Police & Fire News – QNS

Maruc Pittman pleaded guilty in Brooklyn federal court in the 2024 murder of a drug dealer in a U-Haul van in Bayside.

Bayside

Maryland man pleads guilty to fatal Bayside shooting during drug-related kidnapping in 2024: Feds

By Bill Parry

PAPD officers safely captured a horse after it broke free from Curly's Cowboy Center in South Jamaica.

Runaway horse makes surprise appearance at JFK Airport after breaking free from South Jamaica stable: PAPD

By Bill Parry

An NYPD recruit is accused of raping a woman at the Woodside Motor Inn on Queens Boulevard in October.

Recent recruit arrested at police academy in College Point for allegedly raping woman in Woodside: NYPD

By Bill Parry

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Astoria

Astoria man found guilty of attempted murder for pushing his mother out of a window at the Marine Terrace apartments in 2024: DA

By Bill Parry

A grandfather from Springfield Gardens was struck and killed by a moped rider in Jamaica on the evening of Friday, Dec. 5, police said.

Jamaica

Unlicensed moped operator fatally strikes senior pedestrian in Jamaica: NYPD

By Bill Parry

Police at a slashing scene in Queens.

AMNY

Two men slashed in early morning Queens attack: cops

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AMNY

Queens cyclist dies after getting doored by driver on Liberty Avenue: cops

A Far Rockaway teen was arrested and charged with gang assault and riot for beating a Malba homeowner on the night of a violent street takeover in which the crazed mob torched a security guard's vehicle.

Far Rockaway teen charged with gang assault and riot for beating Malba homeowner during violent car meet up: DA

By Bill Parry

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Ozone Park

AG James will not press charges against NYPD officers who fatally shot Win Rozario in Ozone Park home

By Bill Parry

Cops are looking for these suspects for allegedly snatching necklaces from victims in Jackson Heights, Corona and Maspeth, as well as Brooklyn and Manhattan.

Corona

Chain-snatchers sought in crime spree spanning western Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan: NYPD

By Bill Parry

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AMNY

Heavily armed federal agents in combat gear descend upon Queens neighborhood in predawn raid that rattled residents

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Flushing

Flushing fugitive sentenced to two decades in prison for violent home invasion after conviction in absentia: DA

By Bill Parry

suspect sought for sucker-punching teen in Queens

AMNY

Man sucker-punches teen girl in random attack on Queens street: cops

Cops are looking for the suspect who allegedly pulled a knife on a volunteer during a robbery at the Ozone Park Food Pantry a few days before Thanksgiving.

Ozone Park

Suspect wanted in knifepoint robbery of volunteer at Ozone Park Food Pantry days before Thanksgiving: NYPD

By Bill Parry

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Astoria

Duo wanted in shooting near Astoria waterfront: NYPD

By Bill Parry

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Woodside

Senior robbed in Woodside by four suspects who remain at large several weeks later: NYPD

By Bill Parry

The FDNY battled a 2-alarm fire on the upper floors of an apartment building at 37-52 89th St. in Jackson Heights that displaced 27 adults and four children.

Jackson Heights

Two-alarm fire damages a dozen units in Jackson Heights apartment building: FDNY

By Bill Parry

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Jamaica

Southeast Queens hit-and-run driver sentenced for killing a woman in front of her daughter on Mother’s Day 2022: DA

By Bill Parry

Hundreds of firefighters battled a 5-alarm fire that ripped through four adjoining two-family homes in Richmond Hill on Monday, Dec. 1.

Nearly 20 residents displaced as five-alarm fire tears through four Richmond Hill homes: FDNY

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A civilian was injured during a two-alarm house fire near Myrtle Avenue in Glendale on Sunday, Nov. 30.

Glendale

Resident injured during two-alarm house fire in Glendale which spread to next door home: FDNY

By Bill Parry

Cops are looking for this suspect, who allegedly groped a woman as she slept on an E train in Forest Hills the evening before Thanksgiving.

Young woman sexually abused as she slept on E train in Forest Hills, suspect remains at large: NYPD

By Bill Parry

police at scene where person was stabbed

AMNY

NYPD school crossing guard arrested in Queens for choking girlfriend: sources

A homeless man from Brooklyn was charged with attempted murder for stabbing an E train rider in Jamaica after the victim complained he was talking too loudly on his cell phone.

Jamaica

Homeless man charged with stabbing E train rider in Jamaica who complained he was talking too loudly: DA

By Bill Parry

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Whitestone

Suspect wanted for sexually abusing 15-year-old girl as she got off a bus in Whitestone: NYPD

By Bill Parry

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