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Police seek Woodside man who threatened to hack up ex girlfriend

The police are looking for a Woodside man who broke into his ex-girlfriend’s Astoria apartment Sunday, and threatening to kill the woman and her son with a meat cleaver, cops say. The police are seeking the public’s help to find the suspected perpetrator, who has been identified as Damion Jackson (pictured here). Jackson broke into Read More »

Dispute at a Sunnyside restaurant leads to shooting

A man was shot early Saturday morning following an argument that broke out between two men at a Sunnyside Mexican restaurant, according to police. Eladio Espejo, a 26-year-old Hispanic man, allegedly shot the victim in the arm and thigh shortly after he had been involved in a verbal exchange with the victim at Restaurant Azteca, located at 47-16 Greenpoint Ave., according to Read More »

Local crime drops in Nov., likely to fall for year

While the crime rate dropped significantly in the Sunnyside/Woodside and LIC districts in the past month, a number of loose ends remain untied – such as bringing charges against a man who allegedly murdered a Woodside man and finding a groper of local women. The number of crimes that were reported in the precinct was Read More »

Sunnyside crime

NY Post A burglar made off with more than $2,000 worth of jewelry from a Sunnyside home, authorities said. Cops theorized that he hoisted himself onto a fire escape and snuck in through the window of an apartment on 40th Street near 47th Avenue at about 11 p.m. Tuesday while the 36-year-old tenant was out, Read More »

Teen from Woodside robbed of iPod

Times Ledger A Woodside teen was arrested last week for allegedly mugging a person on the street in the middle of the day, the Queens district attorney’s office said. Regge Lopez, 18, of 61st Street, was arraigned on robbery charges Oct. 27, the DA’s office said. For the full story, click here

Police continue search for Woodside murderer

Police were still searching for a suspect in connection with a homicide that left a 62-year-old man strangled in the bathtub at his Woodside apartment, a police spokesman said Thursday night. The body of Wayne Graves was discovered by his superintendent at his apartment at Berkeley Co-op Towers Section II, at 52-40 39th Dr. on Read More »

Sunnyside/Woodside groper still on the loose

Police have yet to apprehend the so-called Sunnyside/Woodside groper, citing a lack of video evidence, photos and the difficulty that the victims have had in identifying the perpetrator. In recent months, a man on a black mountain-bicycle has approached several local women riding up behind them and grabbing their buttocks or breasts–before fleeing. However, the incidents have each occurred so Read More »

Woman dead, man arrested following shooting

The woman who was shot in the head Monday night in Maspeth/Woodside died Thursday. Delilah Cordova, 21, was shot in an apartment on 64th Street, near 51st Avenue, and rushed to Elmhurst Hospital. The police have arrested Elijah Stamateris, 22, who lives in that apartment. He was charged with assault, criminal possession of a weapon and Read More »

Woman shot in Woodside

NY Daily News A 21-year-old woman was clinging to life Monday night after she was shot in the head in Queens, police said. Neighbors said they saw the woman walk into a building with at least two men near 64th St. and 51st Ave. in Woodside just before a shot rang out about 9:30 p.m. Read More »

Woodside man found dead in bathtub

Daily News Detectives are investigating the killing of a Queens man who was found dead in his bathtub Wednesday with what police described as two puncture wounds to his head. The 62-year-old Woodside man was discovered Wednesday morning after a friend became concerned when he could not reach him, police sources said. The friend went Read More »

Pols notify residents of Sunnyside/Woodside groper

Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer held a press conference on 46th Street and Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside today to alert the public and aggressively search for a perpetrator who has been groping women, and one 12-year-old girl in the Sunnyside/Woodside neighborhoods of Queens. The suspect, described as a Hispanic male between 30 and 40, has Read More »