Queens middle school teacher busted for allegedly raping teen

Queens middle school teacher busted for allegedly raping teen

A Queens middle school teacher was busted Tuesday morning for allegedly sexually assaulting a teenager, cops said. David Ospino, 36, who teaches at Intermediate School 204 Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle School in Long Island City, faces charges of rape and endangering the welfare of a child. The alleged victim was not a student at the … Read more

Gotti grandsons busted for Queens beatdown of in-law over robbery

Gotti grandsons busted for Queens beatdown of in-law over robbery

Two grandsons of the late Gambino crime boss John “Teflon Don” Gotti were arrested for beating up an in-law during an old-school neighborhood street beatdown, officials said. Brothers Frankie Gotti, 27, and John Gotti, 31, allegedly assaulted brother-in-law Gino Gabrielli for breaking into a Howard Beach home John Gotti shares with his wife, Eleanor Gabrielli, … Read more

Puppy who chewed dead Queens baby’s face was to be trained as service dog: parents

Puppy who chewed dead Queens baby’s face was to be trained as service dog: parents

The puppy who chewed off the face of a Queens baby girl who had just died in her parents bed was going to be trained as a service dog for the baby’s non-verbal autistic stepbrother, the heartbroken parents said Thursday. The mother and stepdad of 6-week-old Kiyanna Winfield say she was born with a heart … Read more

Men sought for hanging noose from Queens water tower, snapping cell phone pic

Men sought for hanging noose from Queens water tower, snapping cell phone pic

Two men hung a noose from a Queens water tower, then apparently stopped to snap a picture of it with a cell phone, cops said Sunday. The NYPD Hate Crime Task Force is investigating the incident as a possible bias crime. The men hoisted the noose from a tower on top of a building on … Read more

Decorated Tuskegee fighter pilot from Queens dies at 100

Decorated Tuskegee fighter pilot from Queens dies at 100

Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart, Jr., credited with taking down three Nazi planes in one fight while flying with the Tuskegee Airmen, has died at age 100. Born on July 4, 1924 in Virginia, Stewart developed his love for planes after moving to Queens, near what is now LaGuardia Airport. Stewart’s legacy includes being among … Read more