Sept. 25, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst and Transit District 20 are looking for a portly groper who targeted a 40-year-old woman inside the Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street subway station on Sunday afternoon. The victim was waiting on the platform for the northbound E train at 4 p.m. when… Read more »
Sept. 18, 2024 By Bill Parry A 35-year-old man was beaten and robbed by five muggers on Northern Boulevard in Jackson Heights during the early morning hours of Sunday, Aug. 18, and police are still searching for four of the assailants. The victim was walking past a row of stores at around 3:45 a.m. when… Read more »
Sep. 18, 2024 By bparry Sept. 18, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria are still looking for the hit-and-run driver who struck a 42-year-old Kew Gardens woman during the early morning hours of Saturday, Aug. 24. The victim, Shalon Samaroo, was crossing the street at Broadway and Steinway Street at… Read more »
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
Sept. 6, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Community leaders and local business owners gathered Thursday afternoon to demand action against a rise in criminal organizations, drug rings, human trafficking, prostitution and shoplifting syndicates along Roosevelt Avenue. The event, which took place at 90-20 Elmhurst Ave., was organized by former City Council Member Hiram Monserrate in response… Read more »
Aug. 20, 2024 By sobrien Aug. 20, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Long Island City comic book store Everyone Comics x Collectibles suffered a second break-in this year when a thief kicked in the store’s glass door over the weekend and made off with around $300 in cash and a number of collectibles. The store, located… Read more »
Aug. 19, 2024 By bparry
[caption id="attachment_79115" align="alignnone" width="680"] Cops are looking for this suspect, who allegedly stole hundreds in cash and bottles of liquor from one of the eateries at the International Food Court in Astoria last month. Photo courtesy of the NYPD[/caption]
Aug. 19, 2024 By Bill Parry
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 Court on an 88-count indictment… Read more »
Aug. 9, 2024 By Bill Parry The NYPD released surveillance images of three suspects who went on a bloody rampage, stabbing five men during a street brawl in Corona on the night of Saturday, Aug. 3. Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights reported that the trouble began at around 11:40 p.m. near the… Read more »
Aug. 7, 2024 By Bill Parry Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights are looking for a woman who allegedly robbed a man at knifepoint on Roosevelt Avenue last month. The 39-year-old victim was walking in the vicinity of 87th Street and Roosevelt Avenue just after 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 27, when a… Read more »