Feb. 7, 2025 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury indicted a Flushing woman and her friend from the Bronx for various crimes related to the August 2024 hit-and-run death of 56-year-old David Opiela, two blocks from his Queensboro Hill home. Jamie Ferreira, 37, of 98th Street, was allegedly behind the wheel of a…
Feb. 4, 2025 By Bill Parry The body of a man in his 20s or 30s was discovered in the grass along the Clearview Expressway in Queens Village on Tuesday morning. The body was spotted just before 9 a.m. near the tree line by a motorist who pulled over on the shoulder of the…
Dec. 18, 2024 By Bill Parry A South Ozone Park man is facing up to 80 years in prison after a jury in Queens Supreme Court convicted him on Monday for shooting at NYPD police officers during an armed standoff at his home. Marco Mosquera, 46, has been found guilty of attempted murder, attempted…
Dec. 9, 2024 By Bill Parry Queens Village resident Hassan Dees was sentenced in Queens Supreme Court on Friday to 24 years in prison for the fatal shooting of his friend after the two men argued over an unpaid debt a day after Christmas in 2021. Dees, 35, of 212th Street, pleaded guilty last…
Dec. 2, 2024 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury indicted a Jamaica woman for first-degree murder and arson for deliberately setting a fire in a detached garage that killed her ex-boyfriend and another woman in a fit of jealous rage on the morning of Saturday, Nov. 2. Aliya Fakhri, 43, was arraigned in…
Nov. 22, 2024 By bparry
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Nov. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry
Nov. 13, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica are looking for a gunman who shot a teenager in broad daylight on Thursday, Nov. 7 and remains at large. The shooting went down just after 3:30 p.m. near the intersection of Archer Avenue and 153rd Street in Downtown Jamaica, a…
Oct. 18, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 106th Precinct in Ozone Park are looking for a cyclist who accosted a 21-year-old woman as she walked at night near the intersection of Cross Bay Boulevard and Liberty Avenue. The incident occurred just after midnight on Monday, Oct. 7, as the stranger rode up…
May. 12, 2023 By Bill Parry An Auburndale man was arrested May 11 and charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Jamaica man last summer. Damion Howell, 39, of 194th Street, was taken into custody at the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica, nine months after he allegedly gunned down 29-year-old Julian Askew, who lived…
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May. 3, 2023 By Bill Parry
An E train rider was attacked on the platform at a Jamaica subway station early Saturday morning.