Feb. 3, 2019 Staff Report (Updated Feb. 4) A pregnant woman was fatally stabbed inside the vestibule of a building on Myrtle Avenue in the early morning hours of Feb. 3, according to authorities. Police say the 35-year-old victim, identified as Jennifer Irigoyen of Rego Park, was stabbed multiple times in the neck and torso… Read more »
Feb. 1, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Animal Care and Control (ACC) of New York City has plans to open a brand new shelter location in Ridgewood in a site that today sees a car junkyard. The organization’s proposed Ridgewood branch would be called the Queens Animal Shelter and Care Center, and is sited for 151… Read more »
Jan. 31, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez Petland Discounts will be shutting down operations across dozens of New York stores, including a handful of locations in Queens, according to state filings. The company will be closing 70 locations in the five boroughs, Nassau and Westchester, and is laying off the 367 employees that staffed the sites… Read more »
Jan. 30, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A GoFundMe page set up in honor of Officer Nicholas Mencaroni, an off-duty police officer who committed suicide in his Middle Village home last week, has raised more than $13,000 for his surviving fiancée. Mencaroni, 41, had served as an NYPD officer for 15 years before he shot himself… Read more »
Jan. 29, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for three men suspected of tying up an 18-year-old Glendale resident and stealing more than $9,000 in cash and goods in a violent home invasion last week. The break-in and robbery happened at around 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 22, when two men wearing ski masks entered… Read more »
Jan. 28, 2019 Staff Report An off-duty police officer who shot himself in the head inside his Middle Village home on Friday has died, according to reports. The officer, identified as Nicholas Mencaroni, died shortly after he was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital on Jan. 25 from the self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police had responded to a… Read more »
Jan. 25, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan Police are searching for a man wanted for using a “cloned” credit card tracing back to a Glendale resident to make fraudulent purchases earlier this week. The victim, 42, was at his home near 62nd Street and 75th Avenue on Jan. 22 when he received a notification from his… Read more »
Jan. 25, 2019 By Laura Hanrahan A 30-year-old man is facing a slew of charges after allegedly assaulting a Ridgewood woman known to him in a violent and bloody burglary last week. Jose Padron, according to police, was arrested yesterday morning and charged with burglary, assault, harassment, criminal trespass and more after a Jan. 19… Read more »
Jan. 23, 2019 By Nathaly Pesantez A C-Town supermarket has opened on 65th Place, taking over the site once home to Maspeth Super Market. The store opened last Friday at 52-65 65th Pl., three months after the new owner, Chris Aziz, purchased the 5,500 square foot space, according to Moe Aziz, the manager. Bringing the… Read more »
Jan. 29, 2019 Staff Report A 63-year-old woman from Ridgewood who went missing earlier this month has been found. Nina Zykova, a Gates Avenue resident who went missing on Jan. 11, was accounted for on Jan. 20, an NYPD spokesperson said today. Zykova was last seen at the Hawthrone Metro-North railroad station in Westchester at… Read more »