Category: crime

‘You have a spider on you’: Man uses creepy excuse to grope women in Astoria

Jun. 9, 2025 By bparry June 9, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 114th Precinct in Astoria are looking for a suspect who groped two women about a half-hour apart after warning them he saw a spider crawling on them on the night of Monday, June 2. The first incident occurred at Astoria…

Infant mauled to death by family dog at Queensbridge Houses: NYPD

May. 27, 2025 By bparry May 27, 2025 By Bill Parry A one-month-old girl was killed early Tuesday morning after being mauled by the family dog inside a Queensbridge Houses apartment in Long Island City, police said. Officers from the 114th Precinct in Astoria responded to a 911 call from the infant’s 27-year-old mother…

Venezuelan migrant pleads guilty in 2024 shooting of two cops in East Elmhurst: DA

May. 21, 2025 By bparry May 21, 2025 By Bill Parry A homeless Venezuelan migrant admitted he shot two NYPD officers from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights who attempted to stop him for riding a motorcycle the wrong way on a one-way street in East Elmhurst nearly a year ago. Bernardo Raul Castro…