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September 17, 2019

Vandal causes $10,000 of damage in Hollis church

September 17, 2019/ Guest User
Vandal causes $10,000 of damage in Hollis church

On Sept. 8, the same person was caught on video tearing down signs and damaging potted plants in the church’s parking lot.

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September 17, 2019/ Guest User/
eastern queens, Crime, news, Law, Southern Queens
Hollis, Diocese of Brooklyn, Gerard Majella, Josephjude Gannon, St. Gerard Majella, church, vandalism
September 16, 2019

NYPD officials ‘dragging their feet’ on release of body camera footage

September 16, 2019/ Luca Powell
NYPD officials ‘dragging their feet’ on release of  body camera footage

Officials from the CCRB told attendees at a forum in Long Island City on Sept. 12 that there were “issues obtaining reliable and timely information” regarding police footage.

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September 16, 2019/ Luca Powell/
Crime, Central Queens, Communities, eastern queens, news, Law, northern queens, Southern Queens, Western Queens
NYPD, police, CCRB, Civilian Complaint Review Board, LIC, Long Island City, FOIL, Freedom of Information Law, Daniel Pantaleo, Eric Garner, VOCAL, NAACP, Candice Prince-Modeste, John McFarlane
September 16, 2019

Queens court considers new DNA evidence in 26-year-old murder case

September 16, 2019/ David Brand
Queens court considers new DNA evidence in 26-year-old murder case

Prosecutors will argue against the astronomical likelihood ratio of a DNA test.

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September 16, 2019/ David Brand/
Crime, Features, Law, news
queens criminal courthouse, dna test, michael robinson, Legal Aid Society, queens da, queens da's office, Assistant District Attorney Brad Leventhal
September 16, 2019

Five Queens residents arrested after allegedly selling millions of opioids

September 16, 2019/ Guest User
Five Queens residents arrested after allegedly selling millions of opioids

Over the course of a year, the defendants allegedly conducted tens of thousands of transactions involving the pills.

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September 16, 2019/ Guest User/
Crime, eastern queens, news, Law, Southern Queens, Western Queens
opioids, LIC, Long Island City, Jamaica, Richmond Hill, Richard Donoghue, drugs
September 16, 2019

Decades-old murder conviction is under review in Queens

September 16, 2019/ David Brand
Decades-old murder conviction is under review in Queens

“They consider DNA less reliable when it exculpates someone, but when it inculpates, it’s the be all and end all.”

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September 16, 2019/ David Brand/
Crime, Central Queens, Features, news, Law
Legal Aid, Legal Aid Society, Michael Robinson, murder, Stephen Knopf, DNA, Karina Vetrano, Chanel Lewis, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, TrueAllele, CRU, Conviction Review Unit, Melinda Katz, Harold Ferguson
September 13, 2019

Plaintiffs file 17 sex abuse complaints in Queens under state’s Child Victim’s Act

September 13, 2019/ David Brand
Plaintiffs file 17 sex abuse complaints in Queens under state’s Child Victim’s Act

In addition to the 17 cases filed in Queens, there were 251 complaints in New York City’s other four Supreme Civil Courts.

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September 13, 2019/ David Brand/
Crime, Central Queens, eastern queens, news, Law, Features, northern queens, Southern Queens, Western Queens, Voices
Child Victims Act, CVA, Chereé Buggs, Larry Love, OCA, Office of Court Administration, Fresh Meadows, Middle Village, Rockefeller University, Queens Supreme Court, sex abuse, child sex abuse, Father James Collins, St. Margaret’s Church
September 13, 2019

Off-duty cop charged with DWI after crashing into car and trying to drive away

September 13, 2019/ Guest User
Off-duty cop charged with DWI after crashing into car and trying to drive away

Police told the Eagle that the cop was found behind the wheel, “with the engine still running” after crashing into another car.

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September 13, 2019/ Guest User/
Crime, Central Queens, Law, news
ASPCA, NYPD, DWI, John Riquelme, dogs
September 13, 2019

Queens’ 15 councilmembers weigh in on the city’s jails plan

September 13, 2019/ David Brand
Queens’ 15 councilmembers weigh in on the city’s jails plan

Three Queens councilmembers flat-out say they will vote against the plan.

