hit and run

Detective who killed thug in shootout says it was ‘just instinct’
Detective who killed thug in shootout says it was ‘just instinct’
News Jay Lane 2/15/2012 at 2:41PM

Detective who killed thug in shootout says it was ‘just instinct’ The NYPD detective who shot and killed a thug in a Harlem subway station yesterday, despite being shot in the arm, said today that he simply reacted. “It was just instinct more than anything,” Queens Detective Kevin Herlihy told The Post. Herlihy said “it’s [...]

Hit-and-run on Bell Boulevard in Bayside
Hit-and-run on Bell Boulevard in Bayside
News Toni Cimino 11/22/2011 at 5:40PM

According to people on the scene, two pedestrians were hit by a car that then allegedly fled at 38th Avenue and Bell Boulevard around 5 p.m. on Tuesday, November 22. One of the victims allegedly worked in the area.  STORY DEVELOPING

Queens’ Morning Roundup – 11/18/2011: Deadly Woodside House Fire
Queens’ Morning Roundup – 11/18/2011: Deadly Woodside House Fire
News Jay Lane 11/18/2011 at 8:59AM

Deadly Woodside House Fire A fire that broke out inside a house in Woodside early Friday morning claimed the life of one woman and injured four other people. The FDNY says the fire was reported at 1:15 a.m. at a two and one-half story house on 61st Street between Woodside Avenue and 43rd Avenue. Read [...]

Queens’ Morning Roundup – 11/16/2011: Queens woman describes ‘rape & set-up’ horror
Queens’ Morning Roundup – 11/16/2011: Queens woman describes ‘rape & set-up’ horror
News Jay Lane 11/16/2011 at 9:06AM

Suspect arrested for George Gibbons’ hit-and-run Only two days after Maspeth residents rallied demanding “Justice for George,” the suspect wanted in connection with the hit-and-run that killed George Gibbons was apprehended in Connecticut, according to police. Peter Rodriguez was taken into custody in Connecticut by the Regional Fugitive Task Force one month to the day [...]

[UPDATE] Suspect arrested for George Gibbons’ hit-and-run
[UPDATE] Suspect arrested for George Gibbons’ hit-and-run
News Billy Rennison 11/15/2011 at 5:39PM

Only two days after Maspeth residents rallied demanding “Justice for George,” the suspect wanted in connection with the hit-and-run that killed George Gibbons was apprehended in Connecticut, according to police. Peter Rodriguez was taken into custody in Connecticut by the Regional Fugitive Task Force one month to the day after the accident.  The suspect was [...]

Queens’ Morning Roundup – 10/17/2011: Woman fights off sexual assault
Queens’ Morning Roundup – 10/17/2011: Woman fights off sexual assault
Top Stories Jay Lane 10/17/2011 at 10:07AM

Woman fights off attacker Last night in the Brookville section of Queens a woman was violently attacked. At 7:30pm the 23 year old woman exited a bus on Edgewood Avenue when a man approached her and punched her in the head twice. The assailant attempted to bring the woman to the ground but she struggled [...]