Dec. 16, 2024 By Bill Parry A woman was shot to death and a man was wounded by an intruder at her home in College Point early Monday morning. Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing responded to a 911 call of shots fired at 119-01 14th Rd. at 1:15 a.m., where they found…
Dec. 5, 2024 By Colum Motherway Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz and the NYPD have announced the indictment of 11 alleged members after a three-and-a-half-year investigation, entitled ‘Operation: Deadliest Catch,’ into gang violence in Southeast Queens. The alleged members are from the ‘Whole Blocc Boys’ (WBB) and ‘Score On Anything’ (SOA) – two subsets…
Nov. 18, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria are looking for three teenagers who robbed a man at knifepoint in September and remain at large. On the night of Sunday, Sept. 1, the 30-year-old victim was inside an apartment building along the Astoria Houses waterfront in the vicinity of 1st… Read more »
Nov. 13, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_84490" align="aligncenter" width="680"] A Sunnyside man was arrested for allegedly raping an 18-year-old woman in Flushing Meadows Corona Park during the morning of Friday, Nov. 8. Photo via Getty Images[/caption]
Nov. 13, 2024 By Bill Parry
Oct. 29, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_67325" align="aligncenter" width="700"] N train rider was beaten by bat-swinging panhandler at Queensboro Plaza on Sunday night after he refused to give him cash. File Photo by Michael Dorgan[/caption]
Oct. 29, 2024 By Bill Parry
Oct. 23, 2024 By Bill Parry An Astoria woman was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver who was trying to elude capture during a police chase that began in Dutch Kills on Tuesday night. Police from the 114th Precinct were in pursuit of three suspects in a black Dodge Ram pickup truck that matched… Read more »
Oct. 16, 2024 By sobrien Oct. 16, 2024 By Shane O’Brien A Woodside bar owner was left in a coma for four days after being brutally attacked by three assailants while walking along 48th Avenue in broad daylight last month. Jason Spratt, who has owned the Jar Bar at 45-06 48th Ave. for the past… Read more »