Sep. 9, 2024 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury indicted a Jamaica man for the fatal drive-by shooting of a rapper outside a Woodhaven pub in 2018. Johnathan Rice, 43, of 178th Street, was arraigned on Friday on an indictment charging him with murder in the second degree for allegedly gunning down 35-year-old…
Aug. 28, 2024 By Bill Parry A West Virginia man pleaded guilty in Brooklyn federal court on Friday to murder while engaged in narcotics trafficking for his role in the 1991 murder of Oscar Flow in Springfield Gardens. As part of his plea, 60-year-old Jerome “Sha” Jones also admitted to his role in the…
Aug. 28, 2024 By Bill Parry A Jamaica man was indicted by a Queens grand jury on murder and other charges for beating a 39-year-old neighbor to death with a chair last month. Rahmel Tedder, 30, of 175th St., was arraigned Tuesday in Queens Supreme Court on a five-count indictment charging him with murder,…
Aug. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry A Richmond Hill man was arrested on Tuesday night and criminally charged with murder for beating his aunt to death with a broom at her South Jamaica home earlier that day. Alexander Fleming, 29, of 91st Street, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Wednesday night on a…
Aug. 6, 2024 By Bill Parry A Jamaica man was beaten to death by a neighbor after a verbal dispute escalated into violence. Michael Tobon, 39, of 179th Street, was bludgeoned to death after being struck multiple times in his body and head with a chair during a dispute on Friday, July 26, police…
Jul. 26, 2024 By Bill Parry A southeast Queens man who is currently serving 18 years in prison on an attempted murder conviction was indicted by a Queens grand jury on murder charges after his victim died earlier this year. Jeffrey Thurston, 31, of 220th Street in Laurelton, was arraigned July 25 before Queens…
Jul. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry A South Ozone Park man was indicted by a Queens grand jury in the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old celebrating his 24th birthday in 2022. Curtis Benjamin, 27, of 113th Street, was arraigned Thursday in Queens Supreme Court on a 14-count indictment charging him with murder, attempted murder…
Jul. 11, 2024 By Bill Parry
Homicide detectives out of the 113th Precinct in Jamaica re-released video of a suspect wanted in connection to a heinous murder of a mother in South Jamaica back in 2021, hoping to catch a break in the investigation before it becomes a cold case in December.
Jun. 28, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Queens grand jury indicted the son of rapper Remy Ma and another man for a 2021 murder-for-hire of a reputed Astoria drug kingpin in South Jamaica.
Jun. 27, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Queens Village man was criminally charged with murder in the second degree for stabbing a Springfield Gardens man to death in a Jamaica bodega on Saturday night.