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An employee of a Woodside gas station died shortly after an armed gunman robbed the location on Thursday, Jan. 8, according to law enforcement sources. The victim was identified by the NYPD as Noor Khan, 42, of 58th Street in Woodside. More ... Profiting on empty promises proved costly for a Ozone Park man charged last Thursday, Jan. 8 with allegedly swindling thousands of dollars from local immigrants in a forgery scheme, it was announced. The suspect, identified by the Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown as 36-year-old Nazim (a.k.a. More ... An early morning walk along a Ridgewood street proved costly for a man who was assaulted and mugged by a trio of thieves on Sunday, Jan. 11, police reported. Law enforcement sources said the attack took place at around 4:30 a.m. in the vicinity of Seneca Avenue and Grove Street. More ... Local police brought down the curtain on 2008 with an over two-percent decrease in crime, the 104th Precinct's executive officer stated at last Wednesday's Glendale/104th Precinct Civilian Observation Patrol meeting. More ... A mechanic from Richmond Hill who ran down and killed a 12-year-old boy at a local intersection in 2006 was sentenced last Thursday, Jan. 8 to spend up to the next nine years in prison, it was announced. Juan Franjul, 48, of 124th Street was ordered by Queens Supreme Court Justice Richard L. More ... The 43-year-old homeless man who was caught red-handed in front of a terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in September selling items that he had stolen from an airport duty-free shop has pleaded guilty, More ... A Flushing resident employed at private music schools in Queens and Manhattan has been arraigned on felony sex crimes involving an 11-year-old male student. Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown identified the defendant as Amos Duque, 24, of Horace Harding Expressway in Flushing. More ... A 26-year-old Brooklyn high school teacher has been arraigned on charges of attempting to meet for sexual relations a person he had met online and who he believed to be a 14-year-old girl. The alleged victim was actually a New York City Police Department undercover detective assigned to its Vice Enforcement Division. More ... A Bronx mother has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the suffocation death of her newborn son on New Year's Eve 2006, reportedly admitting to leaving the body in a Dumpster in Queens. Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown identified the defendant as Lucila Rojas, 27, of Cross Bronx Expressway. Rojas pleaded guilty on Thursday, Jan. More ... One week after the reported discovery that an alleged sex offender still had access to the Boro Park YMHA where he had previously molested a child, a citywide study found that other sex offenders are living near youth centers. More ... |
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