Mar. 26, 2025 By Bill Parry A convicted child rapist from Southeast Queens, who was paroled in January after serving 18 years in prison, is being held without bail after he was criminally charged with sexual abuse for assaulting and threatening to kill a 10-year-old girl he stalked in Woodhaven last week. John Garrison,…
Mar. 4, 2025 By Bill Parry A Southeast Queens gang leader was sentenced to 28 years to life in prison on Monday after he was found guilty of murder in the second degree and other related crimes for the fatal shooting of a Bronx man in broad daylight in October 2020 at an area…
Feb. 25, 2025 By Bill Parry A Southeast Queens man was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for rape, attempted murder, and another charge for the violent sexual assault of a woman in broad daylight on a Jamaica rooftop in August 2023. Jerson Vasquez, 25, of 170th Street in Jamaica, pleaded guilty in…
The Queens County Clerk’s office, nestled in the bottom floor of the magisterial Queens Supreme Courthouse in Jamaica, feels more like a public library than a courtroom. Long counters lined with computer monitors allow visitors to search the clerk’s archive at their own pace. Some of the cold fluorescent overhead lights have been swapped…
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. 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. 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. 17, 2025 By Bill Parry A Manhattan man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison in Queens Supreme Court on Thursday for an execution-style murder of a long-time acquaintance on the Grand Central Parkway in 1990. Kevin Smith, 67, of the Yorkville section on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, was found guilty…
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…