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confidential.I’m  By Dan Gesslein  Queens Voice November 23, 2023  NEW YORK  - The NYPD released surveillance video of a pair of baby-faced thieves who pulled a knife on their victim outside a Queens library.  At around 1 am on October 22, a 38-year-old man was walking outside the Queens Library on 104th Street. Cops said two young suspects ran up to him, pulled out a knife and placed the blade against the victim’s stomach. The other suspect rumaged through the victim’s pockets and removed a wallet and credit cards.  The two robbers then ran off in an unknown direction. Investigators scoured surveillance video and found the two suspects from inside a local grocery store.  Police are asking for the public’s help in trying to catch the alleged crooks.  The first suspect is described as a male with a medium complexion and thin build. He was last seen wearing a black baseball cap and black “North Face” jacket.  The second suspect is described as ...

The NYPD is searching for two men in connection with a robbery and assault in Queens. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Queens Voice November 21, 2023 QUEENS - The NYPD is searching for two men who placed a Queens man in a chokehold to steal his phone.  At around 4:30 am on November 7, a 39-year-old man was walking in the vicinity of 92nd Street and Roosevelt Avenue. Cops said two men ran up behind the man and placed him in a chokehold. The attackers dragged the victim to the ground choking him as he hit the sidewalk.  Cops said the attackers then rumaged through the victim’s pockets removing his cell phone and wallet. The attackers then ran off northbound on 37th Avenue.   The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspects who were draped in black. 

A Queens man pled guilty in the fatal crash that killed an off-duty NYPD Officer. -File Photo By Dan Gesslein  Queens Voice  November 20, 2023  QUEENS - A Queens man pled guilty in the fatal crash of an off-duty police officer. The driver, whose blood alcohol level tested over the legal limit, sped through a stop sign and slammed into the officer’s car, prosecutors said.  Kassun Brown pled guilty to manslaughter in the fatal accident that killed Police Officer Michael Ellis who was off-duty and driving his own vehicle at the time. Brown admitted to running through a stop sign and crashing into Ellis in 2020.  “The defendant’s recklessness prematurely took the life of a young NYPD officer,” said Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. “We welcome the guilty plea and hope it will provide some solace to Officer Ellis’ loved ones.”   Prosecutors said surveillance video showed Brown was driving a 2006 Nissan Maxima and it blew past a stop sign at the i...

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a lewd act on a Queens subway train. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Queens Voice November 13, 2023 QUEENS - The NYPD is searching for a man who exposed himself in front of a young woman on a Far Rockaway subway train.   The NYPD released surveillance video of a man, they say, committed a sex act on a subway train at rush hour. At around 4 pm on November 2, a 19-year-old woman was on board a southbound A Train approaching the Beach 98th Street Subway Station. Cops said a man sitting on the train near the woman exposed himself and performed a sex act in front of her. 

The NYPD is searching for a slipper wearing suspect and his accomplice in connection with a double shooting in Queens. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Queens Voice November 8, 2023 NEW YORK - A Good Samaritan suffered a major scare on Halloween when he was shot trying to stop a pair of gunmen from robbing a Queens man, the NYPD said. Both the Good Samaritan and the victim were shot by the robbers.  At around 1 am on October 31, a 28-year-old was in front of 161st Street and Jewel Avenue in Pomonok, Queens when two men dressed in black approached him. The men jumped on the victim and forcibly tried to remove his property.