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…
Nov. 22, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_85198" align="aligncenter" width="680"] A Jackson Heights woman is accused of forcing a transgender woman to prostitute herself along Roosevelt Avenue and later threatening her with a knife when she wanted out. Queens Post file photo[/caption]
Nov. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry
Oct. 16, 2024 By Bill Parry A former FBI agent from Queens Village is criminally charged with possessing an arsenal of illegal ghost guns and a stockpile of ammunition after law enforcement raided his home and a storage unit in Port Washington, L.I. Scott Chiang, 53, was arraigned Friday in Queens Criminal Court on…
Oct. 3, 2024 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz introduced one of the newest members of her team on Wednesday as part of her office’s public information campaign during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Kimi, a 2-year-old golden retriever/Labrador retriever, has been appointed as a facility dog to provide comfort and companionship to…
May. 13, 2023 By Councilman Shekar Krishnan Melinda Katz and I haven’t always seen eye to eye. In the contentious 2019 Democratic primary election for Queens District Attorney, I publicly supported Tiffany Cabán, the public defender candidate, over Katz, then the borough president. After Katz won and took office, I opposed her prosecution of a…
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Feb. 1, 2023 By Michael Dorgan The Community Council for the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills and Rego Park held a virtual meeting with the NYPD last month where residents were updated on local crime and were advised to be vigilant about scammers seeking to solicit money. The monthly meeting — which aims to bring… Read more »