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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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.
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.
Prosecutors charge 7 individuals in disturbing Queens kidnapping: DA
Jan. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry
A federal grand jury in Brooklyn indicted a Jamaica couple and five of their accomplices, all from the Bangladeshi community in Queens, for two alleged kidnappings in Jamaica and Woodside last year.
Southeast Queens man sentenced for killing cop in high-speed drunken crash in St. Albans: DA
Jan. 11, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Springfield Gardens man was sentenced Thursday in Queens Supreme Court to up to 12 years in prison for killing an off-duty NYPD cop when he sped through a stop sign while drunk in 2020.
Long Islander charged in fatal Queens Village hit-and-run near UBS Arena last month: NYPD
Jan. 11, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Long Island man was arrested Wednesday on multiple charges in relation to a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian in Queens Village near UBS Arena last month.
Crunching the Queens crime numbers: vehicle thefts continue to increase
Jan. 10, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The number of reported cases of vehicle thefts rose across Queens over the last month compared to the same period a year ago, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD on Monday. During the 28-day period from Dec. 11 to Jan. 7, the number of vehicle…
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AG’s office opens investigation into MTA police-involved fatal shooting near Jamaica LIRR station
Jan. 3, 2024 By Bill Parry
The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) has launched a probe into the shooting of 52-year-old Basche McDaniel of Manhattan who was killed during an encounter with MTA Police officers a block away from the Jamaica LIRR/AirTrain station on the night of Friday, Dec. 29.
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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Man drops gun on MTA bus in Queens, bullet flies nearly hitting 10 passengers: NYPD
Dec. 29, 2023 By Bill Parry Police are looking for a man who dropped a firearm on an MTA bus in Jamaica earlier this month that caused a bullet to fly that almost hit several passengers. The suspect was seated on board a Q43 bus in the vicinity of Sutphin Boulevard and Hillside Avenue on…
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