A Queens woman accused of killing her building’s superintendent due to a rent dispute came face to face with the press — and the victim’s wife — following her arrest Thursday. Sandra Cotto Navarro, 48, was charged with murder for allegedly pummeling 55-year-old Jose Portillo over the head before stabbing him in the neck…
Sep. 9, 2024 By Bill Parry A Queens grand jury indicted a Jamaica man for the fatal drive-by shooting of a rapper outside a Woodhaven pub in 2018. Johnathan Rice, 43, of 178th Street, was arraigned on Friday on an indictment charging him with murder in the second degree for allegedly gunning down 35-year-old…
May. 30, 2024 By Dean Moses A thrown-out fork helped Queens detectives solve a 15-year-old murder case that led to a suspect’s arrest earlier this month. Anthony Scalici was picked up in Florida on May 14 and brought back to Queens to face murder charges in connection with the 2009 death of Rosario Prestigiacomo,…
May. 21, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Brooklyn man who had a murder conviction vacated by the Queens District Attorney’s Office in November 2022 was indicted in connection to a fatal shooting in Middle Village.
Apr. 25, 2024 By QNS Staff Report The Irish woman who was stabbed to death in a pub in Maspeth last month is set to be remembered with a church service in Elmhurst on Saturday evening. Sarah McNally, 41, from County Longford in Ireland, will be honored at St. Adalbert’s Roman Catholic Church at 52-29…
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Apr. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Glendale man was indicted by a Queens grand jury for murder and weapons charges for the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend at an Irish pub in Maspeth last month.
A man fatally stabbed a woman to death at a Queens bar on Saturday night before turning the knife on himself in an apparent domestic assault, police sources said.
Feb. 20, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Maspeth man who was caught by transit cops vaping inside a Brooklyn subway station in January is facing as much as 75 years to life in prison for stabbing a Dutch Kills man to death four years ago.
Feb. 15, 2024 By Bill Parry
A Middle Village man is facing 25 years to life in prison in the death of a Woodside robbery victim in East Elmhurst in November.
Nov. 7, 2023 By Ethan Marshall
The number of murders throughout Queens has halved this year compared to the same time in 2022, according the latest crime stats released by the NYPD on Nov. 5.