16-year-old boy shot on New York City street shortly after an older teenager was killed by a group on mopeds, according to police and sources.
A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot late Sunday in the Bronx, just over an hour after another teen was shot following a moped theft in Queens. According to reports, the victim was shot in the right thigh around 9 PM at the intersection of Bergen and Brook Avenue in Melrose. He had no prior arrests. […]
Armed group instills fear in Queens while stealing mopeds
A gang of knife-wielding robbers is causing fear in Queens this summer as they steal mopeds. Police shared images of the suspects on Tuesday. In six different incidents, these three criminals have threatened their victims before escaping on mopeds, according to the officers. Farid Ahmed, 31, reported that he was waiting at a red light […]
Nearly 100 illegal mopeds seized during four-day blitz in Queens amid NYC scourge
Nearly 100 illegal scooters have been seized from the streets and sidewalks of Queens in the latest crackdown on dangerous mopeds, authorities said Thursday. Prosecutors said 99 unregistered and uninsured scooters were seized during an intensive four-day investigation by detectives from the Queens District Attorney’s Office and officers from the NYPD. All of the illegal […]
NYPD tows migrant mopeds from accused cop shooter’s shelter in latest crackdown — but many still out there
Police on Monday towed about two dozen scooters away from a shelter in Queens where a suspect in a fatal police shooting lived, sources said, shortly after The Washington Post reported on the moped threat. NYPD officers converged on the converted hotel in East Elmhurst where Venezuelan national Bernardo Raul Castro Mata was living before […]
NYC crushes over 200 seized mopeds and scooters amid crackdown on illegal vehicles
New York City authorities have seized more than 200 illegal mopeds and scooters from the city’s streets as part of a crackdown on what officials describe as the “tools of their trade” for many criminals who commit crimes against the city’s businesses and residents. NYPD Sergeant John Chell joined Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner […]