Richmond Hill Man Admits to Stabbing
A 27-year-old Queens man has pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter for stabbing his roommate’s friend in the heart in January 2010, following a verbal misunderstanding…
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Untaxed Cigarette Ring Up in Smoke After 6-month Probe
Three Queens men have been arrested for engaging in the sale of untaxed cigarettes and the seizure of more than 6,700 packs of untaxed cigarettes…
Appeal Denied to Forest Hills Woman Who Paid to Have Husband Killed
The Forest Hills woman convicted of hiring a relative to shoot her husband after a custody dispute was denied an appeal last week by the…
Sheehan Released Pending Appeal
Friends and family of Barbara Sheehan crowded the 6th floor courtroom in Queens County Criminal Court on Monday morning to wait for the release of…
Woodhaven Man Admits to Killing Wife in 2007
Former Woodhaven resident Edwin Fuentes pleaded guilty Tuesday to choking his wife to death in June 2007 and spreading her remains through Forest Park. The…
Woman Accidentally Shot By Friend In Maspeth
A Queens woman is clinging to life after being accidentally shot in the head by a friend allegedly toying with a handgun while visiting his…
Police Nab Two Men Jacking Tires In Maspeth
Two men were arrested early Tuesday morning after being spotted trying to steal the tires from a luxury car in Maspeth. According to Captain Michael…
Martin Luther School Honors Four as Student of the Month
Martin Luther School recently announced the school’s Students of the Month for September, 2011. Students are nominated by their teachers; these nominees are then evaluated…
Residents Speak Out Against Proposed Redistricting Plan
Nearly a hundred residents and parents filled the auditorium of PS 58 Tuesday night to send a loud message to city education officials about the…
Man and woman indicted for sex trafficking in Queens
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced today that a Queens County grand jury has indicted a 22-year-old Jamaica, Queens, man and a 26-year-old woman…
MTA Releases 2011 Customer Satisfaction Survey Results
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) released results yesterday from its series of customer satisfaction surveys con- ducted annually for all MTA services. These surveys show…
Plea in Kidnapping of Eight Children
The Manhattan couple that took their eight children from a Forest Hills foster care center last month pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of second-degree…
Dumping Hits Ozone Park
Residents in Ozone Park say they understand the plight of nearby neighbors in Howard Beach who have in recent weeks been plagued with illegal dumping…
Van Crashes Onto Boat in Hawtree Basin
A hit and run fender bender on the Belt Parkway last Thursday morning led to a car chase that ended with a van crashing onto a…
New Coordination to Reduce Road Repairs
A common sense proposal to reduce the amount of construction work on city streets has finally been implemented this week. On Monday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg…