Valley Stream
CRIME & SAFETY
Multiple Fire Departments Respond to Blaze at Unoccupied Valley Stream Residence
The Arson Bomb Squad reports the details of a Fire that occurred on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at 11:00 pm in Valley Stream. According to Detectives, Officers responded to a working house fire located at 1 Garland Lane. Upon arrival, Officers observed flames emanating from the residence. The building was unoccupied at the time. The Valley Stream Fire Department along with several additional Fire Departments responded to extinguish the fire.
Urgent: Valley Stream Teen Missing Since July 1 – Police Seek Public's Help
The Missing Persons Squad is investigating a Missing Juvenile that occurred on Monday, July 1, 2024 at 11:00 pm in Valley Stream and was reported to Police on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at 6:05 pm. According to Detectives, Moriah Plummer, 14, was last seen leaving her Valley Stream residence. She...
8-year-old stabbed to death in Queens, suspect fatally shot by police
NEW YORK -- A police officer shot and killed a man who allegedly stabbed an 8-year-old boy to death in Queens on Thursday, the New York City Police Department said.The stabbing likely stemmed from a domestic dispute, police said, but the details were still unclear. Police said the 20-year-old suspect and the 8-year-old male victim may be brothers or step-brothers. No names were immediately released.The incident occurred inside an apartment building on 94th Avenue in the borough's Jamaica neighborhood. Around 5:20 p.m., police say a 29-year-old woman who had been stabbed in the back left the building and ran down...
Queens DJ fatally shot after fight breaks out at Fourth of July house party
A 37-year-old Queens DJ looking forward to a “big night” was fatally shot early Thursday when a fight broke out at a Fourth of July party, police said. Travanti Rankine was shot in the chest during a bash at a home on Montauk St. near 119th Road in St. Albans about 5 a.m. — rattling his devastated family to the core. “I feel weak. I just can’t believe it,” Rankine’s wife Sasha-Marie told the ...
Missing Teens Killed By ‘Demon’ Wave At Popular New York Beach
Two bodies were recovered from the waters near where two New York teens went missing. The teens went missing about two weeks ago. Teens Go Missing After Swimming In Queens, New York. Elyjha Chandler, 16, and 17-year-old Christian Perkins went missing in the waters at Jacob Riis Park on June...
Video shows road rage lead to innocent bystander stabbed to death in Bronx
NEW YORK -- Family members of an innocent young father stabbed to death in the Bronx are calling for justice after they say he was killed for simply witnessing a road rage incident. The victim's sister told CBS New York the suspect should turn himself in. Friends started to leave candles Wednesday for 29-year-old Ronald Gomez-Mesa, who they say was loved and well known in the Morris Heights neighborhood. They said he was just hanging out on Tuesday afternoon when he got caught in the middle of a road rage incident he wasn't even involved in. "Now we're not gonna...
Dog found tied to pole with note off Southern State Parkway on Long Island
Police are looking for the person responsible for abandoning a dog off a highway on Long Island.Troopers responded to the Southern State Parkway westbound in the area of Exit 21 on Monday around 5:30 a.m.A white female English mastiff was found tied to a light pole by her leash with a dog bowl filled with food and a note."This is 'Roxi,' a trained American bull mastiff," the note said. "She is four years old. She has been fed and given a flea bath, she may still have issues with them. See that she gets good care."The gentle dog was taken...
Ride along with the NYPD team cracking down on illegal fireworks
NEW YORK -- The New York City Police Department is cracking down on illegal fireworks, and CBS New York's Derick Waller joined officers for an exclusive ride-along.As Waller learned, it's not just fireworks police are after.NYPD's Community Response Team watching out for illegal fireworks across cityOn a Friday night in the Bronx, officers with the NYPD's Community Response Team were on duty, watching out for illegal fireworks."This block had complaints last night and tonight. They've been lighting fireworks off all night," Sgt. Jimmy Seder said.Seder and his partner, Officer Edgar Guerrero, patrol the 46th and 48th precincts.They stopped one group...
Flight diverted to NY airport after man exposed himself, urinated in aisle: officials
BUFFALO, NY - A flight to Manchester, New Hampshire, was diverted to Buffalo, NY, after a man allegedly exposed himself and urinated in the aisle of the airplane, officials said. The 25-year-old Oregon man was arrested and charged on Wednesday with indecent exposure after the flight landed at the Buffalo...
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