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Five employees of a Maspeth grocery store were taken into custody by police last Friday, Sept. 5 after a number of untaxed cigarettes and illegal gaming devices were found inside the shop during a routine inspection, it was reported. More ... A late-night raid on the Borden Avenue Veterans Residence was condemned by veterans living at the shelter at Community Board 2's Thursday, Sept. 4 meeting at Sunnyside Community Services. More ... Coming to the assistance of a neighbor in need proved to be a fatal decision for a Long Island City man who was allegedly punched and kicked to death by a resident of a local homeless shelter last Wednesday evening, Sept. More ... While reporting that the infant mortality rate in New York City fell to an all-time low last year, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced that Forest Hills and Rego Park tallied the fewest infant deaths in Queens More ... The arrest of two alleged graffiti vandals who had scarred the Ozone Park area with their tags was the focus of the Sept. 3 meeting of the Our Neighbors Civic Association of Ozone Park at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church parish center. More ... An apparent fight over a sum of money became a deadly encounter after a homeless man allegedly beat a 45-year-old woman to death in Woodside last Saturday night, Sept. 6, according to police. Law enforcement sources identified the suspect as 45-year-old Michael Bohan, whose last residence was not known. More ... Persons arrested in recent police actions as reported by the 104th Precinct included the following individuals: Sept. 1: (Beat 2) Mercedes Sandoval, at Woodbine Street, for assault, by P.O. Friedrich. (Beat 14) Edgar Mota, at 60th Avenue, for assault, by P.O. McCarren. (Beat 10) Ryzzard Lomotowski, at 60th Place, for assault, by P.O. Barberio. More ... Only a block away from her home, a Forest Hills woman was struck and killed by an oncoming vehicle while trying to cross Queens Boulevard last Friday night, Sept. 5, police reported. The victim was identified by law enforcement sources as Shellie Paris, 81, of 72nd Avenue. More ... A Corona teenager charged in connection with a series of robberies in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in 2006 that resulted in the death of one victim and the near-fatal killing of another has pleaded guilty to murder and attempted More ... A teenage employee at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park has been charged with making a series of phone calls to the venue last Wednesday, Sept. 3—while at work—claiming that a bomb had been planted at Arthur Ashe Stadium. More ... |
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