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Police seized 2 kilos of fentanyl during a traffic stop in Queens. QUEENS - A simple traffic stop led to law enforcement seizing $80,000 worth of fentanyl. Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Dennis Carrol was indicted by a grand jury and arraigned on charges of criminal possession of a controlled substance. After U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents stopped Carrol’s car in Hollis, Queens on November 28, they found two kilos of fentanyl in the trunk.  Carrol is accused of transporting the narcotics from Suffolk County to Queens for the purpose of selling the drugs for profit.  Based on the intelligence gathered, DEA agents conducted a car stop at 188th Street in Hollis as Carrol was driving along Hillside Avenue on November 28 at approximately 3:30 p.m. A search of the vehicle turned up two plastic bags containing roughly 2 kilograms of fentanyl, with a street value of $80,000, enough to produce approximately 20,000 counterfeit fentanyl pills.  “Overdose...

File photo QUEENS - The man who fatally stabbed a guest during an arguement outside a Queens christening will spend the next 23 years behind bars. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced the sentencing of Antonio Martinez for stabbing to death a fellow guest at a 2019 celebration of a baby’s christening in Corona. Martinez argued with the victim before repeatedly stabbing him in the chest.  “A celebration of life resulted in a violent death because of the defendant’s decision to fatally stab a party guest over an argument,” Katz said. “He will now spend a lengthy term in prison as punishment for his actions.”  Martinez, 50, of 98th Street in Corona, Queens, was sentenced yesterday to 23 years to life in prison.  On November 16, Martinez was convicted of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree following a jury trial.  According to the charges, shortly before 12:30 a.m. on September 29, 2019, ...

By Dan Gesslein Queens Voice December 7, 2022  QUEENS - A heated arguement turned into fists and then bullets flying outside the construction site of a new affordable housing building in Jamaica.  At around 6:50 pm on December 6, a 22-year-old man got into an argument with an older man outside 132-77 Metropolitan Avenue. The heated argument turned physical when the two men began to fight each other.  Apparently the older man was getting the worst of it because he pulled out a handgun and fired it towards the ground. Luckily no one was injured.  The gunman then fled on foot northbound towards Metropolitan Avenue.  No injuries were reported.  A witness captured an image of the gunman on a cell phone. The suspect is described as a man in his mid 30s with a light complexion. He weighs around 250 pounds and has a large build with short, dark hair. He was last seen wearing a dark blue 'NY Yankees' baseball cap, a dark colored hooded ja...

Photo by ASPCA QUEENS - A Queens man was charged with animal cruelty after police found 45 dogs living in their own filth inside and deprived of food and water inside the defendant’s house.  Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Fred Thomson has been charged with failure to provide proper care to animals for allegedly keeping more than 45 dogs and puppies in unsanitary conditions in his Broad Channel home.  “Animals are voiceless members of our community who deserve proper care and sustenance,” Katz said. “In my time as the District Attorney, I have seen far too many cases of cruelty to these sentient beings, who feel pain and suffer distress much in the same way people do. Although there is a dire need for stronger animal cruelty penalties in our state, my office will continue to hold accountable those who choose to neglect or torture defenseless animals in Queens County. This defendant is facing 90 separate counts of crim...

Police are searching for these men in connection with a beating and attempted shooting of a gel gun on the F Train. By Dan Gesslein  Queens Voice  December 6, 2022  QUEENS - Police released new photos of a pair of suspects who are wanted for beating, shooting a straphanger with a gel gun on a Queens subway platform.  At around 4:30 pm on November 6, a 34-year-old man was riding a southbound Number 7 train when he was approached by two men. Cops say the pair first harassed the straphanger and then things got violent.  The men began punching the victim and even firing a shot at him from a gel gun. The attackers tried to rip the victim’s gold chain off his neck. Before they broke the chain, the victim broke free and ran to another subway car towards the front of the train.  The straphanger got off the train at the 74th Street and Roosevelt Avenue Station. But his attackers followed. They caught up with their victim and...

Op Ed - Action, Care and Compassion: My Administration’s Approach to Addressing Severe Mental Illness Mayor Eric Adams visits NYCHA Hammel Houses. Rockaway Beach, Queens. Photo by Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. By Mayor Eric Adams  NEW YORK  - Our city is facing a crisis. New Yorkers with severe and untreated mental illness are living out in the open, on our streets and in our subways. They are in danger and need help. Yet often, the nature of their illnesses prevents them from seeking the support they require. My Administration is determined to do more to assist people with mental illness, especially those with untreated psychotic disorders who pose a risk of harm to themselves, even if they are not an imminent threat to the public. Moving forward, we will take several key steps.  The most important is for our outreach workers, hospital staff, and police officers to be aware that New York law already allows us to intervene when untreated s...

Steal $10 Grand from the Till  Police are searching for the robbers who stuck up a Flushing smoke shop at gunpoint. By Dan Gesslein Queens Voice December 5, 2022  QUEENS - A pair of masked gunmen robbed a Flushing smoke shop and ran off with 10 grand during an early morning stickup.  Posing as shoppers the two masked men entered the Continental Smoke Shop located at 107-36 71 Avenue at around 2 am on December 3. While perusing the bongs behind the glass display, one of the men pulled out a black handgun and threatened the clerk behind the counter. He demanded the cashier hand over the contents in the register. Surveillance video clearly shows the robber pointing the gun directly at the clerk as the cashier frantically tries to comply. Cops say the worker handed over $10,000 in cash.  Before leaving, the gunman fired a shot into the floor of the store. Both robbers then ran out of the store into a waiting black vehicle.  Cops say the ...