
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,…
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,…
The police arrested a man on Queen Blvd. early Thursday morning after he pulled a 9mm handgun on a Sunnyside resident after the pair got into a dispute. Police said that the perpetrator went to the victim’s home near 39th Street and decided to settle an ongoing issue by pulling a handgun.…
Captain Donald Powers, the head of the 108th Police Precinct, reported at Tuesday night’s precinct meeting that the number of reported crimes dropped 22.5 percent for the 28 days ending Oct. 24, compared to the same 28-day period in 2009. Powers said that crime was up 1.7% for the year so far—compared to the same period in 2009.…
The police are looking for a Hispanic man who allegedly tried to abduct a young woman on the border of Sunnyside and Woodside on Tuesday morning. A 20-year old woman–who was walking to the subway–was accosted at about 6:30 am on 40th Street and 50th Ave. …
Gino Florencia, who was charged with murdering a Sunnyside man outside a 48th Street apartment building last October, tried to kill two witnesses to that crime before his upcoming trial, according to police. Florencia killed Edison Vera, via a gunshot to the chest on Oct.…
Political leaders met at Casa Romana this morning to celebrate the closing of the infamous establishment. The bar was the site of a bloody brawl last month, when a “Teen Night” hosted by the restaurant went awry resulting in the stabbings of two minors and a total of 14arrests,…
A handful of Woodside residents turned out to the Police Precinct 108 monthly meeting on Tuesday and claimed that teenagers are wrecking havoc at Doughboy and Windmuller parks. These complaints dominated the meeting, in what was largely a low-crime month. The precinct,…
The brawl that erupted at Casa Romana on August 28 began when one teenager stepped on another’s foot, according to this district’s police captain who spoke at Tuesday’s United Forties Civic Association’s monthly meeting. Donald Powers, the new police captain at the 108 Precinct,…
In late July, Manolo’s Mexican Restaurant (located on Greenpoint Ave. and 47th) abruptly closed — and many believed that it fell victim to a difficult economy. However, police confirmed last night, that it was shut down due to cocaine dealing on the premises.…
One person was stabbed and four others were slashed during the Friday night brawl at Casa Romana, police said. The owners and operators of Casa Romana–located at 39-20 Queens Blvd–have both been charged. Enid Nieves, 49, was arrested for “criminal nuisance 2” ,…