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Jaimie Walker, 30, has been charged in the death of his elderly father. -Photo Facebook Subscribe in a reader Queens Voice  January 18, 2021  A Queens man has been charged with fatally stabbing his father in the culmination of a brutal attack on the elderly victim. The defendant was also charged with trashing the interogation room when investigators tried to question him. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Jaimie Walker, 30, has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of his 72-year-old father. The victim was found Thursday morning in the bathroom of his Queens Village home with multiple stab wounds to his neck. The defendant is additionally charged with criminal mischief for wrecking the interview room inside a police precinct. Katz said, “The defendant in this case is accused of committing patricide. He allegedly beat his father before stabbing him to death. This was a brutal, violent killing.” Walker, of Queens Village, was arr...

Deranged Attackers Slash People in Bronx, Queens for Beer and Water Subscribe in a reader  Tweet By Dan Gesslein  Bronx Voice  January 11, 2020  Police are looking for two men in connection with a pair of unrelated and unhinged stabbings in Queens and the Bronx. One shocking attack was caught on video.  Police released surveillance video of a brutal attack taken inside a Queens hotel in which a worker was slashed repeatedly after handing the man a bottle of water. Police are looking for this man in connection with a stabbing in the Bronx on Christmas morning. At around 6:15 am on January 10, a 33-year-old worker at the La Quinta Inn on Queens Boulevard confronted a man who was loitering in the hotel’s lobby. The loiterer asked for a bottle of water. When the clerk came out from behind the desk to hand him the water, the man pounced.  The lobby video shows the man pulling out a large knife and using it to stab and slash the clerk. The worker ...

The NYPD is looking for this man seen at a Bronx bodega for allegedly attacking an elderly woman in Queens. Subscribe in a reader By Dan Gesslein Queens Voice January 5, 2021  An elderly woman suffered a broken elbow when a mugger threw her to the ground to grab her purse, the NYPD says. Cops released surveillance video of the suspect in the Queens attack who was spotted inside a Bronx bodega.  At around 5:15 pm on January 3, an 83-year-old woman was walking on the sidewalk in front of 112-01 Queens Boulevard. A dark SUV pulled up, a man jumped out and threw the woman to the ground. He grabbed her purse and fled in the SUV.  Cops say the mugger made off with $50, bank cards and an iPhone.  The elderly victim was taken to New York-Presbyterian Hospital where she was treated for a broken elbow.  Investigators from the NYPD said they have identified the suspect. They released surveillance video taken from inside a Bronx bodega on East 167th ...

Subscribe in a reader By Dan Gesslein Queens Voice January 5, 2021  A burglar who broke into a shuttered store in a Queens mall made off with $100,000 worth of jewelry, the NYPD says.   Police released surveillance video of the suspect taken from the parking lot of the Queens Center Mall. In the video the man is seen wearing a mask and gloves and appears to be carrying a bag as he leaves on foot.  At around 10:15 pm on December 28, a burglar forced his way through a secured door into the closed Zales Jewelry in the mall. Investigators say the man took $100,000 worth of jewelry and then fled the mall on foot.  Anyone with information is urged to call CRIMESTOPPERS at (800) 577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.