Robbers Kill Woman in Struggle for Purse by Alice McQuillan - NBC New York

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A woman walking with her husband on a quiet Queens street Sunday night was shot and killed by robbers in a struggle for her purse.

The couple was outside in Hollis around 8:30 p.m. Sunday when three men wearing hoodies confronted them.

They demanded the 23-year-old woman’s purse and a struggle erupted. The robbers fired and the woman was shot twice in her torso in front of a home on 204th Street.

The unidentified woman was rushed to Jamaica Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Her killers escaped.

Detectives ask anyone with information to call 1 800 577-TIPS.

Queens Sex Fiend Suraj Persaud Told Women He Was Cop Before Raping Them by Thomas Zambito - NY Daily News

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A Queens sex fiend raped two women he met on Craigslist after lying that he was a cop and threatening to have them arrested as hookers, prosecutors say.

Suraj Persaud showed the women his guns, a bulletproof vest and a PBA card before attacking them.

The 34-year-old accused perv faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted; he was being held Tuesday night on $100,000 bail.

'The offenses that he is charged with are crimes of violence that pose a serious threat to public safety,' said Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.

Prosecutors say that on May 16, 2010 Persaud took a 29-year-old woman he met through a Craigslist ad to his Queens Village home and raped her after telling him he was an officer. A week later, he brought home a 19-year-old girl who had offered a 'massage' on the online classified ad service.

Persaud was arrested on May 24, 2010 after the 19-year-old victim went to cops.

He was released on a $35,000 bond and arrested again in July when prosecutors learned about the May 16 incident.

The District Attorney's Offce is asking that others who believe they might also be victims to contact the Special Victims Bureau at 718-286-6111.

NYS Assemblyman Mark Weprin Announces Queens Village Supermarket Lease Signed...

With many of our neighborhood supermarkets closing in Queens, this is a fortunate day for Queens Village residents...

With help from Assemblymember Mark S. Weprin (D-Little Neck), the Food Dynasty in Queens Village has a new twenty-year lease to remain at its current location, 220-46 Hillside Avenue. When negotiations were stalled on the renewal of the lease that was set to expire at the end of February, Assemblymember Weprin took action to save the supermarket. Mr. Weprin contacted the landlord’s attorney to encourage the resumption of talks. Negotiations then progressed, and the landlord and store owner
have now reached an agreement.

“I am so pleased that we have retained the supermarket,” said Mark Weprin. “Our community cannot afford to lose the supermarket, which serves seniors as well as families with young children. Without this store, they would have had nowhere to shop for food in the neighborhood.”

Assemblymember Weprin thanks President Bobby Sher of Bell Park Manor Terrace and the residents of Bellerose Manor and Queens Village for their efforts in support of keeping the supermarket in the community.