12 The QUEE NS Courier • JANUARY 15, 2015 FOR Breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com 110th Precinct Corona and Elmhurst Teens charged after assaulting Elmhurst store owner, wife during robbery: NYPD Two teens brandishing what appeared to be guns walked into an Elmhurst electronics store and attacked the owner and his wife while robbing the place, police said. The teenage thieves, Alex Diaz, 15, of Brooklyn, and Ronald Espinoza, 14, of Queens, walked into JC Electronics on Grand Avenue at 4 p.m. on Jan. 6 and said they were going to rob the store, cops said. Both boys, who were carrying air pistols, then went behind the counter where the owner, a 38-year-old man was, and started struggling with him. Diaz and Espinoza then began to strike the owner on the head with their pistols and tried to cut him with a knife, according to police. When the owner’s wife tried to help him, she was also assaulted. Their daughter, in the meantime, had fled to the basement and called 911. The teens took $468 from the register and cellphones that were being repaired in the store, cops said. They then fled toward the subway station at Queens Boulevard, with the owner chasing them. A passerby, who saw the fleeing suspects and the owner running after them, directed responding officers to the subway station and the pair was apprehended. Compiled by Cristabelle Tumola and Eric Jankiewicz Police found three air pistols, a gravity knife and the stolen goods on the teens. The owner and his wife were taken to Elmhurst Hospital, where they were treated for lacerations to their heads and faces, and released, police said. Diaz and Espinoza were both charged with robbery, assault, criminal use of a firearm, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of stolen property. 114th Precinct Astoria, Long Island City, Woodside and Jackson Heights Two women wanted in Astoria street robbery Police are searching for two women who they say robbed a 44-year-old woman last month in Astoria. On Dec. 2 at 12 p.m., the victim was walking near 44th Street and 31st Avenue when the two suspects came up from behind the woman and pushed her to the ground, cops said. They then snatched her purse, containing the woman’s credit cards and keys, and took off. The victim was transported to Elmhurst Hospital for cuts on her head. Police described the suspects as Hispanic. police beat Police looking for gold charm thief Photo courtesy of NYPD Call Now & End Your Tax Nightmare! • Owe the IRS more than $10,000? • Being Audited? • Unfi led Tax Returns? • Wage & Bank Levies? 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The suspect then stole from Gem Pawn Brokers at 90-26 Sutphin Blvd. in Jamaica at 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 20. The suspect took the jewelry by asking to see several gold charms at each store and then would distract the employee while he would swipe one of the charms before fleeing. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (8477). Photo courtesy of NYPD Man beats roommate to death with hammer inside luxury Astoria apartment: police THE COURIER/Photo by Angy Altamirano Exo Apartments An Astoria man claimed he had to kill his roommate after the lawyer tied him up and tried to force him at gunpoint to liquidate his stocks, according to published reports. Quentin Capobianco, 18, told police that Jesse Smith, 29, restrained him with zip ties on Jan. 12 and ordered him to liquidate the stocks with a shotgun pointed to his head, reports said. According to the New York Post, Capobianco was confronting Smith over money he owed him for apartment damages. Capobianco managed to escape from his ties, and grab a hammer and use it to strike Smith repeatedly in the head, reports said. Police found the victim, Jesse Smith, at his home inside the Exo Apartments, a luxury building on 21st Street near Astoria Boulevard, about 3:30 p.m. with severe trauma to his head, authorities said. Smith was taken to Elmhurst Hospital Center, where he died. Capobianco was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon with intent to use, police said. The hammer, as well as a shotgun, were recovered at the scene. Smith, a lawyer, worked at the Forest Hills firm Morton Povman, PC, according to published reports, and a LinkedIn account for Capobianco lists him as paralegal for the attorney. He was also in business with Smith, running a currency exchange operation involving Bitcoin, a form of digital money, according to DNAinfo. Capobianco was arraigned on Jan. 13 in Queens Criminal Court, where he was held on $250,000 bond, the district attorney’s office said. His next court date is Jan. 30.
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