Category Archives: Crime
Minnie Mouse balloons, flowers, pictures and candles adorned the bus stop in front 125-30 Sutphin Boulevard in South Jamaica shortly after the sun came up on Sunday morning. They were there to mark that which had happened at the same location just hours before. Only about 10 hours the night before the very same bus stop was marked with police, fire, ambulance, emergency services and a Q6 bus with a bullet hole through one of its windows. In front … Continue reading
A 73-year-old man crossing Atlantic Avenue between 87th and 88th Streets was killed on Thursday night after he was struck by a driver with an outstanding warrant for unauthorized use of a vehicle. Police say Rafael Diaz was killed when a black sedan driven by 25-year-old Joel Rodriguez sent him flying into the windshield of the vehicle. Diaz was rushed to Jamaica Hospital where he later died. Woodhaven Resident Block Association President, Ed Wendell said he had spoken to an … Continue reading
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown has indicted a father and son team who allegedly framed a former family friend, sending him to jail unlawfully for the last eight months. Joshua Robles was arrested and charged with attempted murder for allegedly robbing a woman he used to date at gunpoint and sexually abusing her. His bail was set at $75,000 and because he was unable to come up with the money, has been a prisoner at Rikers Island since August of … Continue reading
Daniel Reilly, the former sixth grade English teacher who admittedly had repeated sexual encounters with a student, has pleaded guilty to the statutory rape of the 13-year-old girl. The 36-year-old took a plea deal that places him in protective custody and sends him off to Rikers Island for six months. When Reilly gets released he is mandated to go to sex offender therapy classes. In addition to being on probation for a total of ten years, he surrendered his teaching … Continue reading
The NYPD released new video footage on Wednesday of three suspects they believe to be responsible for the murder of a Rego Park man, stabbed to death outside the Richmond Hill nightclub he was partying at late Saturday night. Stephen James took his girlfriend, Debra Alli out for a night on the town to celebrate her 21st birthday on Saturday. The couple, together for over three years, enjoyed dancing and wound up at the Level Ultra Lounge on Liberty Avenue. … Continue reading
Police Officer Frank Calafiore was presented with the Cop of the Month award last week at the 106 Precinct Community Council meeting for May. Calafiore received the award for his actions following the foot pursuit of an armed gunman who allegedly held a gun toward the back of a woman who was wearing a walk man and didn’t hear the gunman behind her. After the chase, the officer followed the suspect into a house where he tossed the gun … Continue reading
Nicholas Almonte, a 27-year-old Long Island City man, was arrested for robbery and unlawful imprisonment earlier this week after his alleged spree of carjackings. The suspect is charged in a 10-count criminal complaint with five counts of first degree robbery, one count of first-degree attempted robbery, three counts of second-degree robbery and one count of unlawful imprisonment. Starting approximately 9:35 a.m. on May 8, , Almonte approached a black Mercedes driven by a 22-year-old female on Borden Avenue and displayed … Continue reading
A twisted robbery spree, termed as “bizarre” by the Commanding Officer of the 112th precinct, has come to an end. And the man who last week threatened three cab drivers with a hypodermic syringe he claimed was filled with his own HIV/Aids tainted blood, is this week behind bars. Captain Thomas Conforti said that the development of the frenzied crime pattern drove the decision to transfer resources to the case, even diverting personnel from the precincts ongoing burglary spike investigation. … Continue reading
A combination of efforts by the NYPD, the media and ultimately the public, resulted in the capture and arrest of a sexual predator wanted in connection with two incidents involving 7-year-old girls last week in Ozone Park. Lee Samuels, a Trinidadian national, was picked up after a friend he was staying with called police and reported him. After three days, the man saw news reports and images and told police where they could find the 25-year-old mechanic. Police then descended … Continue reading
State Senator John L. Sampson is no stranger to accusation. In fact suspicions about the senator have been in the air for years. But the senator took things to a new level, some say when he realized he was being watched by authorities. He attempted to get help from a friend that was working in the office of the United Sates attorney for the Eastern District. He wasn’t asking for much—just for the friend to get him all the names … Continue reading
A 20-year-old woman was raped on an Ozone Park street after a man gave her a ride in his car early Sunday morning, shortly after 5 a.m. The suspect picked the woman up and offered her a ride after the victim says she had a fight with her boyfriend and was trying to make her way home. He drove the woman to the intersection of 98th Street and 97th Avenue, and then told the victim that she “Should be good … Continue reading
About 100 concerned residents attended the second public safety meeting sponsored by the 112th pct.. Community council in a month. The first meeting on April 2, was held in response to the burglary spree which plagued the neighborhood and resulted in 14 burglaries spread out a period beginning in February. But this month’s meeting, held at PS 174, opened with the news that a suspect in the burglaries had been apprehended and that there had been no further incidents since … Continue reading
Police have released very few details in the chilling sexual assault of a South Ozone Park girl on Wednesday evening around 6 PM. The victim is believed to be a 7-year-old female who was dragged into a yard at 115-51 115 th street off Sutter Avenue and forced to perform a sex act. The child was reportedly playing with a ball that went over a fence. When she went to retrieve it, the unknown assailant grabbed her. Sources say that … Continue reading
The man who allegedly smothered his mother’s boyfriend is awaiting arraignment in Queens Criminal Court. Derrick Tudor, 27, is accused of suffocating Ridgewood resident Frank Soucie, who went missing over a week ago. Soucie was last seen at the home he shared with long time girlfriend Stephanie Bernie at 1866 Putnam Avenue in Ridgewood on April 22. Authorities say the 60-year-old had left to go gambling at either Empire City or Atlantic City. His girlfriend officially reported him missing … Continue reading
A Bronx man has been convicted of the May 2011 kidnaping and murder of a 33-year-old Flushing man as well as the kidnapping of the victim’s 80-year-old mother during a home invasion and robbery. Juan Mejia, 30, was convicted of second-degree murder, first- and second-degree kidnaping, first-degree burglary, first- and second-degree robbery, second-degree menacing, and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon) following a two-week jury trial before Queens Supreme Court Justice Ira Margulis. Mejia, was held without bail since his … Continue reading