Dec. 4, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The number of reported rapes across southern Queens dropped significantly during the 28-day period from Nov. 4 to Dec. 1, compared to the same period of time last year, according to the latest crime stats from the NYPD. Additionally, grand larcenies continued to trend down across both northern…
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Flushing man gets 25 years to life in prison for ‘incredibly brutal’ murder, sex assault on 29-year-old woman: DA
Dec. 3, 2024 By Bill Parry Flushing resident Quiming Wan was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison in Queens Supreme Court on Tuesday morning for the November 2021 murder and sexual abuse of Jiaomei Zhou, a 29-year-old woman whose battered body he carried from his blood-soaked apartment to the lobby before being…
Suspect sought for allegedly fondling teenage boy, offering money for sex act: NYPD
Police are hunting for an alleged sexual predator who offered a teenage boy cash in Queens on Saturday to perform a sex act, authorities said. According to police sources, the disturbing incident unfolded inside a Flushing barbershop at around 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 16 near 41-47 Kissena Blvd. Cops say a 15-year-old boy was…
Suspect who allegedly groped a woman on Northern Boulevard in Flushing remains at large weeks later: NYPD
Oct. 21, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are still looking for a creep who groped a 34-year-old woman on Northern Boulevard in broad daylight late last month. The incident occurred at around 3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26, when the victim was standing in front of 138-18 Northern…
Former client sentenced for murdering prominent immigration attorney in his Flushing law office: DA
Oct. 3, 2024 By Bill Parry A Flushing woman was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for stabbing her immigration attorney to death in 2022, just days after he dropped her as a client, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Wednesday. Xiaoning Zhang, 27, of Kissena Boulevard, was found guilty by a…
Three masked men sought for snatching gold chains from 7 train rider at Main Street-Flushing subway station: NYPD
Oct. 2, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are looking for a trio of turnstile-jumping, chain-snatching robbers who targeted a 7 train rider at the Main Street subway station late last month. The incident took place on the night of Thursday, Sept. 26, when a 24-year-old man was walking…
Crunching the Queens crime numbers: robberies down across the borough, rapes continue to rise in southern Queens
Oct. 1, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The amount of reported robberies across Queens had substantial decreases during the 28-day period from Sept. 2-29, compared to the same period of time last year, according to the NYPD’s latest crime stats. One notable trend that did continue from the August 2024 crime stats was the increase…
Cambria Heights men indicted for Douglaston home invasion, kidnapping in August: DA
Sep. 27, 2024 By Bill Parry Three Cambria Heights men were indicted by a Queens grand jury for a violent home invasion, burglary and kidnapping in Douglaston during the early morning hours of Saturday, Aug. 17. Jone Smith, 47, and brothers Ryan and Brandon Dash, 39 and 34, respectively, were arraigned in Queens Supreme…
Armed robbers sought for stealing $40K from two young men at the Tangram Mall in Flushing: NYPD
Sep. 25, 2024 By Bill Parry Two young men were robbed at gunpoint inside the Tangram Mall in Flushing last month and the two suspects remain at large. Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing reported that the 21-year-old victim and his friend, a 23-year-old man, entered the mall, located at 133-33 39th Ave.,…
Flushing man indicted for fatally stabbing his wife inside a spa where she worked: DA
Sep. 24, 2024 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury indicted a Flushing man on murder and weapons charges for allegedly stabbing his wife to death in front of horrified customers inside her place of employment at a Kissena Boulevard spa during the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 3. Jiahai Ma, 25, of Cherry Avenue,…