Mar. 21, 2025 By Bill Parry A TV actor from Rego Park was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Friday after he was found guilty of murdering a man during a 2021 ambush in St. Albans. Isaiah Stokes, 45, of 62nd Road, was convicted on March 7 of murder in the…
Mar. 21, 2025 By bparry March 21, 2025 By Bill Parry A teenager is being held without bail after he was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on Thursday in connection to a fatal stabbing of a youngster outside a Sunnyside McDonald’s last month. The 16-year-old was indicted by a Queens grand jury and charged…
Mar. 19, 2025 By Bill Parry Four men—two from southeast Queens, one from Long Island, and another from New Jersey—along with three companies, have been indicted by a Queens grand jury for allegedly orchestrating a deed fraud scheme that led to the theft of homes in Kew Gardens Hills, Jamaica Estates, and Queens Village.…
Mar. 11, 2025 By Bill Parry A Richmond Hill man was indicted by a Queens grand jury for the attempted murder of his 8-year-old stepson nearly a year ago. Davien Reid Sr., 43, of 88th Avenue, was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on Friday on the indictment charging him with attempted murder in the…
Mar. 10, 2025 By Bill Parry A TV actor from Rego Park is facing 25 years to life in prison after he was convicted of murder by a jury following a two-week trial in Queens Supreme Court on Friday. Isaiah Stokes, 45, of 62nd Road, was found guilty of the fatal 2021 ambush shooting…
Mar. 10, 2025 By Bill Parry A Kew Gardens Hills woman is criminally charged for scamming senior citizens out of their life savings in a nationwide elder fraud scheme, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Friday. Lisa Rossopoulos, 59, of Park Drive East, was arraigned Thursday in Queens Criminal Court on two counts of…
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…
Feb. 21, 2025 By Bill Parry A Long Island man is facing two decades in prison after he admitted he crossed into Queens multiple times during the summer of 2022 to commit a “sadistic crime spree,” according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. Gil Iphael, 25, of Copiague Street in Valley Stream, pleaded guilty…
Jan. 27, 2025 By Bill Parry A Flushing ketamine trafficking operation was dismantled after a Queens grand jury indicted four individuals on conspiracy, drug trafficking, and other charges following a long-term investigation into a narcotics organization based in Jamaica. The 16-month probe, dubbed “Operation Frostbite,” included a series of undercover drug buys and the…
Jan. 17, 2025 By Bill Parry A Kew Gardens Hills woman is criminally charged with murder for allegedly killing her building superintendent, who was trying to collect tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid rent on behalf of the landlord, inside her apartment Tuesday. She is accused of beating the super to death with…