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September 13, 2019/ David Brand/
Communities, Central Queens, eastern queens, news, Law, northern queens, Southern Queens, Western Queens, politics, Crime
Kew Gardens, jail, Bill de Blasio, community jails, borough-based jails, Rikers Island, Jimmy Van Bramer, Antonio Reynoso, aren Koslowitz, Daniel Dromm, Rory Lancman, Francisco Moya, Adrienne Adams, Donovan Richards, Costa Constantinides, Barry Grodenchik, I. Daneek Miller, Peter Koo, NIMBY
September 12, 2019

NYPD takes Crime Stoppers to the app store

September 12, 2019/ Guest User
NYPD takes Crime Stoppers to the app store

The app also allows users to submit tips to investigators with attached images, documents, and videos.

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September 12, 2019/ Guest User/
Crime, Central Queens, Communities, eastern queens, Features, news, northern queens, Southern Queens, Western Queens
Crime Stoppers, NYPD, app store, iPhone, Android
September 12, 2019

The jail plan will likely pass. And the towers are getting smaller.

September 12, 2019/ David Brand
The jail plan will likely pass. And the towers are getting smaller.

Where do New York City Council members stand on the jail plan?

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September 12, 2019/ David Brand/
Crime, Communities, Central Queens, Features, news, politics, Law, Voices
community jails, borough-based jails, jails, Rikers Island, No New Jails, Close Rikers, City Council, ULURP, George Artz, Corey Johnson, Bill de Blasio, Queens Detention Center, Kew Gardens, Adrienne Adams, Karen Koslowitz, Rory Lancman
September 11, 2019

‘Don’t do anything stupid or I’ll kill you:’ Ozone Park man pleads guilty to gunpoint rape

September 11, 2019/ Guest User
‘Don’t do anything stupid or I’ll kill you:’ Ozone Park man pleads guilty to gunpoint rape

“In pleading guilty, the defendant has admitted to brutalizing a woman he encountered on the street shortly before midnight.”

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September 11, 2019/ Guest User/
Crime, eastern queens, news, Law, Southern Queens
rape, gun violence, Ozone Park, Jamaica, George Persaud, Richard Buchter
September 11, 2019

Proposed 200-bed women’s jail deserves more attention, advocates say

September 11, 2019/ David Brand
Proposed 200-bed women’s jail deserves more attention, advocates say

“We’re an afterthought because typically, we think women don’t get arrested.”

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September 11, 2019/ David Brand/
Communities, Central Queens, Crime, Features, Law, news, Rikers Island
women's jail, kew gardens, jail plan, helen rosenthal, department of correction, doc, Rose M. Singer Center, close rosie's, queens criminal courthouse
September 10, 2019

Queens men allegedly defraud mortgage lenders out of millions

September 10, 2019/ Guest User
Queens men allegedly defraud mortgage lenders out of millions

The five defendants allegedly sold properties for higher than the short sale price without disclosing it to the lenders.

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September 10, 2019/ Guest User/
Crime, eastern queens, Central Queens, Law, news
EDNY, wire fraud, homes, housing, Iskyo Aronov, Michael Konstantinovskiy, Tomer Dafna, Avraham Tarshish, Michael Herskowitz, Rego Park, Queens Village, United States Attorney’s Office
September 10, 2019

SUV driver plows through red light in South Ozone Park hit-and-run, killing woman

September 10, 2019/ Guest User
SUV driver plows through red light in South Ozone Park hit-and-run, killing woman

The deadly collision occurred near 111th Avenue and 126th Street.

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September 10, 2019/ Guest User/
Crime, eastern queens, Law, news, Southern Queens, Transit
South Ozone Park, collision, hit-and-run, NYPD, cars
September 09, 2019

Broadway musician arrested for trying to meet teen boy for sex in Jamaica

September 09, 2019/ David Brand
Broadway musician arrested for trying to meet teen boy for sex in Jamaica

A sexually-explicit conversation on Snapchat allegedly almost led to a 26-year-old man meeting a 14-year-old boy for sex.

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September 09, 2019/ David Brand/
Crime, eastern queens, news, Law
Broadway, Jamaica, John Ryan, sex crimes, Snapchat, Grindr, Justin Brown, Parsons Boulevard
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