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drug trafficking

Southeast Queens drug trafficking crew dismantled in Jamaica following two-year probe: DA

By Bill Parry

Woman beaten by man collecting bottles from trash inside a Long Island City subway station: NYPD

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Courts

DA Melinda Katz and NYPD announce takedown of 11 ‘worst of the worst’ gang members in Queens

By Colum Motherway

rapes

Crunching the Queens crime numbers: rapes nearly halved in southern Queens, grand larcenies continue to decline across borough

By Ethan Marshall

17-year-old

Man sought for allegedly molesting a 17-year-old girl onboard an MTA bus in Jamaica: NYPD

By Bill Parry

Police at the scene in Jamaica, Queens where a shootout between police and an armed robbery suspect on Nov. 19, 2024 ended with the perpetrator dead and an officer seriously wounded.

AMNY

Queens shootout leaves cop wounded, robbery suspect with lengthy rap sheet dead

rookie

Courts

Jamaica man convicted of attempted murder in shooting of rookie cop in April 2023: DA

By Bill Parry

homicide

Deaths of two adults in Jamaica garage fire ruled homicides in illegally converted apartment: NYPD

By Bill Parry

crime

Crunching the Queens crime stats: Grand larcenies down across borough, but car thefts rise sharply in southern neighborhoods

By Ethan Marshall

stabbed

Man stabbed repeatedly in face after refusing to give attacker a smoke in Jamaica: NYPD

By Bill Parry

gun trafficking

Southeast Queens gun trafficking ring dismantled, 200 firearms seized in major bust

By Bill Parry

Queens firefighter search home in two-alarm fire

AMNY

Two-alarm Queens fire rips through partially-completed homes: FDNY

hillside avenue

Two robbers sought for targeting a Hillside Avenue cell phone store in Jamaica Hills: NYPD

By Bill Parry

station

Sleeping man at Jamaica subway station beaten, slashed and robbed last week: NYPD

By Bill Parry

prison

Courts

Southeast Queens man sentenced to decade in prison for stabbing Jamaica man who rushed to defend girlfriend: DA

By Bill Parry

vandal

Video captures vandal damaging Blessed Mother statue outside Jamaica Church; search underway

By Czarinna Andres

man

East Elmhurst man gunned down outside a Jamaica watering hole on Sunday morning, shooter remains at large: NYPD

By Bill Parry

deed theft

Courts

Disbarred attorney sentenced for role in Southeast Queens deed theft crew: AG

By Bill Parry

buyback

NYPD to host anonymous gun buyback program in Jamaica on Sept. 21

By Athena Dawson

groping

Suspect wanted for groping woman in downtown Jamaica supermarket before escaping on bicycle: NYPD

By Bill Parry

murder

Courts

Jamaica man indicted in 2018 cold-case murder of Brooklyn rapper at a Woodhaven bar: DA

By Bill Parry

burglary

Second suspect arrested for alleged burglary of memorabilia, liquor from office of St. John’s hoops coach Rick Pitino: NYPD

By Bill Parry

5-alarm

Stubborn 5-alarm fire burns for hours at a Jamaica tire shop on Tuesday afternoon: FDNY

By Bill Parry and Lloyd Mitchell

rapes

Crunching the Queens crime numbers: rapes and burglaries increase across borough, grand larcenies decrease

By Ethan Marshall

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