Eric Giraldo, 23, spent the past four years getting paid to clean the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills before deciding to clean out the silver-covered Hebrew scriptures from their holy case, staff and police said.

Published by New York Daily News on September 5, 2008.

The sacred texts were discovered Wednesday night in the closet of a Fresh Meadows apartment belonging to Giraldo's pal Alan Lozano, prosecutors said.

Published by New York Daily News on September 5, 2008.

The Torahs are valued at around $500,000. They were taken in August from the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills in Queens.

Published by WNBC on September 4, 2008.

Martha Espinoza bought her house in Jamaica in Jan. 2005 and she quickly found an assortment of problems.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 4, 2008.

The Torahs are valued at around $500,000. They were taken in August from the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills in Queens.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 4, 2008.

The NYPD said it does not think the attack is related to the other rape patterns in Jamaica Springfield Gardens and St. Albans sections of Queens.

Published by WNBC on September 4, 2008.

The Torahs are valued at around $500,000. They were taken in August from the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills in Queens.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 4, 2008.

This August, of the 15 city zip codes with the most foreclosures, Queens claims 14, touching neighborhoods like Jamaica, Hollis, Howard Beach and Ozone Park. (Staten Island claims the 15th.)

Published by The New York Observer on September 3, 2008.

This August, of the 15 city zip codes with the most foreclosures, Queens claims 14, touching neighborhoods like Jamaica, Hollis, Howard Beach and Ozone Park. (Staten Island claims the 15th.)

Published by The New York Observer on September 3, 2008.

A Queens Village man serving in Iraq has died, the Department of Defense confirmed yesterday.

Published by amNY.com on September 2, 2008.

Fire burned through a home in the Oakland Gardens section of Queens this morning.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 2, 2008.

Spc. Jorge Nieve, 26, of Queens Village, was driving on a road near the northern city of Mosul last Thursday when the vehicle careened off the precipice, his family said.

Published by New York Post on September 2, 2008.

The Department of Defense announced Monday the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Spc. Jorge L. Feliz Nieve, 26, of Queens Village, N.Y., died on Aug. 28 of injuries suffered in a vehicle incident in Mosul, Iraq. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas. The incident is under investigation.

Published by WNBC on September 1, 2008.

The group also supports State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky, a Queens Democrat, who is facing a primary challenge from Robert Schwartz, a retired business owner. Ms. Stavisky was first elected to the Senate in 1999 in a district that includes Flushing, Fresh Meadows and Rego Park.

Published by New York Times on August 29, 2008.

Kelly Kelson, a 35-year veteran of the NYPD with many past awards and honors, surrendered at the stationhouse in Queens Village Thursday afternoon after bank surveillance photos of the hold ups were released to the media, law enforcement sources said.

Published by WNBC on August 29, 2008.

The kids won a bet to read twice as many books as last summer so a New York City librarian did what she promised -- she cut off her hair. Sueli Zaqem made the bet with the children in her summer reading program at the Hollis, Queens, library.

Published by WNBC on August 29, 2008.

If you are a believer of "great things come in small packages," then Kew Gardens might be your kind of neighborhood. This triangular-shaped enclave has many conveniences of city life, yet retains a small-town feel.

Published by amNY.com on August 28, 2008.

Savicki, 38, said his former girlfriend didn't know anyone in New York but decided to come here because she had read about a shelter called Dove House in Jamaica, Queens, that would give her a bed and provide her with welfare benefits.

Published by New York Post on August 27, 2008.

Genovese was stabbed to death as she walked toward her Kew Gardens apartment around 3 a.m. -- her screams going unanswered by residents who ignored her cries for help.

Published by amNY.com on August 27, 2008.

Toemirin Wongsonadi, 56, of Jamaica, took advantage of his day job hauling bags of money from Queens businesses to the central safe for Dunbar Armored, prosecutors said.

Published by New York Daily News on August 22, 2008.

Eight scrolls of Hebrew Scriptures valued at around $500,000 have been stolen from a Jewish center in Queens.

Published by New York Sun on August 19, 2008.

Police said they're investigating last week's theft of the Torahs from the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills

Published by WNBC on August 19, 2008.

The person the police are questioning is just 15-years-old. The teenage boy was identified by one woman and he has been transferred from the 113 pct in Jamaica to the Special Victims Unit in Forest Hills for possible lineups and more witness identifications, according to police.

Published by WNBC on August 19, 2008.

Police have been searching for two men behind 14 attacks since November in Jamaica, Saint Albans, and Springfield Gardens.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 19, 2008.

A seemingly simple bus ride has been a frightening trip in places like Jamaica and Springfield Gardens, Queens, where two rapists have been targeting women at bus stops for months.

Published by WNBC on August 19, 2008.

Eight scrolls of Hebrew Scriptures valued at around $500,000 have been stolen from a Jewish center in Queens.

Published by amNY.com on August 18, 2008.

