Bus Shooter Indicted
The man who allegedly shot up a Q111 bus in Jamaica was indicted on Jan. 18 and ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation, according to…
Crime
A Daughter’s Quest
Inside her Woodhaven apartment, where she and her mother, Oneida, live, Ismelda Rosario, 24, remembered her late father, Carlos, as a hard working man with…
Flushing Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Rape
A 41-year-old Flushing man will spend two decades in prison after he was sentenced on Friday, Jan. 20 for a 2009 sexual attack on a…
Cop Hits Pedestrian While Speeding Between Robberies
While speeding from one bank robbery to a second just blocks away, a police car hit a man crossing Metropolitan Avenue Thursday afternoon, leaving blood…
Howard Beach Hunter Denied Parole
Howard Beach resident Eddie Taibi says he has not rested in the last thirty-eight months. After his release from prison was denied by an upstate…
Heroin Highway Halted; Drug Ring Dismantled
An enormous drug trafficking operation that had been funneling massive amounts of heroin through Queens was shut down when 121 individuals were arrested on drug…
Richmond Hill Man Charged with Murdering Wife
After allegedly stabbing his wife in the neck and chest early Sunday morning in her Richmond Hill home, Oscar Novakovsky was arrested and charged with…
Family Sentenced Up to 418 Years for Immigration, Real Estate Scam
Three members of a Richmond Hill family were collectively sentenced to up to 418 years in prison on Jan. 11 for their roles in a…
Suspected Firebomber Charged With Hate Crime
A Queens Village man who allegedly confessed to police that he was responsible for five New Year’s Day firebombings in Queens and Long Island is…
TSA Agents Stole $40K Cash from Baggage
Two former Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers based at John F. Kennedy Airport have been sentenced after pleading guilty to third-degree grand larceny and other…
3,000-Count Indictment Against Queens Man
A Queens man has been arraigned on a 3,000-count indictment charging him with the possession and promotion of child pornography. Elvis Infante, 35, of 58-35…
Drunken New Year’s Day Crash Leaves One Dead
A Corona man driving while drunk with a suspended license struck and killed an unidentified livery cab driver pulled over in the safety lane in…
Jamaica Man Gets 25-to-Life For Stabbing Pregnant Girlfriend
A Jamaica man convicted in November of stabbing his pregnant girlfriend and her unborn child to death in 2008—and allegedly involved in the 1992 slaying…
Queens Man Arrested For Five Firebombings in Queens, LI
Imam Al-Khoei Foundation, at 8989 Van Wyck Expressway, was part of five firebombing incidents that happened on the night of New Year’s Day. Police identified…
Looking Back 2011 – Year in Review
The passage of 2011 has brought us to the threshold of yet another year– our 35th year of publication. Looking ahead we wonder what changes…