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3 weeks ago | 
qchron.com | Peter C. Mastrosimone
A high school principal in Astoria has been charged with forcible touching and five counts of sexual abuse, though his lawyer reportedly says the case is baseless and brought by disgruntled employees. William Bassell, 66, is principal of the Academy of American Studies on 28th Street.
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4 weeks ago | 
qchron.com | Peter C. Mastrosimone
A man who was driving 89 miles an hour down the Long Island Expressway after drinking, and killed a young woman when he crashed, pleaded guilty to two of the many charges he faced on Friday, prosecutors said. Reginald Nash, 26, of Lincoln Avenue in Roosevelt, LI, pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide and assault in the second degree, the office of Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz reported. He originally had faced 15 counts.
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1 month ago | 
qchron.com | Peter C. Mastrosimone
If you want to socialize, relax, learn and practice a noble art all at once, Bonsai Bar is just the thing. Attendees at Bonsai Bar workshops spend a couple hours learning the art of cultivating tiny trees that will thrive indoors all year round while sipping their favorite beverages and sharing their time with friends, family, that special someone — or all three.
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1 month ago | 
qchron.com | Peter C. Mastrosimone
The homeless illegal immigrant who shot two cops in East Elmhurst last year after they tried to pull him over for riding a motorcycle the wrong way pleaded guilty to two charges last week and is expected to get 28 years in prison at sentencing. Bernardo Raul Castro Mata pleaded guilty to attempted murder for shooting NYPD Officer Richard Yarusso in the lower chest area and assault for shooting Officer Christopher Abreu in the leg, the office of Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said May 20.
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1 month ago | 
qchron.com | Peter C. Mastrosimone
As it continues to meet solely on Zoom, despite the state law requiring government meetings to be held in person, Community Board 13 is relying on a resolution it passed last fall spelling out its reasons. The Sept.
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1 month ago | 
qchron.com | Peter C. Mastrosimone
The man who murdered a 24-year veteran of the FDNY Emergency Medical Services in a frenzied knife attack more than two years ago in Astoria was found guilty Monday after jurors deliberated for less than an hour, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced. Peter Zisopoulos, 37, of 41st Street in Astoria, was found guilty of second-degree murder and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, the District Attorney’s Office said. He has been locked up since the day of the killing, Sept.
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1 month ago | 
qchron.com | Peter C. Mastrosimone
The two Astoria men who had an arsenal of improvised explosive devices, ghost guns and 3D-printed weapons in the apartment they shared with their mother — along with a crude “hit list” that cited people including politicians and “bankerscum” — pleaded guilty to several crimes last Friday, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said.
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1 month ago | 
qchron.com | Peter C. Mastrosimone
The notorious “bodega brothel” at the corner of Roosevelt Avenue and 99th Street in Corona, where “ladies of the afternoon” solicited clients all day, including when school let out and youngsters walked by, was finally padlocked shut on Monday.
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1 month ago | 
qchron.com | Peter C. Mastrosimone
He was visiting Queens from his home upstate, possibly to see a young woman here, and over just a few minutes he went from riding his bicycle along a crowded sidewalk to being stabbed to death on a street corner. Anderson David Archila Martinez, 22, of Spring Valley, was slain shortly after midnight April 14. In his upstate village, he lived on a street called Roosevelt Avenue. In this downstate borough, he died on a street called Roosevelt Avenue.
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1 month ago | 
qchron.com | Peter C. Mastrosimone
A man who reportedly raped a 14-year-old girl inside a church in East Elmhurst is out on bail. Angel Ramos, 23, was arrested May 2 and charged with four counts of rape in the second degree and one count each of aggravated sexual abuse in the fourth degree, forcible touching, endangering the welfare of a child and sexual abuse in the third degree, according to the NYPD. He was released May 7 after his bail was paid, according to the city’s online person-in-custody lookup system.
