Mar. 13, 2025 By Bill Parry The habitual criminal from Brooklyn who was busted on Friday, March 7, for slugging a pregnant woman in the face while she rode a J train in Jamaica last month was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Saturday. Christopher Benitez, 33, of Throop Avenue in Williamsburg, was criminally…
March 13, 2025 By Bill Parry As the sun set over Astoria Park on Sunday evening, casting long shadows across the soccer field, an unexpected intruder wrecked the bucolic scene. A 17-year-old on a scooter sped across the pitch and onto the surrounding running track, colliding with a 63-year-old man. Before he could flee, parkgoers… Read more »
Feb. 14, 2025 By Bill Parry A Venezuelan man who was living in the migrant shelter on Randall’s Island is now on Rikers Island after he was arrested last month and criminally charged with attempted murder for shooting an Astoria business owner during an armed robbery with his accomplice from Long Island in November. Elier… Read more »
Dec. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury indicted an East Elmhurst man in connection to a July 4th fatal collision at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Yersson Diaz, 27, of Ericsson Street just south of LaGuardia Airport, appeared at Queens Criminal Court for a summons on Tuesday and was taken into custody,…
Nov. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry A Southeast Queens FDNY emergency medical technician is criminally charged with attempted murder and other crimes for the unprovoked shooting of a 36-year-old man on Steinway Street in Astoria in late August, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Thursday. Isaiah Keller, 26, of 147th Street in Jamaica, was… Read more »
Oct. 30, 2024 By Bill Parry A former PTA president at an Astoria elementary school is accused of stealing more than $41,000 from the organization to pay for personal trips and make purchases at wine stores, smoke shops, and nail salons. Athena Gonzalez, 33, of Greenvale, LI, was arraigned Tuesday night in Queens Criminal Court… Read more »