A Woodside man was sentenced to 33 years in prison on Wednesday, after pleading guilty last month to the October 2009 killing of a Sunnyside resident and then trying to hire a hit man to kill two witnesses who were expected to testify against him.…
The number of burglaries reported in the northern section of Sunnyside, accounted for one-quarter of all burglaries in the 108 police precinct last month. Police Precinct Capt. Donald Powers said that eight burglaries occurred in Sunnyside for the 28-day period ending Jan.9,…
Police have arrested the man who allegedly robbed the Sunnyside branch of Chase Bank in December, according to published reports. Victor Larsen, 48, was originally picked up by the police for stealing a movie at a Best Buy on Lexington Avenue.…
Two masked men entered the Sunnyside Pharmacy on Skillman Ave. on Nov. 15 and approached the owner with a knife. The two men then blindfolded the proprietor, sat him down in a corner of the store, and then began riffling through the prescription drug section.…
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced yesterday that a 58-year-old teacher, who has taught at Aviation Career & Technical Education High School in the Long Island City section of Queens for more than 20 years, has been charged with sexually abusing a female student at the school between December 2008 and January 2009.…
Despite providing the public with a clear photo, the police have yet to make an arrest of the man who robbed the Chase Bank at Queens Blvd in Sunnyside. On Monday, December 20, 2010 at approximately 11:00 am the pictured man allegedly entered the Chase Bank located at 47-11 Queens Boulevard,…
While the murder rate in the Police Department’s Precinct 108 remained historically low in 2010, the overall crime rate went up nearly 4%, compared to 2009. There was a significant jump in the number of reported rapes, robberies and felony assaults compared to 2009;…
A Woodside man who murdered a Sunnyside resident in October 2009—and later ordered the killing of two witnesses to that crime – pleaded guilty to all charges Friday. Gino Florencia, 32, who shot two men, one fatally in front of 45-55 48thStreet on Oct.…
While crime in Police Precinct 108 is up this year, the increase is modest and shouldn’t be viewed with alarm, according to police and local leaders. Crime is up 4.8% in the precinct for the 2010 year through Nov. 28, compared to the same period in 2009.…
A man was fatally stabbed during a brawl outside a Woodside night club early Sunday. The man was stabbed in the neck outside of the Otro Rollos Tropical Bar on Northern Blvd. in Woodside (pictured above). He was identified as Brahim Prasad,…