Sep. 7, 2023 By Bill Parry A Laurelton man was sentenced in Queens Supreme Court on Sept. 7 to seven years in prison for stabbing a motorist in a dispute over a parking space in 2021. Anthony Thomas, 60, of Mentone Avenue, had previously pleaded guilty to assault in the first degree on May 10,…
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Jamaica man indicted on attempted murder, rape charges in rooftop attack: DA
Aug. 29, 2023 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury indicted Jerson Vasquez on attempted murder, rape and other charges for allegedly arranging to meet a woman for paid sex and then beating her and then robbing her in Jamaica, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Aug. 29. Vasquez, 23, of 170th Street in…
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Two Queens men charged with possessing stockpile of illegal firearms, ammo in Jamaica: DA
Aug. 29, 2023 By Bill Parry Two Jamaica men were criminally charged with possessing an arsenal of illegal weapons and stockpiles of ammunition, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Tuesday morning. The co-defendants were arrested last week after law enforcement agencies executed search warrants at their homes and other locations, where they found a dozen…
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Jamaica man arraigned in ‘brutal’ rooftop rape, assault of woman: DA
Aug. 17, 2023 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz moved quickly to bring criminal charges against an alleged sexual predator from Jamaica in connection with a brutal rooftop rape earlier this week. Jerson Vasquez, 23, of 170th Street, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Aug. 16 on charges of rape in the…
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Queens DA Katz expanding initiative to combat retail theft across borough after successful pilot in three precincts
Aug. 15, 2023 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz and the NYPD announced the borough-wide expansion of her Merchants Business Improvement Program on Aug. 15. Piloted in Jamaica, Flushing and Astoria last spring, the initiative combats repeat shoplifting and the harassment and threatening of customers and store staff by a handful of repeat…
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Bronx man arraigned on murder charge in fatal shooting of Richmond Hill smoke shop employee: DA
Aug. 8, 2023 By Anthony Medina A Bronx man is facing up to 25 years to life in prison after being charged with murder, robbery and criminal possession of a weapon in the robbery of a Richmond Hill smoke shop in which a 20-year-old employee was fatally shot in March, according to the Queens District…
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Jamaica woman gets 10-year sentence for trafficking illegal firearms using the ‘Iron Pipeline’ to Queens: DA
Aug. 8, 2023 By Bill Parry A Jamaica woman was sentenced on Aug. 7 to a decade in prison for being the ringleader of a gang that sold illegal guns and ammunition brought to Queens from the south along the notorious “Iron Pipeline” via Interstate 95, according to the Queens District Attorney’s Office. Jessica Heylinger,…
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Edgemere man pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2020 fatal shooting in Rufus King Park: DA
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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Brooklyn man faces life in prison for fatal shooting rampage through Richmond Hill: DA
Jul. 19, 2023 By Bill Parry The Brooklyn man who allegedly went on a deadly shooting rampage through the streets of Richmond Hill, firing at random from a scooter and leaving a grandfather dead and two others wounded on July 8, was indicted by a Queens grand jury on July 19 on a 14-count indictment…
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Richmond Hill man indicted on vehicular homicide, DWI charges in deadly collision: DA
Jul. 17, 2023 By Bill Parry