Category Archive for CrimeBurglars have targeted two Sunnyside apartment buildings on 40th Street–and the residents want answers. Residents from the buildings turned out at the Police Precinct 108 meeting in Sunnyside last week claiming that their respective buildings have been broken into 8 to 10 times in recent months. They claim that when they call 911, the police Read More »
A Sunnyside woman is facing bribery charges after she offered cash to local cops to get her boyfriend out of jail. Police said Anjail Sharma, 20, and her boyfriend, Jose Reyes, 19, were driving at 58th Street and Broadway in Woodside on Sept. 13 when police from Precinct 108 pulled them over for a broken Read More »
Two men who attacked a number of Sunnyside and Woodside women earlier this year–in a series of separate incidents– are expected in court in October. Meanwhile, a Woodside woman who threw her baby in the trash at Elmhurst Hospital will be in court Sept. 29. Her baby later died. Paul Winston, a 21-year Brooklyn man, who Read More »
DNAINFO.COM Rape charges against a Midtown bartender from Sunnyside accused of attacking a woman in Morningside Heights were dropped Monday. Prosecutors said the woman accusing Irish citizen Damien McGuinness, 22, of assaulting her refuses to testify at his trial. McGuinness met the woman, who was visiting the city from out of town, at a bar Read More »
Violent crime in the Sunnyside/Woodside & LIC precinct has declined so far this year, according to the latest police statistics. This year (through Sept. 4) there have been NO murders in police precinct 108 compared to TWO for the same period in 2010. Meanwhile, there have been SIX reported rapes, compared to 11 this time Read More »
A Queens man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for a string of sexual attacks that had been previously listed as cold cases, according to the Queens district attorney last week. Mauricio Rosales, of Woodhaven, was arrested for four sexual attacks after he was require to submit a DNA sample after he was arrested Read More »
Details are still sketchy about an alleged break-in at the Best Buy superstore on Northern Boulevard yesterday, but information so far confirms that it was a police helicopter circling above Sunnyside and Woodside, noted by many, and was used to track down suspects in the incident. Diane Ballek, President of the 108 Police Precinct Community Read More »
Times Herald “…“We’re experienced a rash of persons coming from New York to make these fraudulent purchases,” said Deputy Police Chief Dale Mabry. “We don’t know why they are coming here.” (Among other New Yorkers) “a Queens, N.Y., man was charged with credit card fraud after he allegedly tried to purchase two I-Pads at the Read More »
Organized by the 108 Police Precinct Community Council, which includes civilians and officers, and Hunter’s Point Community Development Corporation, all ages were welcomed and dined on food donated by LIC restaurants on Tuesday night at John Andrew Park on 48th Ave. behind the historic 108 Precinct house in Long Island City. “Night Out on Crime” Read More »
Full article NY Post “…A horde of … “actors” — mostly disguised as dapper day traders — suddenly stripped off their clothes and frolicked around Wall Street early yesterday morning in a bizarre protest of corporate greed. …(And they) initially dressed as a CEO, dog walker and janitor — were collared by cops..” Among them Read More »
See full article in NYDaily News “…Prompted by complaints from merchants and local officials, inspectors from the city Department of Consumer Affairs and the Health Department joined police officers on a crackdown of street vendors in the Sunnyside and Woodside neighborhoods last week. They checked to make sure vendors had the proper permits and signage Read More »
