Apr. 2, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb Police are searching for three men who brutally assaulted a teenager and ran off with his sneakers inside the Forest Hills–71st Avenue subway station on March 31. Authorities say that a 17-year-old man was inside of the subway station, within the confines of the 112th Precinct and Transit District…
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Mar. 28, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb Police on March 27 announced the arrest of a Forest Hills man who is believed to be behind a recent spate of antisemitic vandalism across Queens — which included the etching of a swastika into the front of an NYPD precinct — over a weeklong span earlier this month….
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Mar. 21, 2023 By Carlotta Mohamed The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating two incidents of antisemitic graffiti that was reported on Tuesday, March 21, in the neighborhoods of Rego Park and Forest Hills. On Monday, March 20, at 9:21 p.m., two swastikas were found scrawled on the sidewalk and street outside of J.H.S….
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Mar. 14, 2023 By Bill Parry A Forest Hills man and his associate from Rhode Island have been charged with breaching a federal law enforcement database and posing as police officers to defraud social media companies. Nicholas “Ominous” Ceraolo, 25, was named in a criminal complaint that was unsealed on March 13 in Brooklyn federal…
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Mar. 2, 2023 By Bill Parry A Forest Hills house cleaning company and its chief executive officer pleaded guilty to charges stemming from stealing wages from employees, many of them during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Thursday, March 2. MPStar Pros CEO Christian Perez, 37, of Queens Boulevard…
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Feb. 25, 2023 By Zachary Gewelb Police are searching for the brazen crook who punctured the tires of seven NYPD vehicles that were parked near the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills on Friday morning. Authorities say that at approximately 7 a.m. on Feb. 24, the male suspect approached seven NYPD vehicles parked near the precinct,…
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Feb. 9, 2023 By Bill Parry A Brooklyn woman was convicted of attempted murder and other charges Wednesday, Feb. 9, for poisoning a Forest Hills woman who resembled her with a sedative-laced cheesecake in 2016, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. Viktoria Nasyrova, 47, of Voorhies Avenue in Sheepshead Bay, was found guilty by… Read more »
Feb. 8, 2023 By Robert Pozarycki Detectives in Queens continue to investigate a deadly fight in Forest Hills last month in which one of the combatants fell on his own scissors and suffered a fatal injury. Gerard Moreno, 30, of 70th Avenue died on Feb. 4, eight days after he became involved in an altercation… Read more »
Feb. 3, 2023 By Bill Parry Police from the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills are looking for two young women who allegedly rifled through members’ lockers at Planet Fitness on multiple occasions late last month, stealing credit cards later used to make illegal purchases. The first incident occurred just after noon on Tuesday, Jan. 24,… Read more »
The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating a case of criminal mischief at a Forest Hills house of worship in which a vandal threw a rock to intentionally damage its glass front door, according to authorities. Police say that just before 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 29, police from the 112th Precinct were called… Read more »