Aug. 30, 2024 By Bill Parry A manhunt is underway in southeast Queens for a sexual predator who allegedly kidnapped a 9-year-old girl at a Queens Village supermarket while she was grocery shopping with her grandmother on Thursday evening. The abduction occurred inside the Key Food at 213-22 Jamaica Ave. just after 7:20 p.m.,…
Aug. 27, 2024 By Bill Parry The future is now for drone technology as a crime-fighting tool for the NYPD; Mayor Eric Adams declared days after the gadgets were used in a successful hostage rescue during a violent home invasion in Douglaston during the early morning hours of Saturday, Aug. 17. The mechanical “eyes…
Aug. 26, 2024 By Bill Parry The NYPD is investigating two separate fatal collisions that took place in Queens during the evening of Friday, Aug. 23 . The first fatal crash occurred in the confines of the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows just after 6:30 p.m. near the intersection of 184th Street and 73rd…
Aug. 19, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan Two days after a family was held hostage during a home invasion in Douglaston, city officials gathered outside local Council Member Vickie Paldino’s office on Monday afternoon to applaud the NYPD’s efficient response. Officials from the NYPD shared details about how the operation, which was compared to something…
Aug. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry Three Cambria Heights men have been criminally charged in connection to a terrifying home invasion in Douglaston during the early morning hours of Saturday, Aug. 17, in which they allegedly held eight people, including three children, hostage during a robbery. Brandon Dash, 39, and his brother Ryan Dash,…
Aug. 15, 2024 By bparry Aug. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry A recidivist animal abuser and hoarder from Jackson Heights was indicted by a Queens grand jury after dozens of dogs and cats were rescued from deplorable conditions from her home on 82nd Street in May. Elizabeth Grant, 56, was arraigned Wednesday in Queens Supreme… Read more »
Aug. 8, 2024 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz petitioned the court on Thursday to vacate the convictions of 46 defendants whose cases involved NYPD Detective James Donovan, who was convicted of perjury last year. The disgraced detective, who was assigned to the Warrant Squad at the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica, pleaded…
Aug. 8, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The NYPD and FDNY will once again be competing against each other in the annual “Battle of the Badges” charity baseball game at Citi Field on Thursday, Sep. 12. New York Mets legend David Wright will be on hand as the host of the game for the second…
Aug. 2, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The number of reported rapes spiked in southern Queens during the 28-day period from July 1-28, compared to the same period of time last year, according to the NYPD’s latest crime stats. Meanwhile, felony assaults jumped in northern Queens over the same respective period. Rapes in southern Queens…
Jul. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Wednesday the takedown of a prolific Queens-based gun trafficking crew accused of selling firearms and ammo at an East Elmhurst playground, the Queens Center Mall and other locations around the borough. James secured a 625-count indictment charging five men for participating…