Queens

Published on: November 18, 2011

16-Year-Old Mother In Daytona Beach Arrested For Kidnapping Her Child

by Stephen Bilkis

A 16-year-old girl was arrested for Kidnapping in Florida after taking her baby from a foster care agency. The agency’s purpose was to place children who have been abused or neglected in foster homes.

Both mother and child had been taken to the agency located in Daytona Beach by a caseworker from Jacksonville.

The 16-year-old girl learned that she and her child were going to be separated and she sent texts to two of her friends, who came to pick her up, investigators confirmed. She then took the baby and rushed out to the car. Another caseworker contacted the mother not long after that and the baby was soon returned to the agency.

Published on: July 19, 2011

Fairfield, Connecticut Reacts to Murder Verdict

by Stephen Bilkis

Many Connecticut residents don’t know what to make of the decision of a jury to give the murderer of a Fairfield couple life in prison without parole, rather than the death penalty.

“It’s such a weighty decision.” This comment was made by the owner of the store next to the one where the murders took place. The killer shot both victims several times as he robbed their jewelry store on February 2, 2005.

“I know them very well,” the store owner next door told New York Criminal Lawyers. “They were genteel, sweet, family people. They had an unbelievable graciousness with loving, kind hearts.”

Published on: June 18, 2011

A Queens Suspect Pleads Not Guilty to Putting Woman in Coma

by Stephen Bilkis

A Queens man pleaded not guilty to beating a petite Bronx woman into a coma even as the victim’s mother called him a coward. Apparently, the whole incident started over an East Village parking space.

The 35-year-old suspect pleaded not guilty to the charge of assault, even though he had already apologized for the February 25 attack. He also confessed to police on videotape.

“So I punched her in the face and I saw her fall to the ground,” he said, according to the sources of N York Criminal Lawyers. “I hit her because she hit me.”

Published on: June 4, 2011

Stories from Around the City

by Stephen Bilkis

The first story comes out of Queens.

A grocery worker, apparently tired of providing polite service, allegedly hit a customer in the face with a bat, ending an argument that happened in a shop in Flushing.

The 24-year-old grocer had been having heated words with the victim in the grocery store at about 1:30 in the morning when the customer stormed out.