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Mall Gunmen Caught on Video The NYPD is searching for these two men in connection with a gunpoint robbery inside a Flushing mall. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein  Queens Voice September 26, 2024 QUEENS - A pair of gunmen stuck up a Flushing mall and made off with a bag with $40,000 in cash. At around 9:15 pm on August 18, two men entered the Tangram Mall in Flushing. Cops said the men approached a 21-year-old woman and a 23-year-old woman. The suspects pulled a gun on the women and grabbed a bag. Cops said the bag contained $40,000 in cash. The suspects are described as males with light complexions who were dressed all in black. They ran out of the mall and their images were caught on subway surveillance cameras. Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at  1-800-577-TIPS  (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at  https://crimestopper

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 five men s

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 Attorney Melinda Katz. “Accordin

$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 his