In southern Queens, reported rapes dropped 30% during the 28-day period, from 10 last year to seven this year. Burglaries decreased 22.2%, from 72 to 56.
The teen and accomplice were fleeing the scene of a robbery at West 6th Street and Neptune Avenue in Coney Island around 6:30 p.m. – with police on their tail – when the youngster rammed into an officer with his 2021 Zhejiang Koolcnchet XB87 dirt bike, police said Tuesday.
The total number of major crimes across Queens during the first month of 2024 remained mostly static compared to the totals from January 2023, according to
Police had attempted to pull over a man driving a black moped at 171st Street and Morris Avenue – just outside the William H. Taft High School Educational Campus – around 6:50 p.m. Sunday for a traffic infraction, police said.