January 30, 2006

Deputy mayor's son shot while fleeing armed gang in Queens

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January 9, 2006

Drunk driver flees dead pal after Queens accident

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December 15, 2005

Great, another fake gynecologist

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November 17, 2005

Queens man chased into coffee shop and shot to death

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October 21, 2005

Shop teacher chases down thugs who robbed teen in Queens high school

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July 27, 2005

6 y-o girl visiting her grandparents in Queens strangles herself with jumprope

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April 7, 2005

Queens landscaper attacked with his own machete, survives

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March 1, 2005

NYPD cop kills schoolteacher girlfriend, then self

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February 18, 2005

55 arrests made in bust-up of crack-dealing ring at Queensbridge Houses in Queens

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February 14, 2005

Pit bull attacks 67-y-o woman in Queens

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February 8, 2005

Big weapons cache found on Queens roof

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Search began after school custodian fired two shots during traffic dispute

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February 4, 2005

Queens mom and daughter defraud Housing Authority of $180K over 20 years

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Claimed social security was her only income, but she was actually working the whole time under a different SSN.

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January 31, 2005

3 killed, 3 injured in Jamaica, Queens apartment fire

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January 24, 2005

Queens prostitute arrested for stabbing client/accountant to death at motel

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January 20, 2005

Lovesick homeless man repeatedly calls 911 to report fire at woman's home

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20 false alarms since September. "Met" her on telephone chat line. Also sent her pizza deliveries.

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Graffiti artist "Vamp" arrested, facing 1 year in prison, big fines

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Tags are all over Queens.

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January 19, 2005

Rabbi busted for attempting to bribe city official with free trip to Israel

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Official was considering rabbi's bid to become a carting broker.

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January 15, 2005

Queens drug ring busted despite using evasion methods learned on HBO's "The Wire"

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Other interesting details in story. One member of gang started his own line of men's fashion to launder proceeds.

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January 14, 2005

Queens nun, 68, brutally beaten by carjacker

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January 12, 2005

God-loving teens beat self-professed Satanist with pipe in Queens

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January 10, 2005

Queens man busted after robbing the same Dunkin Donuts for the third time

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His "gun" turned out to be a tv remote. [via Amy's Robot]

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January 4, 2005

One Dead and 7 Injured in Queens as Child Sets Fire to Christmas Tree

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December 30, 2004

Man shot to death by teens in basement bathroom at Queens mall

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He apparently went there to meet them.

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Queens detective under investigation for moonlighting kills self at his precinct

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December 29, 2004

Spat between kids, 7 and 9, ends in shooting death of one mother

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Police have a suspect and are seeking him.

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December 28, 2004

Queens bodega clerk wrestles gun away from robber, shoots at him

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Gunman had robbed the store once before.

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December 26, 2004

Security guard burned to death while trying to put out suspicious fire in elevator

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December 18, 2004

School bus driver gets in accident, continues to school to drop off kids, returns to scene, reports accident

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Move intended to hide fact that kids were in bus at time of accident. Later, kids complaining of cramps and nausea, revealed scheme.

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December 16, 2004

911 caller gives wrong address for house fire; young mother may have died as a result

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December 15, 2004

Gunfire erupts on Queens street as carjacking goes bad

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December 9, 2004

3 witnesses in murder-for-insurance scam have disappeared or died

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Involves Guyanese immigrant community in Queens.

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Bodega worker dies of heart attack while helping police search for men who just robbed him

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Queens high-rise fire injures residents, 19 firefighters

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December 5, 2004

Routine traffic stop leads to discovery of pizza man's aresenal of mainly antique weapons

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Queens corrections officer killed in hotel room

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Inmate retribution to blame?

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December 4, 2004

Quuens woman sues Port Authority; says she got cancer from washing husband's work clothes

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Has mesothelioma; husband worked with asbestos but never got cancer.

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Hooded rapist terrorizing Rego Park, Elmhurst

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3 victims so far.

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Student stabbed in locker room at Queens high school

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December 3, 2004

Would-be rapper fatally shot while waiting for tow truck

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Shot twice before; the first time left him partially paralyzed.

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December 2, 2004

Guyanese immigrant killed at home by young, suit-wearing intruder in Queens

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Man had moved to Queens to keep family safer.

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Ever thnk your landlord wants you dead? You might be right.

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http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/258210p-221139c.html

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November 30, 2004

Brothers shot in ambush on Queens street; 1 killed

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Queens landlady found dead in one-room concrete bunker on property

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Very strange details. May have run or hosted a brothel. Erratic behavior lately.

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November 15, 2004

Meat-cleaver wielding assailant on the loose in Astoria

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Attacked someone the other day, escaped.

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November 11, 2004

Homeless man kills construction worker who asked him to move his shelter

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Worker had previously given man lunch and money.

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November 7, 2004

Cops bust strip clubs in Queens where dancers doubled as prostitutes

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Club Nickels, Club Phenomenon, and Dumbarton's.

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November 2, 2004

Home invaders pose as delivery men, terrorize Queens family

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Neighbor strikes back with baseball bat.

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Comatose patient dies at Queens hospital after ventilator's plug mysteriously pulled

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October 30, 2004

Five baggage handlers charged with stealing $25K worth of stuff from passengers

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October 29, 2004

Queens woman found murdered in SUV, 2-y-o child in back seat

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Child may have been in car for 24 hours.

