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The Velentzas Organization, also known as the Velentzas crime family, or the Greek crew is a Greek-American criminal organization operating in the New York City area. [1] During the 1980s and into the early 1990s, the Greek organization controlled a number of illegal gambling operations in and around the New York City area.
February 4, 2017. Karina Anne Vetrano (July 12, 1986 – August 2, 2016) was a 30-year-old American woman who was attacked, sexually assaulted, and murdered while running in Spring Creek Park in the Howard Beach neighborhood of Queens, New York City. The case attracted national media attention, partially due to how it went unsolved for nearly ...
Velentzas crime family. The Rudaj Organization was an Albanian mafia gang in the New York City metro area, named for the man accused of being its kingpin, Alex Rudaj of Yorktown, New York. The Rudaj Organization, called " The Corporation " [citation needed] by its members, was started in 1993 in Westchester and spread to the Bronx and Queens.
Matthew Sedacca. September 7, 2024 at 4:52 AM. Flags and Hindu deities on mound of turf, Hindu deities figurines, animal rescuer with trio of pigs. Animal sacrifices are surging in Queens, with ...
Anjelica Castillo, previously known for 22 years as Baby Hope, [2] was a Mexican - American four-year-old girl from New York City who was murdered in 1991. Her body was not identified until 2013. The case received national attention due to the young age of the victim and the manner of her death. After her identification, Castillo's paternal ...
August 22, 2024 at 11:01 AM. A man was indicted on multiple hate crime charges in connection with the fatal July shooting of a Venezuelan migrant in Brooklyn, allegedly motivated by anger over ...
Astoria is a neighborhood in the western portion of the New York City borough of Queens. Astoria is bounded by the East River and is adjacent to four other Queens neighborhoods: Long Island City to the southwest, Sunnyside to the southeast, and Woodside and East Elmhurst to the east. As of 2019, Astoria has an estimated population of 95,446.
The Genovese crime family (pronounced [dʒenoˈveːze, -eːse]), also sometimes referred to as the Westside, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City and New Jersey as part of the American Mafia. The Genovese family has generally maintained a varying ...