Category Archive for CrimeThe Sunnyside Gardens crime wave continued Friday with a burglary on 39th Ave (49th Street) The police said that the perpetrator(s) broke into the house and made off with electronic items. A police report was filed on Friday, April 20, at noon. This burglary is just one of a series of incidents that has plagued Read More »
Sunnyside and Woodside residents were stunned to learn that the punishment handed down to gropers is small. Captain Terry O’Toole from the 108 Precinct told members of the United 40s Civic Association in Woodside on Thursday that most gropings were classified as “forcible touching” and were misdemeanors —punishable up to a year in jail. “I Read More »
A 30-year-old Sunnyside female was sexually attacked on 46th Street this morning (Sunday). The perpetrator attacked the woman in the vicinity of 39-08 46th Street and “put his hands down her blouse and punched her in the face,” according to police. The incident occurred at 5:45 am. The woman had been visiting relatives and had Read More »
The police have arrested a Brooklyn man in connection with the attempted robbery of the Sunnyside Chase Bank branch located at 47-11 Queens Blvd. Sidney Williams, 43, of Knickerbocker Avenue, was wanted in connection with five robberies or attempted robberies—including the Feb. 14 Sunnyside incident. He has been charged with three counts of third-degree robbery, Read More »
The Woodside woman who killed her new-born baby by dumping it in the trash faces 10-years in prison and deportation. Queens District Attorney Richard Brown announced yesterday that Dawa Lama, a 24-year-old woman from 65th Street, who had given birth in a hospital bathroom last May has pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter for having thrown Read More »
A scam-artist duped a dozen of would-be Sunnyside renters out of hundreds of dollars. On Thursday, March 01, 2012, twelve victims were allegedly told they could move in to 43-01 46th Street after exchanging money with Peter Kim before for an apartment that he advertised on “Craig’s list”. The suspect did not have permission or Read More »
The number of burglaries and robberies continues to rise throughout the 108th police precinct, and Sunnyside and Woodside are not being spared. Last weekend, there were two break-ins on 47th Street (between Skillman Ave and 39th Ave). In one case, the burglar opened a ground-floor back window, while the family slept upstairs and fled with Read More »
A 43 year old corrections officer attacked his wife in their Woodside home on Monday evening in front of their 9 year old daughter, according to court documents. Mohammed A.Ali allegedly dragged his wife by the legs across the living room floor and then punched her several times in the face, causing redness and welling. Read More »
Three people were stabbed at 7:30 pm Sunday in Woodside, next to the Lawrence Virgilio Playground. The police said the victims, two males and 1 female, were transported to Elmhurst Hospital after the incident. The victims are expected to recover, but are being uncooperative in identifying the perpetrator(s). Jeremiah Dobruck, a Sunnyside resident and reporter Read More »
Guard your wheels. There have been three incidents throughout the area where car owners have discovered their vehicles without rims and wheels. The latest incident (see photo) occurred on 47th St and 39th Ave in Sunnyside Gardens on Feb. 15, 2012. Captain Donald Powers, who spoke at a community outreach meeting in Woodside on Wednesday, Read More »
A man entered Chase Bank at 47-11 Queens Blvd on Tuesday and demanded cash. The police said that the man, described as a black male, presented the teller with a note at 2:55 pm and asked for money. According to one source, the note read: “Give me money, or I will kill you.” The man Read More »
The police arrested a man on Thursday who allegedly murdered a Berkeley Towers resident in October. Raymond Epps, 55, strangled Wayne Graves in his 11th floor apartment at 52-40 39th Drive, according to police. Graves, 62, was found dead in his bathtub on Oct. 19 by his superintendent with a wound to his head from Read More »
Employees at the Sunnyside branch of GameStop got a tough dose of reality Thursday. Around 11:00 am, a man entered the 47-21 Queens Blvd store allegedly carrying a silver firearm covered by a newspaper, police said. The perpetrator then displayed the weapon to an employee and went around the back of the counter to steal Read More »
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 »
The police department is trying to shut down a Greenpoint Ave. restaurant following a shooting that took place outside it in December, said Captain Donald Powers, the commanding officer of the 108 precinct. The shooting occurred outside Restaurant Azteca, a Mexican restaurant located at 47-16 Greenpoint Ave., shortly after two men got into an argument Read More »
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 »
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 »
