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A former Jackson Heights resident who fled to England to avoid prosecution will spend the next two decades in prison for the fatal beating of a gay man on a neighborhood street in 2001, it was announced. More ... A reputed mobster from Middle Village was ordered last Wednesday, Oct. 15 to serve as much as three years in prison for helping to lead an illegal gambling ring operated jointly by two crime families, it was announced. More ... Sections of Ridgewood, Bushwick and Willets Point were among areas of Queens and Brooklyn that were trashed by illegal dumpers who were caught in the act and summonsed by the Sanitation Department during the month of September, it was announced. More ... While his demand note was being reviewed by employees at a Ridgewood bank, a would-be thief reportedly abandoned his bid to rob the branch last Saturday afternoon, Oct. 18. Police said the attempted heist occurred at the Chase bank branch located at 60-67 Myrtle Ave. More ... Eight firefighters suffered minor injuries while working to extinguish a three-alarm fire that broke out at P.S. 121 in South Ozone Park early last Saturday morning, Oct. 18, FDNY sources said. Reportedly, the inferno started at around 4:40 a.m. on the scaffold erected near the fourth- and fifth-floors of the schoolhouse on 126th Street near 109th Avenue. Fire Department sources said the flames extended to the building, damaging classrooms on the top two floors of the structure. Over 30 FDNY units responded to the scene along with the 106th Precinct and EMS units. The injured firemen were transported to local hospitals for treatment. Using four hose lines, an FDNY spokesperson said, the fire was brought under control at around 6 a.m. The cause of the fire was labeled suspicious and remains under investigation by FDNY marshals, it was noted. (photo: Joseph Epstein) More ... Robbery was on the menu for a trio of gun-toting bandits who confronted two workers and swiped cash from a West Maspeth restaurant supply shop during a heist last Thursday night, Oct. 16, law enforcement sources reported. More ... While attempting to arrest an alleged fare jumper at the 21st Street-Queensbridge subway station, two police officers were shot on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 21, after the suspect grabbed one of their guns during a struggle, it was reported. More ... Wanted The public's help is asked by police in tracking down the four individuals seen in this image captured by a surveillance camera who are wanted in connection with a recent grand larceny at a Bushwick store. Reportedly, the quartet of males allegedly damaged a security device and removed property from a cell phone store at 408 Knickerbocker Ave. at around 1:30 p.m. on the afternoon of Sunday, Aug. 31. After taking a number of items from the location, police said, the suspects fled in an unknown direction. The incident was later reported to the 83rd Precinct. No injuries were reported. Anyone with any information regarding the incident that could prove helpful is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS or send a text message to 274637, then enter TIP577. All calls and messages will be kept confidential. More ... 104 BLOTTER Persons arrested in recent police actions as reported by the 104th Precinct included the following individuals: Oct. 13: (Beat 10) Claudio Medina, at 58th Street and Maspeth Avenue, for DWI, by P.O. Happe. (Beat 10) Janusz Drelich, at 59th Drive, for criminal contempt, by Det. Virbalis. (Beat 6) James Wheeler, at 79th Street, for menacing, by P.O. Fox. More ... An esthetician who ran a spa out of her Flushing home has been convicted of unlawfully practicing medicine and endangering the lives of two women she provided with cosmetic injections, it was announced. The women suffered infections and facial disfigurement as a result of the treatments. More ... |
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