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Peralta seeks safer school crossings

After 11-year-old Vasean Alleyne was struck and killed by an accused drunk driver in Flushing in October and Alleyne’s 12-year-old friend Angel Reyes left in critical condition, state Assemblyman Jose Peralta (D-Jackson Heights) called on the state
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Westchester man dies in Bayside car crash

Louis Cartagena, 33, of Mamaronek, N.Y., was driving north on the Clearview Expressway at 3:20 a.m. Saturday morning when he was involved in an accident, police said.

Police said the investigation was continuing.

Cartagena was pronounced dea
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Queens truck driver charged in death of motorcyclist

Nelson Torres, 29, of 133-03 Hawtere St. in Queens, was arrested on charges that he was driving with a suspended license, police said.

The motorcyclist, a 58-year-old Hispanic man, was pronounced dead at the scene on Scott Avenue in Brooklyn, polic
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N. Conduit man slashes police officer’s throat

The alleged victim, who initially reported the suspect was on the loose, provided the two responding police officers with a detailed description of the assailant, who they later encountered while canvassing the area around 185-31 Ilion St. in South Jamaic
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Rockaway man arrested on weapons, drug charges

Gary O’Grady, 47, of 319 Beach 74th St. in the Rockaways, was charged with criminal possession of weapons, a controlled substance and marijuana Tuesday, police said, after a search warrant was executed at his residence.

The New York Police De
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Far Rock man sentenced for prostitution of a minor

John Fleury, 25, of 113 Beach 56th Street in Far Rockaway, pleaded guilty to attempting to promote prostitution in a Feb. 16 hearing in State Supreme Court in Kew Gardens.

Between April 1 and June 30, Fleury attempted to profit from prostituting a
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Swastikas found in Rego Park subway

The graffiti was scrawled on advertisements on the R and V platforms in the 67th Avenue station and discovered Monday evening, the Post reported.

Police were investigating it as a bias incident, according to the Post.

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