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.
Posted by adm at 5:23 AM | TrackBack
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.
Posted by adm at 8:25 AM | TrackBack
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.
Posted by adm at 7:48 AM | TrackBack
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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Posted by adm at 3:33 PM | TrackBack
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.
Posted by adm at 1:59 PM | TrackBack
Hooded rapist terrorizing Rego Park, Elmhurst
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3 victims so far.
Posted by adm at 11:14 AM | TrackBack
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.
Posted by adm at 12:44 PM | TrackBack
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.
Posted by adm at 10:40 AM | TrackBack
Ever thnk your landlord wants you dead? You might be right.
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http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/258210p-221139c.html
Posted by adm at 10:32 AM | TrackBack
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.
Posted by adm at 8:58 AM | TrackBack
November 15, 2004
Meat-cleaver wielding assailant on the loose in Astoria
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Attacked someone the other day, escaped.
Posted by adm at 11:16 PM | TrackBack
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.
Posted by adm at 5:33 AM | TrackBack
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.
Posted by adm at 2:53 PM | TrackBack
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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Posted by adm at 12:29 PM | TrackBack
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.
Posted by adm at 4:39 AM | TrackBack
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.
Posted by adm at 7:03 AM | TrackBack
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.
Posted by adm at 4:21 AM | TrackBack
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.
Posted by adm at 8:13 AM | TrackBack
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.
Posted by adm at 10:06 AM | TrackBack
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.
Posted by adm at 12:49 PM | TrackBack
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.
Posted by adm at 9:14 AM | TrackBack
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]
Posted by adm at 6:21 AM | TrackBack
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]
Posted by adm at 5:59 AM | TrackBack
September 12, 2004
Gunman shoots desk clerk, abducts wife from job at Queens hospital
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Divorce was planned; gunshot victim recovering.
Posted by adm at 2:01 AM | TrackBack
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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Posted by adm at 2:54 AM | TrackBack
Another case of a man repeatedly arrested because of mistaken identity
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Here's the other case we've mentioned.
Posted by adm at 2:46 AM | TrackBack
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.
Posted by adm at 1:35 PM | TrackBack
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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Posted by adm at 4:27 AM | TrackBack
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.
Posted by adm at 4:25 AM | TrackBack
August 17, 2004
Robber shoots 1, robs 3 outside Astoria's Club Phenomenon
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Posted by adm at 6:14 AM
Queens mental patient finds wife with other man, stabs her to death
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Posted by adm at 6:07 AM
August 12, 2004
Guyanese immigrant couple found bound, shot in head in Queens [nyt]
[source]
Posted by adm at 3:01 AM
Dangling power line electrocutes two in Queens during yesterday's thunderstorm [nyt]
[source]
Sad details. Young victims with promising futures.
Posted by adm at 2:52 AM
August 11, 2004
Three murders in South Jamaica, Queens, since Saturday
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2 drug-related, 1 Russian roulette
Posted by adm at 5:00 AM
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]
[source]
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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Posted by adm at 12:38 AM
August 8, 2004
88-year-old woman dies after Queens home invasion
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Posted by adm at 5:28 AM
August 7, 2004
Man convicted after handing over signed deposit slip during bank robbery
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Posted by adm at 4:49 AM
August 6, 2004
Brooklyn teen confesses to that Queens party shooting last weekend
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Posted by adm at 5:11 AM