Sep. 17, 2025 By Bill Parry One of the five civilians rescued by the FDNY from a 2-alarm house fire in College Point on Friday morning was arrested later in the day for allegedly starting the blaze in his first-floor apartment. Jonathan Mejia, 33, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16…
Sep. 17, 2025 By Ethan Marshall United States Rep. Tom Suozzi honored 12 police officers from precincts within the 3rd Congressional District, including seven from Queens precincts, for showing exemplary heroism in the line of duty during his fifth annual “Hometown Heroes” event on Friday, Sept. 12, outside the Glen Cove Police Department. Suozzi…
Sep. 16, 2025 By Athena Dawson The 109th Precinct Council honored the June and July Cops of the Month at its community council meeting on Wednesday, Sept 10. Community members packed Bowne Street Community Church to hear public safety updates from Inspector Kevin Coleman and have their sanitation-related questions answered by a DSNY representative. …
Sep. 12, 2025 By Bill Parry FDNY fire marshals and the NYPD are investigating a two-alarm house fire in College Point on Friday morning that injured five residents. The FDNY received a call just after 6:20 a.m. on Sept. 12 of a fire in a two-story private home at 15-11 124th St., and arriving…
Sep. 5, 2025 By Bill Parry A Whitestone motorcyclist was killed after a collision with the driver of a Mini Cooper on Thursday, Sept. 4, according to the NYPD. Police say 21-year-old James Korakis, of 9th Avenue in Whitestone, was riding a BMW motorcycle northbound on the Cross Island Parkway service road near 157th…
Aug. 22, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are still looking for a heartless purse snatcher who allegedly injured an elderly woman during a robbery last month. Police say the 75-year-old victim was walking in front of an apartment building at 134-38 Maple Ave. near Main Street at 9:40…
Aug. 13, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are looking for a burglar who targeted a half dozen commercial establishments, stealing more than $15,000 in cash, during a one-man crime spree that began in early May. According to the NYPD, on the morning of Friday, May 2, the suspect…
Aug. 12, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Assembly Member Sam Berger announced $200,000 in capital funding for the NYPD’s 109th Precinct during the precinct’s National Night Out event at Bowne Playground last week. The funding will go toward the purchase of new vehicles and essential public safety equipment, which Berger said will strengthen public safety…
Jul. 29, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are looking for an alleged groper who targeted another man as he sat aboard a Q98 MTA bus in broad daylight during the afternoon of Saturday, July 27. Police say the 20-year-old man was riding in the bus as it approached…
Jul. 15, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are looking for a suspect who allegedly robbed a Whitestone cell phone store last month. Police say the perpetrator entered the shop at 150-11 14th Ave. on the night of Sunday, June 22, and immediately began to argue with the 59-year-old…