Bookkeeper Gets Two to Four Years in Prison for Taking Kickbacks
A College Point woman, who formerly worked as a bookkeeper for a Flushing truck parts company, was sentenced last Thursday to two to four years…
Crime
Edible Arrangements Owner Pleads Guilty to Tax Charges
A Springfield Gardens man, who owns an Edible Arrangements franchise on Springfield Boulevard, pleaded guilty last week to violations of the state Tax Code for…
Six New Officers Join 106th Precinct
Six rookie officers fresh out of the Police Academy and assigned to the 106th Precinct have already begun working the streets of south central Queens….
Commissioner of Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence Calls Outreach Crucial
The other side of sports, the seedy underbelly pockmarked with athletes behaving badly, dominated the narrative of the kickoff of the National Football League’s 2014…
DA’s Office Will Use Grant Money to Address Automobile Crimes
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown last week announced that his office has successfully secured a significant grant from the state Division of Criminal Justice Services…
Passionate Crowd Rallies to Support Cops
Passionate pro-police, anti-administration prose delivered on the steps outside Borough Hall briefly heated up a bitterly cold Tuesday afternoon as activists, union and civic leaders,…
Pomonok Houses Site of First Borough Murder of 2015
A 30-year-old man was shot and killed early Friday morning inside the doorway of an apartment in a Pomonok Houses building in Flushing, according to…
Flushing Candlelight Vigil Honors Slain Officers
Law enforcement personnel, residents from communities across Queens, civic leaders and elected officials last Tuesday paid respect to two city police officers killed in the…
Howard Beach Home Invasion on New Year’s Eve
Just before 7 pm on New Year’s eve, as people were beginning to enjoy their holiday celebrations, three men were robbing an elderly couple in…
Borough Among City Leaders in Crime Reduction: DA
It was another banner year for criminal justice in Queens, according to county District Attorney Richard Brown. Queens was again among the city’s leaders in…
Pair With Plenty of Prior Arrests Nabbed for Shoplifting
Two Brooklyn men with long rap sheets were arrested last Friday after witnesses positively identified them as the perpetrators who allegedly shoplifted a Bluetooth device…
2014: Fewest Murders in Recorded City History
It has unquestionably been a difficult few weeks for the rank and file of the city Police Department. On Dec. 20, two officers were gunned…
Pair Arrested in Christmas Day Murder
A Queens man and a Bronx man this week were arrested and charged in the Christmas Day shooting that left one dead in Richmond Hill,…
Four-Month-Old Boy Beaten to Death in Bayside
Jagsheer Singh, 28, of Bayside, Queens, has been charged with first-degree assault and endangering the welfare of a child for allegedly causing his four-month-old son…
Cops Still Investigating Christmas Hit and Run
Cops this week were still investigating a Christmas Day hit-and-run accident in Woodhaven that pinned a woman in her car until she was extricated and…