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October 28, 2004

Man shot dead for nudging someone at a deli in Queens

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October 25, 2004

Woman's abortion may have sparked her murder by boyfriend

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October 24, 2004

Drunk driver who ran over two kids, killing one, will only be charged with DUI, not manslaughter

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October 20, 2004

Really sad: Ex-detective accidentally shoots, kills 18-y-o deli worker in Queens

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Ex-TARU det. says when pager went off, he reached for it, dropped gun, which fired.

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October 12, 2004

More knife violence: Queens girl kills another over a boy

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October 7, 2004

Lack of shout-out leads to shoot-out

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Man wanted credit for lyrics on cousin's rap album.

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October 2, 2004

Elderly Queens man attacked by machete-wielding thug

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September 30, 2004

Cops bust loosely-knit 19-member home invasion gang

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Involved in 80 gun point robberies.

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Queens church secretary and husband busted for embezzling from parish

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Supported lavish lifestyle.

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September 28, 2004

Man robs $6,000 from JetBlue terminal at JFK

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September 26, 2004

Troubled man caught with grenade, stun gun, map at Queens bridge

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More explosives, etc., found in his apartment.

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September 25, 2004

Queens man leads cop on car chase, gets killed in "barrage of bullets"

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Tried to grab officer's gun. Exciting details lead to tragic end.

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September 23, 2004

Cops bust guy who brandished AK-47 in dispute over dog

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Found big arsenal in man's home.

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September 20, 2004

Social worker mysteriously slain while working late, visiting clients in Queens

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September 19, 2004

Queens man named Ian Fleming attempts $11 billion check fraud in Queens

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September 17, 2004

Queens man held for sex trafficking

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Involved with Korean indentured sex workers. [link fixed]

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September 16, 2004

Man on motorcycle slashes school principal at home in Queens

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September 15, 2004

One jockey stabs another to death at Belmont Park track cafeteria

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September 13, 2004

Married Queens woman stabs wheelchair-bound lover

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[see Queens section]

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September 12, 2004

Gunman shoots desk clerk, abducts wife from job at Queens hospital

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Divorce was planned; gunshot victim recovering.

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September 11, 2004

Cop's wife carjacked as officer looks on; cops caught perps soon after

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September 10, 2004

Great story about 2 ex-cops foiling brazen payroll robbery in Queens yesterday morning

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Another case of a man repeatedly arrested because of mistaken identity

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Here's the other case we've mentioned.

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September 9, 2004

Update: State fires new director of the notorious Ocean House adult home in Queens

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NYT had previously reported on director's lack of qualifications

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September 8, 2004

Man with Alzheimer's, 88, beats wife to death with broomstick

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September 7, 2004

Med student passing by house fire breaks in, saves several people

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Amazing story. [link now active]

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September 5, 2004

Motorcyclist killed after colliding with cop car

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Two officers also hurt.

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Man dies after cutting self on razor wire fence

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Was rushing to get to work.

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September 3, 2004

Queens teen drowns at Rockaway beach

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He couldn't swim. Undertow swept him away.

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September 1, 2004

Update: Queens man killed with own cane was beaten for refusal to sell home below its value

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August 31, 2004

Man, 70, bludgeoned to death with own cane

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August 28, 2004

Flying BMW nearly strikes woman in Queens

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August 27, 2004

Queens ex-con found shot to death in burning van

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August 26, 2004

Heart-breaking story about Queens mother mugged and killed days before son's marriage

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August 24, 2004

Queens man was stuffed into trash chute, crushed in compactor

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Didn't live in building; was seen inside, drunk.

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August 23, 2004

Queens handyman, 78, falls into basement sewer trap, dies

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Was trying to clear it, broke neck.

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More party violence: uninvited guest opens fire at teen's Sweet 16, killing the 19-y-o host

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August 21, 2004

Prisoners on hunger strike at little-known maximum-security prison in Queens

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[via boing boing]

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August 20, 2004

Cigarette-and-drugs smuggling ring busted in Queens

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Also seized: $250,000 worth of prescription drugs, 7,000 portable CD players and 140 TV sets.

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August 17, 2004

Robber shoots 1, robs 3 outside Astoria's Club Phenomenon

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Queens mental patient finds wife with other man, stabs her to death

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August 12, 2004

Guyanese immigrant couple found bound, shot in head in Queens [nyt]

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Posted by adm at 3:01 AM

Dangling power line electrocutes two in Queens during yesterday's thunderstorm [nyt]

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Sad details. Young victims with promising futures.

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August 11, 2004

Three murders in South Jamaica, Queens, since Saturday

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2 drug-related, 1 Russian roulette

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Update: Arrest made in beating death of 88-y-o woman

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Found via fingerprints.

Posted by adm at 3:58 AM

Queens man tells court he gave material support to Al Qaeda [nyt]

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He also admitted this on Canadian TV, before he was ever investigated.

Posted by adm at 3:01 AM

August 9, 2004

Girlfriend fatally shoots boyfriend while playing Russian Roulette [nyt]

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August 8, 2004

88-year-old woman dies after Queens home invasion

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August 7, 2004

Man convicted after handing over signed deposit slip during bank robbery

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August 6, 2004

Brooklyn teen confesses to that Queens party shooting last weekend

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