Sep. 10, 2024 By Bill Parry Two Queens MS-13 gang associates pleaded guilty in Brooklyn federal court on Friday in connection to the notorious 2018 murder of a teenager in Flushing’s Kissena Park. As part of their guilty pleas, Juan Amaya-Ramirez, 26, of Fresh Meadows, and Oscar Flores-Meija, 24, of Elmhurst, admitted to killing…
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Brooklyn man gets 20 to life in prison for gunning down East Elmhurst teen in Corona in 2021: DA
Jul. 1, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Brooklyn gang member was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison Monday in Queens Supreme Court for gunning down a teenager at point-blank range in front of a Corona barbershop in July 2021.
Memorial mass for bartender stabbed in Maspeth Irish bar set for Saturday in Elmhurst
Apr. 25, 2024 By QNS Staff Report The Irish woman who was stabbed to death in a pub in Maspeth last month is set to be remembered with a church service in Elmhurst on Saturday evening. Sarah McNally, 41, from County Longford in Ireland, will be honored at St. Adalbert’s Roman Catholic Church at 52-29…
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Middle Village man faces 25 to life for death of Woodside man flung from car hood following break-in: DA
Feb. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Middle Village man is facing 25 years to life in prison in the death of a Woodside robbery victim in East Elmhurst in November.
First murder in NYC takes place in Queens, with double stabbing in Jackson Heights: NYPD
Jan. 2, 2024 By Dean Moses and Robert Pozarycki The first homicide in New York City this year took place in Queens, when a double stabbing left one man dead and another fighting for his life on New Year’s Day. Police said the murder happened at about 3:57 a.m. near the corner of 76th Street…
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East Elmhurst man indicted in murder of landlady after argument over back rent turned deadly: DA
Dec. 13, 2023 By Bill Parry
An East Elmhurst man was indicted for the murder of his landlady after a rent dispute turned deadly, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Wednesday.
East Elmhurst teen charged with killing his landlord after rent dispute: NYPD
Dec. 7, 2023 By Bill Parry An East Elmhurst teenager was arrested Dec. 5 and charged with with murder for allegedly killing his landlord in a dispute over back rent, according to the NYPD. Davi Vidal, 19, of 96th Street, was taken into custody and booked at the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights for allegedly…
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Crunching the Queens crime numbers: murder rate drastically decreased year to date in 2023
Nov. 7, 2023 By Ethan Marshall
The number of murders throughout Queens has halved this year compared to the same time in 2022, according the latest crime stats released by the NYPD on Nov. 5.