A man has been arrested for fatally stabbing a 19-year-old in South Ozone Park last week. Wilson Rivera, 19, of South Ozone Park, has been charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon. He is accused of stabbing Danthony McDonald around 9 p.m. Friday on Linden Boulevard. McDonald, who lived nearby, was taken to [...]
An Ozone Park man faces up to two years in prison after beating a stray cat so badly even nine lives wasn’t enough. Richard Ferrugio, 51, was found guilty of aggravated cruelty to animals and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon after a six-day jury trial, according to the district attorney. “The defendant showed a complete [...]
Federal investigators started searching the Ozone Park home of late mobster James “Jimmy the Gent” Burke Monday for “human remains and other evidence,” according to published reports. Burke, who was famously portrayed by Robert DeNiro in the film “Goodfellas,” was allegedly behind the 1978 Lufthansa heist at JFK Airport, making off with almost $6 million [...]
As students poured out of school, a crowd gathered on the corner of 153rd Avenue and 83rd Street in Lindenwood. Passing through were parents and guardians, sometimes holding the hands of several children as they tried to cross 153rd Avenue toward the Lindenwood Shopping Center. The crossing guard shuttled people across 83rd Street, but could [...]
A 19-year-old was stabbed to death on Linden Boulevard Friday night. Police responded to a 9-1-1 call around 9 p.m. on Linden Boulevard, where they found Danthony McDonald with a stab wound to the chest. EMS transported McDonald, who lived nearby, to Jamaica Hospital where he was pronounced dead upon arrival. No arrests have been [...]
A 75-year-old Howard Beach woman fought off two men disguised as FedEx employees as they tried to enter her home on Monday, according to police and published reports. One of the perps entered the house near 156th Avenue and 90th Street around 1:30 p.m. and reportedly tried to lunge at the woman, identified as Margaret Mazzio, while [...]
All those who knew Loren Licausi describe her as strong, independent and caring. One of her best friends, Lauren Lafemina, said her character left a noticeable mark on people. Licausi passed away in February from acute myeloid leukemia — a form of cancer that starts with bone marrow — which she was diagnosed with only [...]
Community Board (CB) 10 has approved a new plan, with amendments, to ameliorate parking problems on a Lindenwood block. The Department of Transportation (DOT) proposed the plan for 156th Avenue between 77th and 78th Streets. It would fix what a representative called a long-standing problem that is part of a larger infrastructure project on the [...]
A former director at a Far Rockaway nursing home has been arrested for falsifying records to cover up the disappearance of a resident with dementia, announced Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman. Juliet Clifford, 43, of Mount Vernon, NY, has been charged with endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person, falsifying business records [...]
Four men were arrested for armed robbery and criminal possession of a weapon after they held up an Ozone Park cell phone store Friday. Three of the men, concealing their faces with bandanas, entered a T-Mobile store located at 97-05 Rockaway Boulevard around 7:30 p.m., and ordered two customers and one store employee into a [...]
