Robert Brown, 32, of Ozone Park, was arrested at a laundromat after leaving his 7-month-old daughter unattended in a car parked outside in the sweltering heat. She was taken to Jamaica Hospital for observation after she was removed from the car where she was found strapped in and crying.
Daniel Casillo, 31-year-old, of Howard Beach climbed an eight-foot perimeter fence on the outskirts of JFK and slipped undetected by the airport’s alleged state-of the-art Perimeter Intrusion Detection System (PIDS), across two runways and into a terminal after his jet-ski failed him in Jamaica Bay.
Officials announced the impending departure of the “Civic Virtue” statue to a cemetery in Brooklyn. Controversy has surrounded the statue which depicts a man with his foot on a woman, since it was unveiled in 1922. Supporters argue that it is a piece of Queens history they want to remain where it is.
“Bring back Mr. B” was the chant recited over and over when parents and students rallied outside the entrance of P.S. 153 in Maspeth in their continued support for Evan Behlivanis, a drama teacher from the Glendale school who was excessed due to low funds.
A 52-year-old man nicknamed “Dollar Bill” was sentenced last week for prostituting a 15-year-old girl out of his Queens home. William Johnson of St. Albans, admitted in April of 2011, to offering sexual services from the underage victim in exchange for money between August and September 2010.
A flash flood in the Cooper Avenue Tunnel in Glendale left three elderly motorists face to face with potential disaster on when their Lexus took on water, trapping them inside the vehicle. Firefighters plucked the shaken trio of senior citizens from the submerged car and carried them to safety.
Police arrested Ganesh Seelal after finding the body of his 29-year-old wife, Samantha, under her bed in their Richmond Hill home. She had been brutally stabbed and tied with rags. He was charged with second degree murder.
City Councilman Peter Vallone sent a letter to the Department of Transportation requesting the establishment of the emergency vehicle pathways along the entire length of Queens Boulevard,”the Boulevard of Death,” from Long Island City to Jamaica.
A Gun Buy-Back event, yielded the collection of a variety of fire arms including an AK 47, 245 revolvers, and 168 semi-automatic pistols. In exchange for the illegal or unwanted guns anonymously surrendered, individuals received a $200 bank card, with no questions asked.
A nine Point Program to end gun violence, local Queens politicians met to adopt attempting to combat the fact that homicides increased almost 30 percent in southern Queens over the past year, while they have decreased in other parts of the city. Shooting incidents also sky-rocketed by 22% in the same area.
Four defendants admitted they created a sex trafficking web that seduced women in Mexico, smuggled them into the United States and forced them to work as prostitutes in Queens.
Tina Charles and Sue Bird, both Middle Village’s Christ the King High School graduates, were a part of the U.S. Women Team’s road to golden dominance in basketball at the London 2012 games.
Middle Village youngster Colin Flood found a bone marrow donor to possibly cure his disease. seven months after being diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia.