Saturday morning, with the pews full of worshippers, the unimaginable happened at the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills. The Ark was opened, the padlocks unlocked, and the curtains pulled back to reveal the Torah's – but they weren't there.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 18, 2008.

On August 1, the predator targeted an 18-year-old woman near 145th Street in Jamaica.

Published by WNBC on August 17, 2008.

For the moment, investigators are working on a theory that the attack resulted from a dispute between neighbors, a law enforcement official said, and that the judge’s house in Oakland Gardens may, in fact, have been shot by mistake. They added that the judge, when asked to name anyone from his past who might wish him harm, mentioned a drug dealer he sent to prison nearly 15 years ago, but that man is not a suspect in the case.

Published by New York Times on August 15, 2008.

Acting Supreme Court Judge Fernando Camacho was on vacation when someone strafed his Oakland Gardens home with four bullets.

Published by New York Daily News on August 14, 2008.

Fernando Camacho came back from vacation to find his Oakland Gardens, Queens, home riddled by bullets.

Published by New York Daily News on August 13, 2008.

Pedro Ayala, 21, asked Veronica Rivera, the mother of his 6-month-old son, to bring the child to his Jamaica, Queens, apartment Monday night because he had time off from his job at a bowling alley, Rivera's mother, Lucy Suarez, said.

Published by New York Daily News on August 13, 2008.

Police from the 111th Precinct, located in the Bayside neighborhood, responded to a report of gunshots heard by a neighbor, a police spokeswoman said. There was no evidence that the gunshots were related to Mr. Camacho's work in the courts.

Published by New York Sun on August 13, 2008.

Camacho's Kew Gardens courtroom handles cases involving both criminal and domestic violence charges.

Published by New York Daily News on August 13, 2008.

To date, that agenda has focused around rezonings of areas such as Manhattan’s far West Side, Jamaica and the Williamsburg/Greenpoint waterfront, where the city allows private landowners to develop thousands of housing units and millions of feet of office space.

Published by The New York Observer on August 12, 2008.

Investigators were called to the scene at 8442 151 Street in Queens just after 7:30 Monday night.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 12, 2008.

Then there was Rich, of Jamaica, Queens, who graduated from the U.S. Recovery Bureau in spite of a 1995 sodomy arrest.

Published by New York Daily News on August 12, 2008.

The 2000 Census showed that Hartford had a West Indian population of about 10,000, with more than 8,000 of those from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent.

Published by New York Times on August 10, 2008.

The New York State Board of Elections has ruled that Jun Policarpio, a Queens congressional candidate accused of forging petition signatures, will not be allowed on the Republican ballot.

Published by New York Sun on August 8, 2008.

The unlicensed speed demon raced around a car, blew through a red light at 69th Rd. and the Grand Central Parkway service road and ripped the Kew Gardens couple's 2004 Acura in two.

Published by New York Daily News on August 7, 2008.

According to a report by research firm PropertyShark, the five New York City ZIP codes with the most July foreclosures were all in Queens, with the top four all in the neighborhoods of Jamaica, South Jamaica, Hollis and St. Albans. A total of 56 homes entered foreclosure last month in those neighborhoods.

Published by The New York Observer on August 7, 2008.

According to a report by research firm PropertyShark, the five New York City ZIP codes with the most July foreclosures were all in Queens, with the top four all in the neighborhoods of Jamaica, South Jamaica, Hollis and St. Albans. A total of 56 homes entered foreclosure last month in those neighborhoods.

Published by The New York Observer on August 7, 2008.

Muhammad Shahbaz and his brother run the Sunoco station on North Main Street in Hillcrest, right next door to the fire department.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 5, 2008.

The Kims, who live in Kew Gardens, had the green light on 69th Road and were moving through the intersection when Chubalashvili, heading east on the service road, pulled around a car stopped in front of him at the red light, authorities said.

Published by amNY.com on August 5, 2008.

A developing story in Queens where police are searching for a possible suspect wanted in a series of sexual assaults.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 4, 2008.

He attended Archbishop Molloy High School and later earned a master's degree in psychology from New York University and another in business from St. John's.

Published by New York Daily News on August 3, 2008.

He attended Archbishop Molloy High School and later earned a master's degree in psychology from New York University and another in business from St. John's.

Published by New York Daily News on August 3, 2008.

The victim bravely fought off her attacker on 145th St. in Jamaica about 12:20 a.m. Friday. The man slashed her in the hand and knocked her to the ground before he ran off, police said.

Published by New York Daily News on August 2, 2008.

The investigation also netted retired city Correction Officer Adolph Porter, 48, who was caught July 17 with a stash of cocaine, a shotgun and his off-duty 9-mm. pistol inside his Jamaica home, prosecutors said.

Published by New York Daily News on July 30, 2008.

Although a number of other New York area colleges were included in the review, St. John's University and the College of Staten Island were not included among colleges pre-selected by the Princeton Review for being exceptional, various in size and mission, and representative of the country's regions.

Published by SI Live on July 29, 2008.