102nd Precinct
Ozone Park
Robbers maul phone store worker
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
Cops are looking for five men who
beat and robbed a cellphone shop
employee in Ozone Park last week.
According to authorities, at 4 p.m.
on March 29, five unknown men
entered a cellphone shop located at
75-15 101st Ave. and asked the male
employee to see a phone case.
Law enforcement sources said
the suspects proceeded to attack
the victim, striking him multiple
times about the body and head. The
bandits then fled the scene with three
iPhones.
Officers from the 102nd Precinct
responded to the incident. The victim
did not sustain any major injuries
and refused medical attention at
the scene.
Police described the perpetrators
as men with dark complexions
between the ages of 16 to 18 years
old. Three of the suspects were seen
carrying backpacks.
Anyone with information in regard to
this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s
Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS
(8477) or for Spanish, 888-57-PISTA
(74782). All calls are kept confidential.
Queens Village, Jamaica gun runners
busted in major police operation
BY MARK HALLUM
Five south Queens men were
indicted on Thursday for operating
an alleged gun trafficking ring by
the by the Queens District Attorney’s
office who said they also sold a
variety of drugs in their dealings.
Chief Assistant District Attorney
John Ryan said the six-month NYPD
investigation led to the arrests of
Brian Wallace, 25, and Deshawn
Taylor, 19, both from Jamaica
for allegedly selling two dozen
illegal firearms.
They are also accused of
dealing cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and
marijuana and one of their exchanges
involved a 13-year-old boy.
“Gun runners have no place in
Queens County. The defendants in
this case are accused of profiting
from selling illegal firearms and on
one occasion defendants had a child
participating in this potentially
deadly deal,” Ryan said on March 28.
“It is absolutely deplorable to involve
a child in this kind of illegal activity.
Unbeknown to the defendants,
they were dealing with undercover
police conducting a long-term
investigation. This crew is alleged to
have sold an assortment of guns and
rifles, high capacity magazines and
illicit drugs. Now, they face lengthy
prison terms.”
Police Blotter
NYPD’s Gun Violence Suppression
Division led the investigation leading
to the 18-count indictment against
not only Wallace and Deshawn, but
also Dyshawn Bell, 17, who could
be facing 3 to 10 years in prison if
convicted.
In all, 16 pistols were taken off the
streets, according to cops, along with
five revolvers, two rifles and a litany
of other contraband.
Bell and the 13-year-old defendant
allegedly met with a buyer on Euclid
Avenue in Brooklyn in October to
exchange $800 in cash for a silver
revolver. But unbeknownst to
the two teens, the buyer was an
undercover cop.
There were at least 20 other
meeting with this police officer who
was allegedly sold drugs, guns and
ammo, including one transaction
in which they were paid $3,500 for
three pistols and a large capacity
magazine.
But it gets bigger.
Another transaction in January
saw two more pistols, a revolver,
an assault rifle and another large
capacity magazine sold to the
same buyer, the Ryan said. A drum
magazine was even acquired by the
police through these
repeated transactions.
111th Precinct
Bayside
Bar beef leads to double stabbing
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Detectives are looking for a man and
his friend involved in the stabbing of
two patrons at a Bayside bar during a
recent dispute.
Law enforcement sources said the
assault occurred at 4:20 a.m. on March
23 inside of FLB’s Pub, located in the
Bayside Plaza shopping center at 32-55
Francis Lewis Blvd.
According to authorities, the two
male victims — ages 32 and 25 — got
involved in a verbal argument with
the two male suspects. Police did not
disclose what caused the dispute.
The bar beef turned bloody, police
said, when one of the perpetrators pulled
out a knife and stabbed the 32-year-old
victim multiple times in the neck, left
shoulder, back and buttocks.
The knife-wielding assailant also
stabbed the 25-year-old victim twice in
the right arm, authorities said.
Cops said the assailant and his friend
then took off from the establishment.
The attacker was last seen entering
a gray, four-door Kia Optima, while
his friend fled on foot in an unknown
direction. No further description of the
suspect was provided.
The incident was later reported to
the 111th Precinct. Paramedics rushed
the 32-year-old man to North Shore
University Hospital in Manhasset, while
the 25-year-old victim drove himself to
the same medical center. Both victims
were listed in stable condition.
On March 30, the NYPD released
images of the two suspects as well as the
Kia Optima used by the assailant.
Anyone with information about the
case can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-
TIPS; calls are kept confidential.
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Bus creep gropes female rider
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
The NYPD released video footage on
Friday of a man whom they said groped
an 18-year-old woman while riding a
bus through Jamaica last month.
Law enforcement sources said the
incident occurred at 9:10 p.m. on Feb.
5 on board a Q44 Select Bus, when the
suspect sat beside the victim in an
aisle seat.
The woman got up to depart the bus
after it stopped at the corner of Sutphin
Boulevard and Jamaica Avenue. That’s
when, police said, the suspect grabbed
her buttocks, leading to a verbal
confrontation with the suspect.
Authorities said the victim exited
the bus and reported the incident to
the 103rd Precinct.
The groper remained on board the
bus until he disembarked at the corner
of Jamaica Avenue and 153rd Street, it
was reported.
Call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS
with information about the case.
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