Police: Queens Suspects Impersonated Officers Before Conducting Armed Robbery
Police said the three men entered a Pay-O-Matic check cashing business on South Conduit Avenue. They identified themselves as detectives before taking cash.
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Police said the three men entered a Pay-O-Matic check cashing business on South Conduit Avenue. They identified themselves as detectives before taking cash.
Authorities said the suspect grabbed a 30-year-old woman from behind, pulled down her pants before throwing her to the ground, punching her in the face and sexually assaulting her.
The Tri-State Area has experienced a mild winter thus far and some believe it could be the reason crime numbers are up in the first month of this year as compared to last.
Police are asking for the public's help in tracking down a serial burglar who appears to have developed a comfort zone on East 18th Street in Manhattan.
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Police are looking for the husband of a 33-year-old woman found dead in her Astoria home.
2011 was the first time since 1963 that murders in Brooklyn dropped below 200.
They say the same guy has knocked over 15 apartments. Police say he typically enters through the window, either climbing down from the rooftop or using the fire escape.
Authorities said the incident happened on Wednesday around 6:30 p.m. on West 190th Street between Aqueduct Avenue and Grand Avenue.
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Authorities say that on January 18 around 2:45 p.m. a man pointed a silver firearm at a Honda Civic while a 16-year-old boy, 15-year-old boy and 50-year-old man were sitting inside.
In both incidents, the suspects displayed firearms and removed money and prescription medications from the locations.
Police arrested a sex offender for allegedly taking pictures of a 9-year-old girl in his hallway last week, and now they are searching for other children David Zimmer may have come in contact with.
Police say Wiseallah Hightower-Castro, 24, of 2 Sparks Place in Lynbrook faces rape, robbery, burglary and more charges.
A trio of robbers broke into a house on Grove Street, robbed four women and a man. One of the women was sexually assaulted before another managed to escape.
A 25-year-old city man was shot multiple times in the upper body early Sunday.
"She was able to fight him off. He ran out and ran into the street," said Jersey City Police Chief Tom Comey.
Nassau County Police also said a 91-year-old woman has come forward, saying she too was the victim of a burglary pattern targeting the elderly.
All three robberies occurred within hours of each other on Tuesday and are believed to have been carried out by the same man and woman who were wearing somewhat distinctive clothing.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is closing out 2011 by touting how safe the Big Apple is, announcing near record safety levels were maintained in this year.
The suspect is described as a white man, between 45 and 49 years old. Authorities said the man weighs about 145 pounds and has a bald head, grey mustache and a mole under the left side of his lip.
Felonies in New York City stayed virtually flat in the past year, up just a quarter of a percent according to NYPD statistics, but in one precinct that covers the western part of the Rockaways, crime has soared.
Authorities are looking for two suspects, one of whom allegedly flashed a badge with a police logo and forced his victim to disrobe before sexually assaulting her in her apartment.
The first happened back on Oct. 25 when police say a suspect walked up to a man on 114th Street. Armed with a box cutter, police say the suspect demanded the man's iPhone. He handed it over and the suspect took off.
Family and friends of 39-year-old John Amendola were stunned to see his home surrounded by investigators.
