A man was shot in a late-night dispute at El Potrero, a Mexican sports bar at 46-12 Greenpoint Ave., on Thursday Feb. 18, according to police who gave their month crime report at the 108 precinct last week. This shooting, in addition to the murder of a woman who was found under the Queensboro Bridge,…
Memorial at Ten Full By Brendan McKenna A Sunnyside Chinese-food delivery man was killed by a drunk driver. Jiangiu Chen, 52, of Elmhurst, was a deliveryman for Sunnyside-based Ten Full Chinese Food at 39-49 48th Avenue. He was struck by a 2004 black SUV as he drove his scooter on the LIE service road at 39th Street and was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital.…
A Sunnyside doctor was arrested for failing to file tax returns. Avelino Rosales, a Cedarhurst resident who operates his practice out of 41-21 Greenpoint Ave., was charged with failing to file tax returns from 2002 to 2006, according to the Nassau County District Attorney.…
Crime fell more than 10 percent during a quiet year for police in the 108th Precinct, which covers Sunnyside, Woodside and LIC. Major crime either remained at 2008 levels or declined with the exception of rapes. The number of rapes jumped a little over 50 percent to 14.…
Two men smashed through the window of a Sunnyside house on 48th Street (by 43rd Ave) and were arrested by police, according to police sources. The two men, both in their 20s, broke into the house around 4:00 pm. Police arrested the men inside the house and have charged them with burglary.…
Deputy Inspector Thomas Kavanagh, the head of the 108th police precinct, reported at Tuesday night’s precinct meeting that crime dropped 28 percent in November, compared to the high-crime month of October. For the 28 day period ending Sept. 22, there were no murders,…
A Woodside resident faces multiple charges for shooting two men, one fatally, in Sunnyside last month. Gino Florencia, 31, who resided on 54th Street in Woodside, has been charged with murder, assault, and criminal-possession-of-a-weapon, police said. The shooting took place at 9:00 am Saturday,…
The crime rate for the 108 precinct, which includes Sunnyside, Woodside and Long Island City, was up markedly in the month of October. However, when viewed in the context of the 2009 year, crime remains at a very low level. During the four week period ending October 25th,…
Police have a suspect in custody following Saturday’s shooting in Sunnyside, where one man was killed and another left in serious condition. Police are in the process of extraditing the suspect from Orlando back to New York. The department would […]
Two men were shot, one fatally, on 48th street this morning, police said. The shooting happening outside of 45-55 48th Street at 9:00am and the perpetrator(s) ran off on foot, Lt. Concepcion told the Sunnyside Post. Shortly after the killing, police sent in a helicopter to search for the killer(s) but to no avail.…