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Crime & Courts

Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012

Rego Park

PS 174 teacher arrested on sex abuse charges

A review is underway of all city Department of Education personnel after a computer teacher at PS 174 in Rego Park was charged with sexually touching two boys, city Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said outside the school Friday. Comment.
Crime

Man wanted in attempted rape in 104th Precinct

RIDGEWOOD — The NYPD is looking for a man suspected of robbing and attempting to rape a woman within the confines of the 104th Precinct. Comment.

Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012

Crime

Boro police impersonator arrested in N.J.: Cops

CITYWIDE — Members of the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau arrested a New Jersey man last week who they said impersonated a police officer and forced prostitutes to perform sexual acts on him. Comment.
Howard Beach

ATV rider robbed of $900 in Howard Beach: Cops

HOWARD BEACH — A man who was riding his ATV on the streets of Howard Beach told police he was robbed of $900 by a Brooklyn man pretending to be a police officer, according to a criminal complaint. Comment.

Monday, Feb. 20, 2012

Glendale

Biz owner possessed 7,200 stun guns: Cops

GLENDALE — The manager of a Glendale business was charged last week after police allegedly found boxes containing 7,200 stun guns inside Top Choice Trading Inc., at 47-38 Metropolitan Ave., the Queens district attorney’s office said. Comment.

Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012

Jamaica

DOT employee carried around handgun: Police

JAMAICA — Police said a city Department of Transportation worker was arrested Friday at a Jamaica subway station and charged with criminal possession of a weapon. Comment.

Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012

Jackson Heights

Dromm wants new drug law

When City Councilman Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) criticized Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration for the large number of marijuana possession arrests made on his watch and advocated for legalizing medical marijuana, he said he was not dismissing the drug’s ill effects. Comments (1).
Fresh Meadows

Victim robbed while urinating behind building

FRESH MEADOWS — A Fresh Meadows man was charged last week for relieving a man of his wallet and wristwatch as he relieved himself, the Queens district attorney’s office said. Comment.

Friday, Feb. 17, 2012

Flushing

Flushing student stabbed after basketball loss

FLUSHING — Police said a basketball player from Flushing’s Robert F. Kennedy High School on Parsons Boulevard was stabbed last week after his team lost its game, the New York Post reported. Comment.

Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012

Astoria

Astoria husband charged in wife’s grisly murder

An Astoria man suspected in the beating death of his wife after a bloody note saying “I killed my best friend” was found in their apartment was returned to New York on murder charges Tuesday, the Queens district attorney’s office said. Comment.
Hollis

Queens Village man shot walking home in Hollis

A young man was gunned down on Hollis Avenue early Monday evening, just a few doors away from the library where his three younger sisters were studying after school. Comment.
Flushing

Father of Zazi lies to feds, gets 4 1/2 years in prison

The father of a Flushing-raised man who plotted to blow up New York City subway cars in 2009 was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison Friday for trying to throw the feds off the trail of his son. Comment.

Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012

Rockaway Beach

Detective kills suspect in Rockaway shooting

A Harlem man who police said was a suspect in the shooting of a 25-year-old woman in Rockaway Beach was killed during a shoot-out with a police officer in an Upper Manhattan subway station Tuesday afternoon, and a detective who was shot during the melee is in stable condition, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. Comment.
Ditmars

Drunk driver killed Astoria grandpa: DA

An Astoria man has been charged with hitting and killing a beloved grandfather, who was a refugee from the Cuban Revolution, with an SUV while allegedly intoxicated, the Queens district attorney’s office said. Comment.

Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012

Far Rockaway

Far Rock resident shot during robbery: Brown

FAR ROCKAWAY — A home invasion Jan. 25 ended with no valuables missing, but a resident took a bullet in the buttocks, according to documents from the Queens district attorney’s office. Comment.
South Ozone Park

Robber makes off with cash, cell phone: Cops

SOUTH OZONE PARK — A man was robbed in broad daylight Jan. 23, according to documents from the Queens district attorney’s office. Comment.

Monday, Feb. 13, 2012

St. Albans

105th Pct. addresses SE Qns safety concerns at Smith meeting

Southeast Queens residents complained some members of the community have received unfair treatment from the police and urged them to use a more cordial tone while walking the beat during a meeting last week set up by state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-St. Albans). Comment.
Springfield Gardens

Victim stabbed nine times during fight: Post

SPRINGFIELD GARDENS — A man was arrested after a late-night stabbing late last month, according to a report in the New York Post. Comment.

Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012

Long Island City

Slashing victim received 20 stitches: Police

LONG ISLAND CITY — The victim of a robbery required 20 stitches after he was attacked with a knife inside a stairwell at LaGuardia Community College, officials said. Comment.

Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012

Astoria

Bank teller tried to rob his place of work: Brown

ASTORIA — A teller at a Queens Citi Bank was arrested after attempting to stage a robbery at his place of work, according to documents from the Queens district attorney’s office. Comment.
Editorial

Dumb and Dumber

In a crime taken right from a cop show, Kwame Hamilton, 19, and Antwione Nabnet, 20, both of Jamaica, allegedly stole a cell phone from a victim walking down a Jamaica street and then attempted to sell the phone back to their victim. Comments (1).

Friday, Feb. 10, 2012

East Elmhurst

E. Elmhurst man shot near home

A father of two was shot and killed just after sunset on an East Elmhurst street Saturday, just four days after another man, police said. Comment.

Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012

South Jamaica

Man killed on Sutphin Blvd.

A 20-year-old man was shot and killed in South Jamaica early Sunday morning in what witnesses described as a barrage of gunfire. Comments (1).
South Jamaica

Family mourns S. Jamaica dad

A South Jamaica mother is still reeling after her brother-in-law broke into her home last week and attacked her family, slicing her 1-year-old daughter and killing her fiancee, police said. Comment.
Astoria

Astoria cat mask robber gets 10 years in prison

An Astoria death metal singer was sentenced to 10 years in prison last week for robbing two SoHo boutique stores while wearing a cat mask in the summer of 2010, a spokeswoman from the Manhattan district attorney’s office said. Comment.
Bayside

New top cop takes over at 111th Precinct

The 111th Precinct has a new commanding officer. Comment.
Fresh Meadows

Stolen Thunderbird abandoned in Fresh Meadows

FRESH MEADOWS — Police were searching for the driver of a stolen white Ford Thunderbird found parked last Thursday with a broken rear passenger window on 58th Avenue near 190th Street. Comments (1).

Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012

Ditmars

Astoria man hit and killed by drunk driver: NYPD

An elderly Astoria man was struck by an SUV and killed Tuesday evening while crossing the street a block from his home, and police said the driver of the vehicle that hit him was allegedly intoxicated at the time of the accident. Comments (2).
Astoria

Slain wife’s hubby nabbed

A Queens man whose wife, a teacher, was savagely beaten to death in her Astoria apartment building last week, is now in police custody. Comment.
Springfield Gardens

Officer uses computer program to catch robber

SPRINGFIELD GARDENS — A combination of a quick-thinking cop and cutting-edge technology led to the apprehension of an alleged teenage thief last Thursday, according to the NYPD. Comment.

Monday, Feb. 6, 2012

Crime

Shootings kill three over weekend

Three people were murdered during the weekend in Queens as a wave of violence took its toll on the borough from Corona to Queens Village to South Jamaica. Comment.

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