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NYPD Releases Video of Suspects The NYPD is searching for these men in connection with a bar fight that left five men stabbed. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Queens Voice August 8, 2024 Follow @Bronxvoice1 QUEEN S - Despite the fact that few people are talking, the NYPD has narrowed down a group of suspects in the weekend bar stabbing that left five people wounded. Investigators released new surveillance video of the suspected stabbers.  Five people were stabbed during a bar brawl in Corona, cops said. Despite the fact that few witnesses have come forward and offered little in terms of motive, cops have released surveillance video of three men, they say, stabbed five during the weekend melee.   At around midnight on August 3, three men got into an arguement with five other men at a bar at the corner of corner of 37 Avenue and 100 Street. Cops said when the argument got heated, the three pulled out knives and started stabbing all the members of the larger group. All f...

76-Year-Old Woman Victimized The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with the knife-point robberies inside two women's apartments in Queens. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Queens Voice July 25, 2024 Follow @Bronxvoice1 QUEENS - Cops are looking for a brazen burglar who terrorized women inside their apartments. The man robbed two women, including a 76–year-old at Knifepoint. The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspect wanted for a pair of early morning burglaries in Sunnyside, Queens. The first robbery happened at around 11 am on July 18 inside an apartment building at 56th Street and Queens Boulevard. Cops said the man forced his way into a 21-year-old woman’s apartment while she was home. The man displayed a knife and demanded cash and a cellphone, cops said. The victim handed over the items and the robber left without incident. Four days later, cops said, the same man struck against in an apartment building a short distance from the first robbery. At around 1...

Prosecutors Charge Migrant in Rape of Girl, Kidnapping  Prosecutors have charged an Ecuadoran migrant in the rape of a 13-year-old girl in Queens. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Queens Voice  June 19, 2024  Follow @Bronxvoice1 QUEENS - An illegal migrant has been charged with raping a 13-year-old girl and kidnapping her and her friend at knifepoint inside a Queens park in broad daylight. The suspect is facing up to 25 years to life in prison for a crime that shocked the nation.   Ecuadoran migrant Christian Inga, 25, was charged inside a Queens courtroom today in connection with the June 13 sexual assault inside Kissena Park in Flushing.  Inga was charged with first degree rape, two counts of second-degree kidnapping, predatory sexual assault as well as two counts of robbery and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. “This attack on two children in broad daylight in a city park strikes the very core of our society,” said Queens District Att...

$10,000 Reward   The NYPD released sketeches of the man, they say, raped a teenage girl inside a Queens park. (Right) Cops are hoping the suspect's unique tattoo will lead to his arrest. -Photos by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Queens Voice June 15, 2024 QUEENS - A $10,000 Reward is being offered to catch a man who sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl in front of her friend. The NYPD released sketches of the suspect and his tattoo. At around 3:30 pm on June 13, a man approached a 13-year-old girl and her 13-year-old male friend inside Kissena Park. Cops said the man pulled out a “machete” sized knife and forced the children into a wooded area.  In the woods he tied the children with their shoelaces and he sexually assaulted the girl. The suspect is described as a Hispanic male who is 5 foot 5 with curly hair. He was last seen wearing wearing red sneakers and carrying a green backpack. He appeared to have dental braces on his teeth and had a tattoo of a boar or a bull with red eyes on...

Gunmen Fire Multiple Rounds into Car with Teen Inside The NYPD is searching for these two men in connection with a double shooting in which a teen was shot in the face. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Queens Voice  June 12, 2024  QUEENS - A 15-year-old boy was shot in the face while sitting in a a car in Queens. Cops said the teen was wounded, along with another man, when two gunmen opened fire on a parked car.  At around 7:30 pm on June 11, a 23-year-old male and a 15-year-old male were sitting in a Mercedes Benz parked on the corner of 183 Street and 143 Avenue in Springfield Gardens. Cops said two men walked up behind the Mercedes, pulled out guns and opened fire.  A bullet struck the teen in the face. The 23-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to the leg.  After firing multiple rounds, the gunmen ran off.  The 15 year old was rushed to Cohen Children’s Medical Center where he is listed in stable condition. The 23 year old was rushed to Jamaica Hospi...