Category: crime

Astoria doctor pleads guilty to raping unconscious women and abusing hospital patients: DA

Jul. 1, 2025 By bparry July 1, 2025 By Bill Parry An Astoria doctor admitted he raped multiple unconscious women at his apartment and sexually abused others at New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital where the gastroenterologist was employed. Dr. Zhi Alan Cheng, 35, or Broadway, pleaded guilty Monday in Queens Supreme Court to four counts…

Astoria man gets 25 years to life for vicious murder of hero EMS Captain Alison Russo

Jun. 30, 2025 By bparry June 30, 2025 By Bill Parry An Astoria man was sentenced on Monday to 25 years to life in prison for the brutal 2022 murder of FDNY EMS Captain Alison Russo during an unprovoked knife attack just around the corner from her stationhouse. Peter Zisopoulos, 37, of 41st Street,…

Arrest made in Long Island City pepper spray attack on woman and child: NYPD

Jun. 27, 2025 By Czarinna Andres June 27, 2025 By Dean Moses Police arrested a man Thursday who allegedly pepper-sprayed a mother and her 11-month-old daughter aboard a Queens subway train last week, just one day after the NYPD released surveillance images of the suspect to the public. Edward Vargas, 34, was apprehended by…

Bag snatcher escapes through R train tunnel at Steinway Street station: NYPD

Jun. 19, 2025 By bparry June 19, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria and Transit District 20 are looking for a thief who targeted an R train rider at the Steinway Street subway station late last month and remains at large. The 30-year-old victim was standing on the southbound…

Trio sought for Junction Boulevard beatdown and robbery in Corona: NYPD

June 19, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights are looking for a trio of muggers who targeted a man as he walked on 37th Avenue near Junction Boulevard in Corona late last month and remain at large. The 28-year-old victim was approaching the intersection at around 7:30 p.m. on… Read more »