Sep. 17, 2025 By Ethan Marshall United States Rep. Tom Suozzi honored 12 police officers from precincts within the 3rd Congressional District, including seven from Queens precincts, for showing exemplary heroism in the line of duty during his fifth annual “Hometown Heroes” event on Friday, Sept. 12, outside the Glen Cove Police Department. Suozzi…
Aug. 15, 2025 By Bill Parry Shots were fired on the Long Island Expressway during a carjacking in Douglaston early Friday morning. Police say two men were traveling eastbound in a white BMW X6 approaching the Cross Island Parkway exit at around 3:47 a.m. when they were rammed from behind by a silver Porsche.…
Aug. 5, 2025 By Bill Parry A Bayside woman was robbed during a home invasion by two masked men in the confines of the 111th Precinct on the night of Sunday, Aug. 3. The victim was inside a residence at 204-20 46th Ave., just west of the Clearview Expressway, when two heavy-set men approached…
Jul. 31, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 111th Precinct in Bayside are looking for three men who allegedly mugged an older woman in broad daylight as she walked along a residential block in Douglaston in mid-July. Police say the 68-year-old victim was in front of 249-31 Thebes Avenue at around 5 p.m.…
Jul. 25, 2025 By Bill Parry A Bronx man was convicted by a jury of attempted assault for shooting at an off-duty NYPD detective in a 2023 fit of road rage on the Long Island Expressway in Oakland Gardens. Alexis Morillo, 41, of Hammersley Avenue in Pelham Gardens, was found guilty on July 23…
Jul. 22, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from three Queens precincts are looking for a group of moped-riding robbers who targeted three other riders in three different neighborhoods within an hour during a mobile crime spree in one night in June. Police say the group of riders struck first in the confines of the…
May. 13, 2025 By Shane O’Brien A pair of animal welfare non-profits rescued more than 40 dogs and puppies from a filthy and overcrowded Queens apartment last week, with several dogs found crammed behind furniture and hidden in cabinets. Representatives from Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC) and the American Society for the Prevention…
Mar. 28, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are looking for two burglars who slipped into a parking garage at a Briarwood co-op building during the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 25, and drove off with a Mercedes-Benz luxury sedan. Once inside the indoor car park at…
Feb. 18, 2025 By Bill Parry A Bay Terrace man turned himself in at the 111th Precinct in Bayside after a Queens grand jury indicted him in connection to a fatal hit-and-run crash on the Whitestone Expressway that killed an MTA supervisor from Jackson Heights in February 2024. James Vennitti, 63, of Darren Drive,…
Feb. 7, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Reported rapes across both northern and southern Queens are on the rise during the 28-day period ending on Feb. 2, compared to the same period of time the previous year. However, robberies and grand larcenies have undergone significant declines across both northern and southern Queens. Northern and southern…