Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley, along with Councilmembers James Gennaro, Karen Koslowitz, Ruben Wills, and Eric Ulrich, honored local students and historical groups at City Hall on December 19 for their efforts to uncover the historical significance of Christmas caroling in America. Crowley invited Aquinas Honors Society students from the Immaculate Conception School in Jamaica Estates to sing Christmas carols on the […]
Boro-Wide Blotter
Compiled by LIZ GOFF 102nd Precinct Fatal House Party Queens detectives are seeking help from the public to identify and locate a gunman who opened fire last week on guests at a South Ozone Park house party, killing a 20-year-old man. Cops said Frank Keith was standing outside a home at 132nd Street near 109th Avenue at 4:44 a.m. on […]
Turner Sets Up Shop In Middle Village
Congressmember Bob Turner and his constituents joined together at 82-20A Eliot Ave. in Middle Village to cut the ribbon and officially open his new district office. “I am pleased to be able to share this day with my constituents. We are looking forward to continuing to provide outstanding constituent services to the people of the 9th district,” Turner said. Local […]
Teacher Busted In Student Sex Scandal
A married Queens schoolteacher remains behind bars this week, after he was arrested for repeatedly having sex with one of his students. Charles Oross, a social studies teacher at I.S. 238 in Jamaica Estates, allegedly began the perverted relationship in 2009, when the girl was just 13-years-old, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said. Oross, 44, allegedly met the girl for […]
DelShah Sells Commercial Space To Queens Library
Executive Vice President of DelShah Capital LLC Marc Watkins announced that the Queens Library has purchased seven street-level commercial spaces, totaling more than 10,000 square feet, at 31-32 Union Street in Flushing for $3.5 million. DelShah purchased the senior mortgage for the building in 2009, and then worked through complex foreclosure litigation against five different junior creditors and the previous […]
Man Arrested In Attempted Murder Of Two Rookie Cops
Police in Manhattan arrested a 53-year-old Queens man sought in connection with the December 2 attempted murder of two Jackson Heights police officers. Cops said Antonio Olmeda was spotted by police at 116th Street and 2nd Avenue in Manhattan on December 19, taken in for questioning and later arrested. Olmeda was wearing a bulletproof vest and was carrying two fully […]
Kelly: Accused Queens Cop Killers Are ‘Experienced Criminals’
The four Queens men charged in the December 12 murder of NYPD Officer Peter Figoski are no strangers to the criminal justice system. The Ozone Park men have rap sheets listing petty crimes that date back more than a dozen years, law enforcement officials said. “Even though they are relatively young, they still have significant experience in crime,” Police Commissioner […]
Kelly: Accused Queens Cop Killers Are ‘Experienced Criminals’
The four Queens men charged in the December 12 murder of NYPD Officer Peter Figoski are no strangers to the criminal justice system. The Ozone Park men have rap sheets listing petty crimes that date back more than a dozen years, law enforcement officials said. “Even though they are relatively young, they still have significant experience in crime,” Police Commissioner […]
Tea Party Leader Busted For Gun At LaGuardia
The founder of the California-based Tea Party Patriots, last week was arrested at LaGuardia Airport after revealing an unlicensed firearm to security officials. Port Authority police said Mark Meckler was trying to board a Detroit-bound Delta Airlines flight when he alerted a Transportation Security Administration agent that he had the unlicensed weapon in a locked box. Meckler, 49, showed the […]
Hunt Astoria Robbery Suspects
Queens detectives are seeking help from the public to identify and locate three suspects sought in connection with two recent robberies. Cops said the suspects approached a 33-year-old woman at 27th Street and Ditmars Boulevard on December 1. The suspects waved a black semi-automatic handgun at the terrified woman and demanded cash and her cellphone, police said. The woman complied […]