Tag: nypd-crime-stoppers

Duo on moped rob 23 people in multi-borough chain-snatching spree: NYPD

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Jul. 8, 2025 By Bill Parry Police are still searching for two moped-riding suspects behind a three-month-long chain-snatching spree that has targeted teenagers and women across multiple neighborhoods, including Ridgewood’s 104th Precinct. Among the victims was a 64-year-old woman who successfully fought off an attempted robbery in front of Maspeth Federal Savings Bank in…

Suspect sought for threatening L train rider in Ridgewood before snatching chain: NYPD

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Jun. 25, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 104th Precinct in Ridgewood and Transit District 33 are looking for a suspect who allegedly menaced an L train rider before snatching her pricey chain on Tuesday, June 17. The 25-year-old victim was aboard a southbound train at the Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenue subway station just after…

Armed duo hold up man behind Rego Park Burger King: NYPD

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Apr. 9, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills are looking for two armed robbers who allegedly held up a 23-year-old man behind a Rego Park Burger King on Tuesday morning. The victim was walking through the parking lot at 92-85 Queens Blvd., a block south of the Long…

Fake doctor arrested at JFK after botched butt implant in Astoria home: NYPD

Apr. 3, 2025 By bparry April 3, 2025 By Bill Parry A fake doctor who was performing medical procedures without a license at an Astoria home was taken into custody on the night of Friday, March 28, after one of his patients went into cardiac arrest. At around 1 p.m. that afternoon, Felipe Hoyos-Foronda,…

Burglars steal Mercedes-Benz from parking garage at Briarwood co-op: NYPD

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Mar. 28, 2025 By Bill Parry Police from the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows are looking for two burglars who slipped into a parking garage at a Briarwood co-op building during the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 25, and drove off with a Mercedes-Benz luxury sedan. Once inside the indoor car park at…

Cold case homicide: Queens DA seeks public help in solving 2020 murder of correction officer

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Feb. 19, 2025 By Bill Parry Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Wednesday the release of surveillance video of the cold case murder of an off-duty Rikers Island correction officer in Springfield Gardens more than four years ago. During the early morning hours of Aug. 15, 2020, 28-year-old NYC Correction Officer John Jeff was…