Sep. 9, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills and the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are looking for two robbers who targeted postal workers in broad daylight last month to steal mail keys from their victims. The first incident occurred just before 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 21,…
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Rikers Island correction officer charged with rape of woman at his Springfield Gardens home: DA
Aug. 26, 2024 By Bill Parry A correction officer assigned to Rikers Island was indicted by a Queens grand jury for allegedly raping a woman he lured to his Springfield Gardens apartment with the promise of an acting job in March. Anthony Martin, 32, of 161st Street, was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on…
Rego Park summer school teacher busted for allegedly assaulting 12-year-old student: NYPD
Aug. 5, 2024 By Bill Parry Police arrested a summer school teacher at a Rego Park junior high school on Thursday after he lost his cool with a 12-year-old boy who refused to put away a Game Boy he was playing with. Michael Freydin, 55, allegedly pulled the gaming device from the student’s hand…
F train rider beaten, robbed by stranger in Atlanta Braves baseball cap in Kew Gardens: NYPD
Jul. 3, 2024 By Bill Parry
An F train rider was assaulted and robbed by an apparent Atlanta Braves baseball fan in Kew Gardens last month, and the suspect remains at large more than two weeks later.
Decomposing body of adult found outside Rego Park apartment building: NYPD
May. 14, 2024 By Bill Parry
Police from the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills made a gruesome discovery Sunday after residents of a Rego Park apartment building complained of smelling noxious fumes. Officers found the badly decomposed body of an adult lying in the bushes near scaffolding at 92-40 Queens Blvd. just before 1:00 p.m.
71-year-old man assaulted while exiting bus in Forest Hills by suspect who remains at large: NYPD
Apr. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 71-year-old man was attacked by a stranger in broad daylight as he got off an MTA bus in Forest Hills last week, police said.
Two moped riders sought in Forest Hills assault and robbery of jewels valued in excess of $150K: NYPD
Apr. 3, 2024 By Bill Parry
A 35-year-old man was beaten and robbed of a bag containing jewelry valued at $150,000 in broad daylight by two moped-riding strangers in Forest Hills last week.
Crunching the Queens crime numbers: vehicle thefts rise across borough, burglaries trending down
Apr. 3, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The number of vehicle thefts across Queens went up during the 28-day period from March 4 through March 31, compared to the same period of time last year, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD Monday. At the same time, burglaries throughout the borough declined. Over…
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Crunching the Queens crime numbers: rapes rising across the borough, grand larceny decreasing in northern Queens
Mar. 13, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The number of rapes across Queens increased during the 28-day period from Feb. 9 to Mar. 10, compared to the same period of time last year, according to the latest crime stats released by the NYPD Monday. However, northern Queens has experienced a significant decline in grand larcenies over this same period of time. Over the course of the 28-day period, reported rapes in northern Queens increased 41.7%, from 12 in 2023 to 17 in 2024. Meanwhile, grand larcenies decreased 10%, from 518 to 466. Five precincts in northern Queens, the 104th, 110th, 111th,…
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Private sanitation worker in Queens stabbed two men during dispute: cops
Feb. 3, 2024 By Robert Pozarycki
Two men in Queens were stabbed after getting into a dispute with a private sanitation worker early on Saturday morning, police reported.