Sep. 5, 2025 By Ethan Marshall Northern Queens experienced significant declines in several major crimes year-over-year during the 28-day period from Aug. 4-31, while southern Queens had sharp declines in robberies and burglaries over the same period of time, according to the NYPD. In northern Queens, rapes, robberies, felony assaults, burglaries and grand larcenies…
Sep. 3, 2025 By Bill Parry A 56-year-old man had his personal property stolen from his vehicle after parking on Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights last month. Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights reported that the victim pulled over in front of 87-21 Roosevelt Ave. just before 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug.…
Jul. 29, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights are looking for two moped-riding suspects who targeted a motorist near Roosevelt Avenue in Corona in an armed robbery during the afternoon of Friday, July 25. Police say the 27-year-old driver was inside his parked vehicle near 104th Street and…
Jul. 21, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights are still looking for a pair of muggers who allegedly beat and robbed a woman following an argument last month. Police say the 26-year-old victim was walking past 37-55 74th St. just before 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 21, when…
Jul. 18, 2025 By Bill Parry A College Point man is being held without bail after he was arrested and charged with murder for the fatal stabbing of a Corona man in May. Carlos Castro Alvarado, 26, of 121st Street, was apprehended near his workplace on Tuesday, July 15, by members of the Regional…
Jul. 17, 2025 By Bill Parry A 45-year-old man was beaten and robbed in Corona by a mugger who police say remains at large. Police from the 115th Precinct in are looking for a suspect who law enforcement sources say approached the victim as he walked near the intersection of 37th Avenue and Warren…
Jul. 16, 2025 By Bill Parry A senior woman was mugged by a stranger on a residential block in East Elmhurst on the morning of Saturday, July 12, and police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights are looking for the perpetrator. The 73-year-old victim was strolling past a home at 31-50 95th St.…
Jun. 11, 2025 By bparry June 11, 2025 By Bill Parry The homeless Venezuelan migrant who admitted he shot two on-duty police officers while resisting arrest in East Elmhurst just over a year ago was sentenced to 28 years in prison Tuesday in Queens Supreme Court. Bernardo Raul Castro Mata, 20, pleaded guilty on…
May 22, 2025 By Bill Parry A Bronx man turned himself in at the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights for taking part in a beatdown of a good Samaritan who sensed two women were in danger during the early morning hours of Saturday, May 17. William Garzon, 23, of Gerard Avenue in the Highbridge section,… Read more »
May. 11, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki Detectives in Queens are looking for the suspect who stabbed a man to death on Saturday night. Police said the homicide happened at about 7:42 p.m. on May 10 near the corner of 34th Avenue and 96th Street in Corona. Officers from the 115th Precinct found the victim,…