Jan. 18, 2024 By Bill Parry An R train rider was stabbed during an unprovoked assault near the Queens Plaza subway station in Long Island City last week. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are looking for an unidentified man who approached the 36-year-old victim as he was… Read more »
Jan. 17, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The amount of reported cases of robberies and felony assaults across Queens have each risen over the last month compared to the same period of time a year ago, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD Monday. During the 28-day period from Dec. 18 to Jan. 14, reported robberies have increased 51.3% in northern Queens, from 117 cases the previous year to 177 this year. At the same time, felony assaults are up 29.3% in northern Queens, from 184 to 238. The 110th Precinct, which covers Corona and Elmhurst, experienced the…
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Jan. 15, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_71257" align="alignnone" width="874"] A Maspeth man was charged with murder for a fatal stabbing in Dutch Kills in 2020 after he was arrested for smoking inside a Brooklyn subway station last week. File photo by Lloyd Mitchell[/caption]
Jan. 15, 2024, By Bill Parry
Jan. 10, 2024 By Bill Parry A Brooklyn man was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Monday and charged with attempted murder, assault and other crimes in connection to the Oct. 21 shooting in front of a Long Island City strip club. Jeffrey Almanzar, 29, of 50th Street in Sunset Park, was arrested on the… Read more »
Jan. 4, 2024 By Bill Parry A 7-train rider was assaulted by a group of strangers while he waited on the Flushing-bound platform at the Queensboro Plaza subway station in Long Island City last month. The 31-year-old man was standing alone at around 9:45 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 16 when he was approached by three… Read more »
Dec. 29, 2023 By Bill Parry A Brooklyn teenager was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, petit larceny and other crimes in the gunpoint theft of a French Bulldog from another teen at the NYCHA Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City on Christmas Day. The teenage defendant, of Sheffield Avenue in Brooklyn, allegedly pointed… Read more »
Dec. 11, 2023 By Bill Parry An E train rider’s AirPods were stolen as she waited on a platform at the Queens Plaza subway station in Long Island City last week. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and transit cops are looking for three strangers who approached the woman, 27, as… Read more »
Nov. 8, 2023 By Bill Parry A Staten Island man was criminally charged with grand larceny and other crimes on Nov. 6 for allegedly siphoning $1.4 million from a Long Island City apparel company where he worked as the financial controller, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Nov. 8. Glenn Jakers, of South Railroad… Read more »
Nov. 3, 2023 By Bill Parry A teenager was robbed at knifepoint in broad daylight on Oct. 30 inside the 33rd Street-Rawson Street subway station in Long Island City, according to the NYPD. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City are searching for a stranger who approached the 14-year-old victim just before 8… Read more »
Nov. 2, 2023 By Bill Parry An F train rider was injured during a random attack in the Queens Plaza subway station on Sunday, Oct. 29. Police from the 108th Precinct in Long Island City and Transit District 20 are looking for an unidentified man who approached the 29-year-old victim as he was standing on… Read more »