Dec. 11, 2017 By Christian Murray The police are looking for a pickpocket who has allegedly swiped eight women’s wallets or phones in downtown Flushing in the past six weeks. In each case the suspect has bump into an unsuspecting target—typically young women–and then remove their wallet or cellphone, police said. The police have received… Read more »
Dec. 8, 2017 By Christian Murray A Flushing man has been arrested for allegedly smuggling a large quantity of liquor into New York state from New Hampshire with the intent of selling it here. Juncheng Chen, 45, was arrested by investigators with the Tax Department’s Criminal Investigation Division after his vehicle was stopped by New… Read more »
Dec. 4, 2017 By Christian Murray A Korean man who attacked two Chinese women and then robbed them in Flushing last year pleaded guilty Friday to robbery as a hate crime, according to the Queens District Attorney’s office. Key S. Lee, 35, of Hawthorne Avenue, punched the women in the face in two separate incidents… Read more »
Nov. 28, 2017 By Christian Murray Two suspects approached a 59-year-old woman from behind, struck her in the head and fled with her purse while she was unconscious on a Flushing street, police said. The victim was struck in the head on Saturday, Nov. 18 at around 9:30 p.m. in front of 141-30 33rd Ave.,… Read more »
Nov. 28, 2017, By Christian Murray A hit-and-run driver who allegedly left a 71-year-old pedestrian in critical condition while driving drunk in Whitestone last week has been arrested, according to police. Carmine Minichino, a 52-year-old from Corona, struck the victim at around 6:45 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day when he sped through a stop sign while… Read more »
Nov. 27, 2017 By Christian Murray A Flushing man died Friday after losing control of his black minivan and striking a support beam of the LIRR overpass at the intersection of 39th Avenue and Francis Lewis Boulevard, police said. Raymond Connor, 73, from the Murray Hill section of Flushing, was traveling southbound on Francis Lewis… Read more »
Nov. 27, 2017 By Christian Murray A prostitute jumped to her death from a third floor window in Flushing Saturday night while trying to evade police during a sting operation, police said. The woman was working in an apartment building at 135-32 40th Street, near Main Street, at around 7:30 p.m. when she agreed to… Read more »