Jun. 19, 2025 By Bill Parry A Southeast Queens man was sentenced to a decade in prison for a hate crime for punching out a Sikh man following a 2023 fender bender in Kew Gardens. The victim suffered a head injury and died five days later. Gilbert Augustin, 32, of 111th Avenue in Jamaica,…
Apr. 25, 2025 By Bill Parry An off-duty NYPD cop from Briarwood was arrested on Thursday morning and booked at the 102nd Precinct in South Ozone Park for allegedly sending sexually explicit content via an online app to an undercover officer posing online as a 14-year-old girl. Police Officer Travis DeSouza, 35, of Van…
Apr. 1, 2025 By Bill Parry Two Queens contractors were arrested by officers from the Port Authority Police Department on Saturday for allegedly stealing copper wire from a warehouse at JFK Airport. Anildat Arnold, 46, of 114th Street in South Ozone Park, and Vejai Ramsarup, 54, of 214th Street in Queens Village, were separately…
Mar. 24, 2025 By Ethan Marshall and Ramy Mahmoud Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz recently held her annual Women’s History Month celebration on Wednesday, March 19, in the Benjamin S. Rosenthal Building at Queens College, located at 65-30 Kissena Blvd. in Flushing. Co-sponsored by Queens College, the Queens County Women’s Bar Association and the Center for…
Feb. 13, 2025 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_29432" align="aligncenter" width="700"] An FDNY EMT was indicted for the fatal shooting of a Rosedale man during a robbery in Astoria in April 2021.File Photo: Michael Dorgan, Queens Post[/caption]
Feb. 13, 2025 By Bill Parry
Feb. 11, 2025 By Bill Parry A Southeast Queens gang leader was found guilty of murder in the second degree for the death of a 22-year-old Bronx man during a broad daylight shooting in Rufus King Park in Jamaica in October 2020 during a marijuana deal gone wrong. Chance Goode, 22, of Dillon Street…
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…
Jan. 30, 2025 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury indicted a married couple from Jamaica Estates for abusing nine infants and toddlers at the daycare center they operated in the home on 188th Street near Midland Parkway, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Thursday. Ilya Davydov, 48, and Ksenia Davydov, 41, promised…
Jan. 27, 2025 By Bill Parry South Ozone Park resident Marco Mosquera was sentenced by Queens Supreme Court on Friday to 34 years in prison for shooting at police during an armed standoff at his home in September 2021. Mosquera, 46, was convicted by a jury in December of attempted murder and other charges…
Jan. 16, 2025 By Bill Parry Two New Jersey men were criminally charged for participating in an international stolen merchandise ring based in Kew Gardens Hills and diverting products meant for large-scale beauty retailers, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Wednesday. Leudy Marte, 28, of Perth Amboy, and Wilton Pena de Dios, 28, of…