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One person critically injured after early-morning fire rips through Queens apartment
News Jay Lane 4/06/2012 at 11:42AM

An early morning fire ripped through a Queens apartment, leaving one person clinging to life, fire officials said. The blaze broke out on the fourth floor of a six-story building at 153-25 88th Street in Lindenwood at 7:32 a.m., officials said. One victim went into cardiac arrest and was rushed to Jamaica Hospital in critical [...]

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New Year’s fire bomber, Ray Lazier Lengend, charged with hate crime
New Year’s fire bomber, Ray Lazier Lengend, charged with hate crime
News Michael Pantelidis 3/20/2012 at 5:04PM

An alleged arsonist arrested for a series of fires started on New Year’s Day is feeling the heat after being indicted on state and federal hate crime charges. Ray Lazier Lengend, also known as Suraj Poonai, was taken into custody on January 3 – two days after police believe he threw glass bottles filled with [...]

“Suspicious” Four-Alarm Fire Destroys Business
“Suspicious” Four-Alarm Fire Destroys Business
News Jay Lane 3/07/2012 at 9:45AM

“Suspicious” Four-Alarm Fire Destroys Brooklyn Business Investigators are looking into what they are calling a suspicious four-alarm fire in Brooklyn that gutted one business and injured at least one person. The New York City Fire Department says flames broke out around 4:15 a.m. and quickly spread inside a one story commercial building located at 1716 [...]

Queens Teaching Aide Charged With Sexual Abuse Of Six Female Students
Queens Teaching Aide Charged With Sexual Abuse Of Six Female Students
News Jay Lane 2/24/2012 at 9:36AM

Queens Teaching Aide Charged With Sexual Abuse Of Six Female Students A full-time paraprofessional working in an art class at P.S. 52 in Springfield Gardens, Queens has been arrested and charged with sexual conduct with six female students. Brett Picou, 30, who worked as a teacher’s aide and a substitute at P.S. 52 since 2008, [...]

Grandmother, four young children killed in house fire
Grandmother, four young children killed in house fire
News Jay Lane 2/23/2012 at 12:29PM

Grandmother, four young children killed in house fire Four children aged between two and 12 were killed along with their grandmother Thursday morning in a fiery blaze at a New Jersey home, according to reports out today. The fire broke out at a large house on Clinton Avenue in South Plainfield just before 3.30 a.m. [...]

Mom Throws Baby Out Window to Escape Suspicious Fire in Jamaica
Mom Throws Baby Out Window to Escape Suspicious Fire in Jamaica
News Jay Lane 2/23/2012 at 8:55AM

Mom Throws Baby Out Window to Escape Suspicious Fire in Jamaica A desperate mother threw her baby out the second-floor window of a Queens home that was engulfed by a suspicious blaze early Thursday, fire authorities and witnesses said. The child, who couldn’t have been more than 2 or 3 years old, landed safely in [...]

Clues hint at pill-pop Whitney Houston’s drowning; police could release new details today
Clues hint at pill-pop Whitney Houston’s drowning; police could release new details today
News Jay Lane 2/13/2012 at 9:18AM

Clues hint at pill-pop Whitney Houston’s drowning; police could release new details today Authorities yesterday were investigating the possibility that troubled singer Whitney Houston took sedatives, fell asleep and drowned in a tub in her Beverly Hills hotel room. Police may release more details about Houston’s death today. The tragic 48-year-old star spent the final [...]

Jamaica fire kills one
News Billy Rennison 2/02/2012 at 11:26AM

A deadly fire broke out late Wednesday night leaving one dead in Jamaica. The blaze at a residence on 120th Avenue left a 69-year-old woman dead. The woman was found after fire fighters responding to the fire extinguished the flames. EMS pronounced the woman dead on the scene. The investigation of the fire’s cause is [...]