Astoria

A woman died after she was hospitalized as a result of a cosmetic procedure that was performed by an unlicensed man working in his Queens home, according to police sources.

A Queens man is accused of performing cosmetic procedures — such as Botox, fillers and even liposuction — inside his apartment and without a license. His alleged fly-by-night procedures landed at least one person in the hospital.

Three men from New Jersey have been charged after they abducted a man outside his home in Queens at gunpoint, tortured him for hours with escalating acts of depraved violence, then threatened him with further harm unless he got them $150,000 in cash and a cache of drugs, according to prosecutors.

Two brothers have been indicted on 130 counts of criminal possession of a weapon and related charges after an arsenal of improvised explosive devices and ghost guns, including assault rifles, was found inside an Astoria apartment. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports.

Two brothers have been indicted on 130 counts of criminal possession of a weapon and related charges after an arsenal of improvised explosive devices and ghost guns, including assault rifles, was found inside an Astoria apartment they shared with their mother and another brother, the Queens district attorney’s office said Monday. 

Three members of the same family were arrested and face hundreds of counts of gun trafficking after a major bust in Queens turned up more than 100 illegal firearms, including assault weapons, according to the district attorney.