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Subscribe in a reader By Dan Gesslein, October 28, 2020  A cell phone store stickup in Flushing was caught on camera and the NYPD is hoping the public can help them catch the robbers.  At around 6:30 pm on October 12, two men walked into the Metro PCS store at 75-25 Parsone Boulevard and approached the clerk at the counter. Surveillance video captured the scene as one of the men pulled out a gun. The accomplice then went behind the counter and proceeded to stuff 12 cell phones inside a black duffel bag he was carrying.  As his partner loaded up the phones, the gunman opened the register and stuffed the cash in his own pocket. Investigators said he made off with $522 in cash.  Then before the pair left, the gunman took the employee’s cell phone which was sitting on the counter.  The gunman is described as a male with a dark complexion and a medium build, last seen wearing a black baseball cap, a black hooded sweatshirt, a blue face mask, yellow and black gloves, black pants an

Carmelo Mendoza is accused of stabbing his wife Yaquelin Collado. to death. The couple had previously posted this photo to Facebook. ‘Psycho’ Husband Accused of Killing Wife Stabbed Wife 27 Times- DA Says Subscribe in a reader A grand jury handed up murder charges to a Queens man who brutally stabbed his wife with a kitchen knife in front of her daughter. Prosecutors said a simple marital arguement was the motive for the defendant to stab his wife more than two dozen times.  A Queens grand jury charged 41-year-old Carmelo Mendoza with second degree murder in the death of his wife inside their Jackson Heights apartment in July.  “This is the worst outcome of domestic violence, an argument that turned violent and deadly,” said District Attorney Melinda Katz. “The defendant allegedly stabbed his wife more than two dozen times, as the victim’s 19-year old daughter tried in vain to stop the brutal attack. The defendant will be held accountable for his alleged actions.”  According to

Beats, Bites Elderly Men for Their Baseball Caps, Face Mask Subscribe in a reader By Dan Gesslein, October 2, 2020  A man who beat and bit elderly Queens men on the bus is wanted by the NYPD. Cops say he attacked the octogenarians for their baseball caps and face mask.  At around 9:38 am on September 3rd, an 88-year-old man was attacked on an MTA bus at the intersection of Parsons Boulevard and Archer Avenue. Investigators say that the suspect attempted to take the elderly’s man baseball cap. As the man fought back, the cap thief bit the 88-year-old’s right hand and threw him out of the bus and onto the ground.   The victim was treated for fractured ribs at Jamaica Hospital. Police released surveillance video from inside an MTA bus which captured the attack.  At around 7 pm on September 15th,  the same man attacked an 80-year-old rider on another MTA bus. At the intersection of Parsons Boulevard and 89 th Avenue, the attacker demanded the victim’s property. He then punched t

File Photo Subscribe in a reader A Queens man who allegedly butchered his 78-year-old mother with a meat cleaver was charged with murder.  David Galicia, 48, was charged with second degree murder in relation to the April 24th attack. He faces up to 25 years-to-life in prison if convicted.   Prosecutors said when police arrived to the entrance of the building Galicia shared with his mother on 41st Avenue, they discovered blood. The officers followed the bloody trail that led from the lobby to Galicia’s apartment. Inside they found 78-year-old Carmelita Cabansag dead on the kitchen floor with puncture wounds to the head. Cops recovered a blood-covered meat cleaver near the body.  “The victim in this case should have been enjoying her golden years. Instead, her life came to a bloody and brutal end, and the accused is her own son,” said Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. “The defendant is charged with an unthinkable crime. The defendant is in custody and will be held accountable

Jolenna Favor was killed in a car crash. -Photo from social media Driving Under Influence at 97 MPH, Prosecutors Say  Nearly Hit Cops Subscribe in a reader A Queens man who has a history of drunk driving, has been charged in the fatal crash that left a mother dead and which nearly hit police officers as the car traveled 97 MPH, prosecutors said. Nicholas Thompson, 35, has been charged with aggravated vehicular homicide and other charges for the Saturday night deadly car crash that killed a female passenger on Rockaway Blvd. in Jamaica, Queens. “As a result of this defendant’s alleged criminal behavior, a woman’s life has been tragically cut short,” said Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. “From the moment the defendant allegedly got behind the wheel of the car, intoxicated and with a revoked license, he was breaking the law and endangering the lives of everyone on the road,” Katz said. “He will be held accountable for his alleged actions to the fullest extent of the law.”  P

Caught on Video  Subscribe in a reader A Queens man has been charged with shooting a college football player who bumped into him inside a local deli. The deadly shooting was caught on camera. According to the charges, on July 27th, at around 4:30 p.m., the 20-year-old victim, Malachi Capers accidentally bumped into the defendant while inside a deli on the corner of Springfield Boulevard and 136th Avenue. The defendant then allegedly punched Capers. The victim, who was a defensive end at SUNY Buffalo, chased the defendant out of the store and tackled him on the sidewalk.  Malachi Capers  Video surveillance captured the fight as both men wrestled on the ground. As they regained their footing, defendant Thurston allegedly pulled out a handgun and fired a single shot into Capers’ abdomen, prosecutors said. The defendant fled the scene but was apprehended two days later by the Regional Fugitive Task Force of the New York City Police Department. Capers is still being treated at an area

Woman Threw Bottle, ’N’ Word at Jogger Subscribe in a reader A Queens woman has been charged with hate crime charges related to an attack on a black jogger. Lorena Delaguna, 53, has been charged with attempted assault as a hate crime and aggravated harassment for allegedly throwing a bottle at a passing jogger and using a racial epithet on August 17, 2020 in Woodside, Queens.  At around noon on August 17, a 37-year-old woman was jogging in Woodside. On the corner of 53 Place and Broadway, she was accosted by another woman who threw a glass bottle at her. “Get out of here, n—-r, go back to Africa!” the attacker is said to have shouted at the jogger, investigators said.  “In addition to allegedly yelling the N-word, the defendant in this case is also accused of throwing a bottle in an attempt to strike the victim,” said Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. “Crimes like this, which are fueled by hate, are in a special category for a reason. No one should have to endure being cal