Sep. 6, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are looking for a strangler who robbed a 63-year-old woman in Queensboro Hill on the night of Thursday, Aug. 29. The victim was walking on a residential block near the intersection of Frame Place and Maple Avenue just before midnight, when…
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Woman robbed while riding subway station escalator in Jackson Heights: NYPD
Aug. 14, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_78777" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Cops are looking for this suspect who reached into a woman’s backpack to steal her cash and property while riding an escalator in the Jackson Heights transit hub. NYPD[/caption]
Aug. 14, 2024 By Bill Parry
Two sought for body-slamming woman, snatching her handbag full of cash in Flushing: NYPD
Jul. 25, 2024 By Bill Parry A 56-year-old woman was bull-rushed by two robbers who allegedly slammed her to the sidewalk and snatched her pricey designer handbag that was packed with thousands of dollars in Flushing more than two weeks ago, according to authorities. On the night of Tuesday, July 9, police from the…
Armed robber sought in attempted heist of $20K from elusive victim in Murray Hill: NYPD
Jul. 9, 2024 By Bill Parry
Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing are on the hunt for an armed robber who was foiled by a quick-thinking victim during the early hours of Friday, July 5.
Venezuelan migrant awaiting arraignment for allegedly wounding two cops in East Elmhurst early Monday morning
Jun. 4, 2024 By Bill Parry A Venezuelan migrant is expected to be arraigned Wednesday morning for his alleged involvement in a shootout with police in East Elmhurst during the early morning hours of Monday, June 3. He will be criminally charged from his hospital bed at New York-Presbyterian where he is currently recovering from…
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Armed robbers struck twice in Queens before buying beer with stolen credit cards in Brooklyn: NYPD
Apr. 5, 2024 By Bill Parry
The NYPD is looking for a trio of armed robbers who, in less than two hours, targeted two men across two Queens precincts last month. Following their spree in Queens, the suspects fled to Brooklyn, where they were reported to have bought a case of Corona beer using credit cards stolen during the robberies.
Man sought for knifepoint robbery at a 24 hour bodega in Corona: NYPD
Mar. 11, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_72243" align="alignnone" width="299"] Cops are looking for this suspect who allegedly robbed a worker at knifepoint in a corner bodega in Corona on Tuesday morning. Photo courtesy of the NYPD[/caption]
Mar. 11, 2024 By Bill Parry
3 men sought for armed robbery in East Elmhurst home invasion near LaGuardia Airport: NYPD
Feb. 29, 2024 By Bill Parry
The NYPD is looking for three men who allegedly robbed an East Elmhurst man of tens of thousands of dollars during a home invasion early Monday morning.
Crunching the Queens crime numbers: robberies and felony assaults on the rise, reported rapes decline
Feb. 6, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The number of reported robbery and felony assault cases across Queens climbed for the 28-day period ending Feb. 4—compared to the same period last year— while the number of reported rapes dropped, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD Monday. During the 28-day period from Jan. 8 through Feb. 4, the number of felony assaults increased 11.5% in northern Queens, from 174 reported cases in 2023 to 194 this year. Over the same period of time, robberies in northern Queens went up 12.6%, from 143 to 161. Reported rapes declined 25%,…
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Astoria man, Chinese national, busted by FBI for a 2023 shooting and robbery at Flushing gambling joint: Feds
Feb. 5, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_71611" align="alignnone" width="874"] An Astoria man was criminally charged in Brooklyn federal court along with a Chinese national for a bloody armed heist at an illegal Flushing gambling den in July that left one man wounded. QNS/File photo[/caption]
Feb. 5, 2024 By Bill Parry