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Queens man charged in mom’s murder
Queens man charged in mom’s murder
Police Cristabelle Tumola 5/07/2013 at 11:45AM

A Queens man has been charged with homicide after he allegedly stabbed his mother multiple times. Authorities found the victim, 60-year-old Sylvia Scott, inside an apartment at 76-00 Shorefront Parkway around 12:45 a.m. Monday with multiple stab wounds to her torso, said police. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Her son, 35-year-old Lonnie Scott, [...]

Suspect wanted for attempted robbery of cab driver in Forest Hills
Suspect wanted for attempted robbery of cab driver in Forest Hills
Central Cristabelle Tumola 5/07/2013 at 8:59AM

The NYPD is looking for the suspect wanted in connection to an attempted robbery of a taxi driver in Forest Hills Friday night. Around 9:50 p.m., the suspect entered the victim’s cab near 63rd Drive and 108th Street, said police. The suspect then demanded money, displayed a syringe and simulated a gun. The victim did [...]

New video released of South Ozone Park child sex assault suspect; $12K reward offered
New video released of South Ozone Park child sex assault suspect; $12K reward offered
Police Cristabelle Tumola 5/06/2013 at 11:54AM

Police have released a second video of the suspect wanted for the sex assaults of two Queens girls in South Ozone Park last week. The newly released footage shows the suspect after he groped a seven-year-old as she sat on the stoop of her home Wednesday afternoon. A previously released video allegedly shows the same [...]

Two Queens men charged after robbing bank, leading cops on high-speed chase
Two Queens men charged after robbing bank, leading cops on high-speed chase
Police Queens Courier Staff 5/04/2013 at 1:26PM

Two Queens men have been indicted in connection to the robbery of an upstate New York bank that was followed by a high-speed car chase in Westchester County, said the FBI. According to the allegations, Joseph McCrimon, 38, entered a Wells Fargo Bank in Ardsley on March 29, demanded cash from the teller and threatened to detonate [...]

Whitestone man found shot to death in Flushing
Whitestone man found shot to death in Flushing
Police Cristabelle Tumola 5/03/2013 at 3:38PM

Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a Whitestone man in Flushing earlier today. Police found 46-year-old Leslie Balogh around 1:45 a.m. in front of 31-50 137th Street with gunshot wounds to his face and torso. He was taken to Flushing Hospital where he was pronounced dead. There have been no arrests and the investigation [...]

Suspect tied to second child sex assault in South Ozone Park
Suspect tied to second child sex assault in South Ozone Park
Police Cristabelle Tumola 5/03/2013 at 10:03AM

Police believe the suspect wanted for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old in South Ozone Park on Wednesday, inappropriately touched another girl in the area the same day. The man allegedly came up to the victim, also seven, around 2:45 p.m. as she was sitting on the stoop of her South Ozone Park home and grabbed her [...]

Cops search for sexual assault suspect in South Ozone Park
Cops search for sexual assault suspect in South Ozone Park
Police Terence M. Cullen 5/02/2013 at 3:54PM

Police are looking for a suspect wanted in connection with a criminal sex act in South Ozone Park. The suspect came up to a seven-year-old girl before 6 p.m. yesterday outside of a driveway, police said. He performend a criminal sex act on the girl and then fled on foot. He’s described as a man [...]

Cops ID Ridgewood body; suspect charged with murder
Cops ID Ridgewood body; suspect charged with murder
News Maggie Hayes 5/02/2013 at 12:18PM

Twenty-seven year old Derek Tudor confessed to killing his mother’s boyfriend, Frank Soucie, whose body investigators recovered from his Ridgewood backyard, a police source said. Criminal charges indicate that Tudor intentionally suffocated Soucie, 60, sometime between Sunday, April 21 and Sunday, April 28 in or around the Putnam Avenue home, said District Attorney Richard Brown. [...]

Pols say buybacks not enough to keep streets safe
Police Queens Courier Staff 5/02/2013 at 10:00AM

BY MAGGIE HAYES AND TERENCE M. CULLEN The quest to curb gun violence continues. Politicians within the borough are searching for what they can do at a local level. Councilmember Peter Vallone, Jr., Chair of the Public Safety Committee, says gun buybacks can be effective in getting some old guns off the street, but will [...]

Body found in Ridgewood backyard
Body found in Ridgewood backyard
News Maggie Hayes 5/01/2013 at 2:59PM

A missing Ridgewood man may have been found buried in his own backyard. Frank Soucie, 60, was last seen on Monday, April 22, said neighbors. Ann Marie Mandala, who lives on the same Putnam Avenue block as Soucie, said she knew he liked to gamble and thought he may have gone to the casinos for [...]