After Halloween Shooting, Jamaica Leaders Rally For Safer Streets
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The shooting was one of at least five that occurred citywide on Halloween.
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Fresh Meadows Grandma Finds Grandson Stabbed To Death
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No arrests have been made and the investigation is still ongoing.
Read MoreAfter Growing Up On Rikers Island Teen Heads to Trial
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He has spent nearly four years on Rikers Island.
Read MoreJudge Denies Bail Reduction for Wife of ‘NYPD Pimp’
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A judge denied a bail reduction for the woman charged with masterminding a multi-million dollar prostitution and gambling ring with her ex-cop husband in spite of her attorney’s argument that she was a victim of “NYPD pimps.”
Read MoreWith Jury Set, Families Brace For Start Of Trial
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Eight women and four men from across Queens County are expected to listen to opening statements on Monday for the murder case that rocked Howard Beach over two years ago.
Read MoreDA Shares Response to Tuesday’s Rally
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Truth must triumph over rhetoric and slogans. Many critics are either woefully misinformed of the facts or have chosen to willfully state false facts.
Read MoreNine Jurors Selected as Vetrano Murder Case Begins
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The families of murder victim Karina Vetrano and defendant Chanel Lewis sat in the last row of the courtroom Monday afternoon watching and listening during the first round of jury selection.
Read MoreReporters Barred As Jury Selection Begins In Vetrano Case
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Before the beginning of the jury selection process, court officers cleared reporters from the courtroom based on orders from presiding Judge Michael Aloise.
Read MoreFar Rockaway Rapist Convicted for Brutal 2009 Assaults
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A Far Rockaway man was convicted in Queens Criminal Court on Thursday for the brutal rapes of a woman and her boyfriend in 2009.
Read MoreBodega Owners Charged With Swindling $1.5M From Disabled Woman’s Accident Settlement
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The owners of a Roosevelt Island bodega were busted for swindling over $1.5 million from a wheelchair-bound homeless woman and using the stolen cash to fund a lavish lifestyle, prosecutors announced on Thursday.
Read MoreJury Selection Begins Monday in Vetrano Murder Case
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With jury selection set to begin Monday in front of Justice Michael Aloise, questions about the arrest and initial police interview of Chanel Lewis — the man accused of the murder — have persisted for years.
Read MoreAfter Alleged Cop Slap, Ridgewood Students Defend ‘Heroic’ Guidance Counselor
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A day after a Ridgewood guidance counselor was charged with allegedly punching a cop while defending an emotionally disturbed students, children and parents at Grover Cleveland High School said they had the educator’s back.
Read MoreOff-Duty Firefighter Arrested For Menacing
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An off-duty firefighter was arrested on Tuesday, police said.
Read MoreSex Trafficker Couple Convicted for Pimping Out of Flushing Hotel
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A Queens jury convicted a married couple who coerced a 21-year-old woman into sex work out of a Flushing hotel.
Read MoreDisgraced Assemblymember Pamela Harris Gets 6 Months For Stealing $70K
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The judge explained that Harris, who grew up in Coney Island, was beaten by her mother with a belt as a teenager and never knew her father. He said that the unexpected death of her only child drove her to live on the streets while worked as a prostitute with a crack cocaine addiction.
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