TIMESLEDGER | QNS.10 COM | FEB. 7-FEB. 13, 2020
POLICE BLOTTER
106th Precinct
South Ozone Park
Man impersonates officer, assaults UPS driver
BY JACOB KAYE
The NYPD is looking for a man
wanted in connection with a rape in
Jamaica earlier this month.
According to the police, on Jan. 18,
around 4 a.m., a 27-year-old woman
was walking down Jamaica Avenue
when a man walking ahead of her
stopped in front of 163-18 Jamaica
Ave. The woman continued to walk
and attempted to pass him but the
man reached out, forcibly grabbed the
woman and dragged her into a nearby
alleyway where he raped her, according
to authorities.
The woman sustained injuries to
her head, body, arms and legs and was
transported by EMS to NYC Health
and Hospital/ Queens, according to
the NYPD.
The man is described as being 25
to 35 years old and is approximately
5 feet 6 inches tall. He was last seen
wearing black sneakers, a dark-colored
ski cap, a tan vest, blue jeans and
a black sweater.
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). The public can
also submit their tips by logging onto
the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.
NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on
Twitter @NYPDTips.
All calls are strictly confidential.
BY ZACHARY GEWELB
The NYPD is searching for the man
who impersonated a police officer and
assaulted a UPS driver in South Ozone
Park on Jan. 11.
Police said the suspect approached
the 41-year-old UPS driver
near 130-40 118th St. just before 4
p.m. and identified himself as a police
officer. The man claimed he
needed to inspect the inside of the
delivery truck.
When the driver refused, the suspect
smashed him in the head with a
flashlight before fleeing the scene in a
white sedan, according to authorities.
Nothing was stolen from the truck.
The victim declined medical attention
despite suffered pain and bruising
. Police released surveillance video
and a photo of the suspect on Jan. 30.
Anyone with information in regard
to the identity of this male is
asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers
Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477)
or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
The public can also submit their tips
by logging onto the CrimeStoppers
website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.
COM, or on Twitter @ NYPDTips.
All calls are strictly confidential.
103rd Precinct
Jamaica
114th Precinct
Astoria
BY JACOB KAYE
The NYPD is looking for several
individuals involved in a citywide pattern
of ATM robberies.
On Monday, Jan. 6, around 1 a.m.,
two men approached two employees
of Hotel BMP, located at 139 33rd St.
in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The men
threatened to shoot the employees if
they didn’t get on the floor, according
to the police. The men then assaulted
the 66-year-old woman and 64-year-old
man working at the hotel, removed
the ATM from the hotel’s lobby with a
hand trolley and fled in an unknown
direction, cops say.
The next day, on Tuesday, Jan. 7,
around 11:30 p.m., two men entered an
Astoria deli located at 24-01 31st St.,
while a third remained outside as a
lookout, according to the NYPD.
One of the men went up to the counter
and pretended to be a customer
while the other attempted to remove
the ATM with a hand truck, cops say.
The 66-year-old man and 30-year-old
man, who were both employees of the
deli, tried to prevent the theft but were
both cut with a sharp object by the
fake customer, according to police.
The two men ran out of the store
without the ATM. The robbers, including
the lookout, fled in two different
cars, described as a light colored sedan
and a dark colored sedan.
Both of the victims suffered cuts
to their hands, necks and torsos. They
were treated and released from NYC
Health and Hospitals/Queens.
The day after that, on Wednesday,
Jan. 8, around 10:20, two men picked
up an ATM outside of Villa Mia Pizza,
located at 526 3rd Ave. in Murray
Hill, Manhattan, according to the
NYPD. They placed the ATM inside
of a gray van and fled south on 3rd
Avenue.
Anyone with information in regard
to this incident is asked to call
the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline
at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish,
1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can
also submit their tips by logging onto
the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.
NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on
Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are
strictly confidential.
Man rapes woman in Jamaica alleyway: NYPD
Three men steal three ATMs in three days in
Astoria and across New York City: NYPD
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