Category: Crime

Woman Dead, Man Arrested Following Shooting

The woman who was shot in the head Monday night in Maspeth/Woodside died Thursday. Delilah Cordova, 21, was shot in an apartment on 64th Street, near 51st Avenue, and rushed to Elmhurst Hospital. The police have arrested Elijah Stamateris, 22, who lives in that apartment.…

Pols Notify Residents of Sunnyside/Woodside Groper

Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer held a press conference on 46th Street and Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside today to alert the public and aggressively search for a perpetrator who has been groping women, and one 12-year-old girl in the Sunnyside/Woodside neighborhoods of Queens.…

Burglars Target Two Sunnyside Buildings

Burglars 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.…

Sunnyside Woman Busted on Bribery Charge

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.…

Perpetrators of Local Crime About to be Prosecuted/Sentenced

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.…

Violent Crime Drops in Sunnyside/Woodside Area

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.…

Rapist Gets 25 years, Nailed By DNA

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 for stealing $3,000 from a former employer.…

Crime Jumps in June, as Burglaries Are Up

Crime jumped in the Sunnyside/Woodside & LIC region in June, with the number of reported burglaries up markedly. Sgt. David Porter said that crime across Police Precinct 108 jumped 11% in the 28-day period ending in June 26, 2011, compared to the same 28-day period a year ago.…

NYPD Releases Photo of Suspect Wanted for Sunnyside Burglary

The New York City Police Department is asking residents to identify a suspect (pictured above) in connection with a burglary that occurred on 43rd Ave. on Monday, June 20. The alleged perpetrator entered an apartment located at 42-15 43rd Avenue, Sunnyside,…