Two Queens residents allegedly responsible for dealing $2 million in stolen retail goods were busted in a crackdown that Gov. Kathy Hochul and Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Tuesday. The bust occurred just days before the biggest shopping day of the holiday season, Black Friday — something that officials drove home during the…
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AM Rajkumar introduces ‘Ghostbuster Act’ to eradicate untraceable ghost cars from NYC streets
Nov. 12, 2024 By Czarinna Andres In a step to end the city’s battle with “ghost cars”—vehicles with counterfeit, obscured, or missing license plates—Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar has introduced the Ghostbuster Act. The Ghostbuster Act takes a comprehensive approach to tackle ghost cars by empowering law enforcement to boot or tow vehicles with counterfeit…
Burglars hit Glendale home making off with more than a half-million in jewelry and property: NYPD
Nov. 8, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood are looking for two burglars who targeted a Glendale home in broad daylight on Friday, Nov. 1, before driving off in a BMW with a massive haul of stolen property, according to the NYPD. The two unidentified men entered a residence…
Brooklyn man charged in large-scale identity theft, targeting Queens residents in mail fraud scheme: DA
Oct. 31, 2024 By Bill Parry A Brooklyn man has been charged with criminal possession of stolen property, identity theft, and other offenses after a court-authorized search revealed an array of stolen bank checks, credit cards, debit cards, and driver’s licenses in plain sight inside his Crown Heights apartment. The investigation began when a…
Crunching the Queens crime stats: Grand larcenies down across borough, but car thefts rise sharply in southern neighborhoods
Oct. 30, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The amount of reported grand larcenies across Queens dropped a significant amount across both northern and southern Queens during the 28-day period from Sept. 30 to Oct. 27, compared to the same period of time last year, according to the NYPD’s latest crime stats. Another notable trend over…
Long Islander criminally charged for manslaughter in fatal road rage crash on Long Island Expressway: DA
Oct. 23, 2024 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury indicted a Long Island man for manslaughter and other related crimes in a fatal road rage collision on the Long Island Expressway in Queensboro Hill in mid-August. Shaqeem Douglas, 26, of Maple Street in Freeport, was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on Tuesday for…
E train rider beaten with a skateboard during attempted robbery, suspect remains at large a month later: NYPD
Oct. 17, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills and Transit District 20 are looking for a suspect who weaponized a skateboard to bludgeon an E train rider last month. The attack went down during the early morning hours of Monday, Sept. 16, as the 36-year-old victim was sitting…
Cambria Heights men indicted for Douglaston home invasion, kidnapping in August: DA
Sep. 27, 2024 By Bill Parry Three Cambria Heights men were indicted by a Queens grand jury for a violent home invasion, burglary and kidnapping in Douglaston during the early morning hours of Saturday, Aug. 17. Jone Smith, 47, and brothers Ryan and Brandon Dash, 39 and 34, respectively, were arraigned in Queens Supreme…
Mets and David Wright host ‘Battle of the Badges’ baseball game at Citi Field
Sep. 13, 2024 By Ethan Marshall The New York Mets held the annual “Battle of the Badges” baseball game between the NYPD and FDNY at Citi Field for a third straight year on Thursday, Sept. 12, with Mets legend David Wright acting as the host of the event for the second year in a…
Forest Hills man shot in East Elmhurst on Wednesday afternoon, gunman remains at large: NYPD
Sep. 12, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_64920" align="aligncenter" width="680"] The NYPD is looking for a gunman who shot and killed a Forest Hills man in East Elmhurst on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Photo via Getty Images.[/caption]
Sept. 12, 2024 By Bill Parry