police from the 113th Precinct in Jamaica are looking for a suspect who allegedly groped a woman in broad daylight near Baisley Pond Park during the 4th of July long weekend.
Jul. 26, 2023 By Bill Parry An Edgemere man admitted he gunned down a 22-year-old Bronx man during a marijuana deal gone bad inside Rufus King Park in Jamaica in October 2020. Torren King, 20, of Beach 47th Street, pleaded guilty on July 25 in Queens Supreme Court to manslaughter in the first degree, Queens…
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Jul. 26, 2023 By Bill Parry An upstate man pleaded guilty in Queens Supreme Court to manslaughter for killing the 26-year-old mother of his two children in November 2020 and stuffing her remains in the trunk of a car that was discovered months later in South Jamaica. Kareem Flake, 31, of Troy, New York, who…
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Jul. 25, 2023 By Ethan Marshall Former NYPD Detective Michael Sapraicone, a Richmond Hill native and current Long Island resident, on July 24 announced his candidacy for the 3rd Congressional District seat in the 2024 election. Sapraicone hopes to secure the Republican nomination and replace controversial Congressman George Santos. Sapraicone said he was inspired to…
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Jul. 24, 2023 By John Schilling When 29-year-old Jeremy Rivera stood before a judge in Queens County Court on Aug. 8, 2016, he was sentenced to two years in Gouverneur Correctional Facility in Upstate New York for a non-violent crime: possession of a controlled substance in the third degree. Prior to his arrest, Rivera was…
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Jul. 24, 2023 By Bill Parry For more than half a decade, unsightly sidewalk construction shed and scaffolding have created an eyesore around the Queens County Supreme Court building on Sutphin Boulevard in Jamaica. On Monday, Mayor Eric Adams announced a pilot that will remove the structure and replace it with safety netting as part…
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Jul. 20, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage, New York City’s beloved outdoor performing arts festival, is bringing two free concerts to Flushing Meadows Corona Park this weekend. On Saturday, July 22, at 6 p.m. Queens Live! Kool & The Gang will return to the SummerStage with Mobb Deep Havoc featuring…
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Jul. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry Few in Queens will forget when the borough was known as the “epicenter of the epicenter” during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when the only sounds coming from the streets were the sirens and gunned engines of FDNY EMS ambulances rushing the stricken to Elmhurst Hospital and other…
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Jul. 19, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed Eastern Queens elected officials and community leaders are denouncing the city’s plan to create a large-scale tent facility to house an influx of migrants on the grounds of the old Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens Village. In a show of bipartisan support, Councilwoman Linda Lee joined Councilwoman Vickie Paladino,…
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