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Flushing

Flushing beauty school operator busted for stealing thousands from students in license scam

By Robert Pozarycki

Maspeth man admits to stealing a fortune in building materials from Home Depot stores

By Robert Pozarycki

Two Queens thieves stole $14,000 in merchandise from local Home Depots: DA

By Robert Pozarycki

Detective Steven McDonald (center) was known to share his survival story with fellow officers across the city, including at the 110th Precinct.

Queens’ law enforcement community mourns the loss of Detective Steven McDonald

By Robert Pozarycki

Flushing

UPDATE: Rego Park bigot gets 20 years in prison for stabbing man at mosque in hate crime

By Robert Pozarycki

Karina Vetrano was murdered in August, and her killer is still at large.

UPDATE: State to consider expanded DNA testing that may help solve Howard Beach woman’s murder

By Robert Pozarycki

Elmhurst

Maspeth man charged with breaking into nine Queens homes in two months

By Robert Pozarycki

Jamaica

Jamaica man charged with sending racy texts to undercover cop posing as a teen girl

By Robert Pozarycki

Jamaica

Amid rash of post-election hate crimes, Queens leaders come together to call for unity

By Robert Pozarycki

Jamaica

Jamaica man gets a long prison sentence for sexually abusing kids while he babysat them

By Robert Pozarycki

James Pacheco (inset) confessed to killing a 23-year-old man at the Queensbridge Houses in 1992.

Long Island City

Convicted murderer in Florida will pay the price for fatally shooting LIC friend in 1992

By Robert Pozarycki

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Ozone Park

Ozone Park taxi firm officials stole more than $700K from their drivers: DA

By Robert Pozarycki

Cambria Heights

DNA links Pennsylvania man to the murder of a Queens girl eight years ago

By Robert Pozarycki

Military-grade assault weapons, like the one seen here, were purchased by a Rockaway man on the internet, according to prosecutors.

Rockaway man will pay the price for buying an arsenal of assault weapons on the internet

By Robert Pozarycki

Four men indicted in Queens on over 900 counts of grand larceny for ATM scheme

By QNS News Team

Jackson Heights

Kidnapper who tortured man in an LIC warehouse may spend the rest of his life in prison

By Robert Pozarycki

Max Cagan (inset) was convicted Monday of murdering his girlfriend's ex at this hotel in Jamaica in 2010.

Jamaica

Convicted robber found guilty of fatally shooting his girlfriend’s ex at a Queens hotel

By Robert Pozarycki

Kew Gardens man gets a dozen years in prison for accidentally shooting his girlfriend

By QNS News Team

A 71-page report from Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown cleared officers of wrongdoing in the April 17 death of George Tillman (inset) in South Ozone Park.

Ozone Park

Cops were justified in fatally shooting an armed man during a South Ozone Park pursuit: DA report

By Robert Pozarycki

Sheetal Ranot (at left) and her husband Rajesh Ranot are pictured in August 2014 outside the Queens County Criminal Courthouse.

Ozone Park

Wicked stepmom from Ozone Park gets 15 years in jail for abusing 12-year-old girl

By Robert Pozarycki

A city housing inspector is accused of illegally converting the basement of a home on 196th Street in St. Albans, and his own Rosedale residence, into illegal apartments.

Rosedale

Housing inspector from Rosedale was busted for illegal conversion of his buildings

By Robert Pozarycki

Oscar Morel (center) is led out of the 107th Precinct stationhouse Monday night after being charged with killing an Ozone Park imam and his assistant on Aug. 13.

Ozone Park

Ozone Park imam’s alleged killer has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge

By Robert Pozarycki

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Grandson of mob boss John Gotti among eight pinched for dealing drugs in Howard Beach & Ozone Park

By Robert Pozarycki

ASTORIA HOUSES

Astoria

Astoria man charged for threatening witness in his cousin’s murder case

By Angela Matua

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