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A jury in Queens Supreme Court found Roosevelt Rose guilty of murder and other crimes for killing a South Jamaica mom of four on Mother's Day 2022 in front of her daughter on a narrow, dead-end street where she lived.

Jamaica man gets 25 years to life for Mother’s Day hit-and-run that killed a mom of four in front of her daughter: DA

By Bill Parry

Firefighters battle Queens fire

AMNY

Queens fire at vacant house leaves firefighter injured

rapes

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

By Ethan Marshall

murder

Southeast Queens man charged with murder for beating his aunt to death in her South Jamaica home: NYPD

By Bill Parry

video

Chilling video of South Jamaica mom’s murder re-released in hopes of sparking new leads before case goes cold: NYPD

By Bill Parry

son

Son of rapper Remy Ma arraigned in 2021 murder-for-hire case in South Jamaica: DA

By Bill Parry

son

Rapper Remy Ma’s son arrested with Queens Village man for 2021 murder of Astoria drug kingpin: NYPD

By Bill Parry

7-eleven

Armed robber hits 7-Eleven stores in three Queens neighborhoods in just over an hour Wednesday morning: NYPD

By Bill Parry

jamaica

Jamaica gang member sentenced to 30 years for fatal mistaken-identity shooting of 14-year-old: DA

By Bill Parry

crime

Crunching the Queens crime numbers: murders drop in the north, spike in the south, vehicle thefts continue to be up across borough

By Ethan Marshall

virginia

Virginia men extradited back to Queens for gunning down man in South Jamaica in 2022: DA

By Bill Parry

Qeens crime scene

AMNY

Queens shooting on residential block leaves woman injured: NYPD

crime

Crunching the Queens crime stats: number of stolen vehicles in northern Queens dips, uptick in southern portion of borough

By Ethan Marshall

crime

Crunching the Queens crime numbers: felony assaults rising, burglaries declining

By Ethan Marshall

burglaries

Crunching the Queens crime numbers: burglaries trending down across most of borough

By Ethan Marshall

grand larceny

Crunching the Queens crime stats: grand larceny incidents continue to drop across the borough

By Ethan Marshall

grand larceny

Crunching the Queens crime stats: grand larceny auto incidents soar, with NYPD reporting surge in vehicle thefts

By Ethan Marshall

felony

Crunching the Queens crime stats: felony assaults rise as grand larceny incidents decline

By Ethan Marshall

shooting

Cops cuff teen in connection with 2020 South Jamaica shooting after receiving tip from school safety agent: NYPD

By Zachary Gewelb

wellness

Kids & Education

NYPD marks opening of new wellness center at High School for Law Enforcement and Public Safety in Queens

By Ethan Marshall

FDNY battles two-alarm house fire in South Jamaica early Monday morning

By Bill Parry

South Jamaica

Young boy fatally shot by cop 50 years ago honored at South Jamaica intersection

By Bill Parry

South Jamaica

South Jamaica man sentenced to two decades in prison for gunning down Long Islander in 2021: DA

By Bill Parry

August Martin High School

Teen stabbed near August Martin High School in South Jamaica: NYPD

By Bill Parry

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