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102nd Precinct
Kew Gardens, Ozone Park,
Richmond Hill, Woodhaven
Loud muffl er leads to
Rich. Hill drug bust
What started as a routine traffi c stop in
Richmond Hill on Wednesday, Feb. 21,
ended with a drug bust that left two people
in handcuff s.
Members of the NYPD Strategic
Response Group (SRG) 4 — a rapid
response unit usually deployed during
emergencies or large-scale events —
observed a vehicle traveling through the
intersection of 133rd Street and Atlantic
Avenue and 133rd Street at 4 p.m. on
Feb. 21.
According to law enforcement sources,
the offi cers decided to stop the car aft er
seeing that it had a defective rear brake
light, and heard an excessively loud muffl
er.
Th e offi cers stopped the vehicle and met
with the two occupants: Luis Picon, 20, of
144th Place in Jamaica; and Henry Garay,
21, of Woodbury, NY. Police said the offi -
cers noticed a black bag inside the vehicle.
Upon further inspection, authorities
said, cops discovered a large quantity of
cocaine — formed in several bricks —
inside the bag. Marijuana was also found
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in the suspects’ possession.
Picon and Garay were subsequently
arrested on charges of criminal possession
of a controlled substance and criminal
possession of marijuana.
Captain Courtney Nilan, commanding
offi cer of the 102nd Precinct based in
Richmond Hill, took to Twitter on Feb.
21 to congratulate the SRG offi cers for
the bust.
“Traffi c stop by SRG4 in the 102 Precinct
leads to arrests and a large amount of
narcotics recovered. Great police work
today!!! #teamwork,” Nilan wrote.
108th Precinct
LIC, Maspeth, Sunnyside,
Woodside
Subway creep’s lewd
ride on R train in LIC
Police need your help in fi nding the
latest subway creep trolling the trains of
Queens.
Law enforcement sources released on
Feb. 22 an image of the suspect who
allegedly “manipulated his private parts”
in front of a 20-year-old woman the day
before.
Th e incident occurred at 11:01 a.m. on
Feb. 21 on board a Forest Hills-bound R
train heading toward the Queens Plaza
station in Long Island City.
Police said the woman managed to take
a photo of the alleged pervert before he
departed at Queens Plaza and fl ed in an
unknown direction. She provided police
with the image while reporting the incident.
Authorities described the suspect as
a bald black man wearing a blue hooded
coat, a black sweater, blue jeans and
black-and-white sneakers.
Anyone with information regarding
the suspect’s whereabouts can call Crime
Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish,
dial 888-57-PISTA), visit nypdcrimestoppers.
com or send a text message to
274637 (CRIMES), then enter TIP577. All
calls and messages are kept confi dential.
109th Precinct
College Point, Flushing,
Whitestone
Man convicted of stabbing
former lover in Kissena Park
Aft er a three-week trial, a jury found
a 28-year-old man guilty on Friday, Feb.
23, of murdering an Elmhurst woman in
a Queens park more than two years ago.
Christopher Sobers, 28, was convicted
of second-degree murder, tampering with
physical evidence and criminal possession
of stolen property, Queens District
Attorney Richard A. Brown announced
on Feb. 23. Sobers faces 25 years to life
behind bars when he is sentenced on
March 14.
Prosecutors said that Sobers brutally
murdered Qing Qing Kiemde, 28, inside
of Kissena Corridor Park, off the intersection
of Colden Street and Laburnum
Avenue, on the night of Oct. 10, 2015. A
homeless man found her mutilated body
the following day.
“Th e crime scene was steeped in blood
and the victim’s body mutilated and disemboweled,”
Brown said on Feb. 23.
Detectives learned that Sobers and
Kiemde, who resided in Elmhurst, had
met at a group meeting and became
romantically involved.
When they located Sobers and took
him in for questioning, prosecutors said,
they found Kiemde’s phone in his possession;
Browns said all of her information
had been removed from the phone and
replaced with Sobers’ data.
Police also learned that Sobers had been
seen carrying Kiemde’s handbag soon
aft er her murder.
“Aft er thoroughly reviewing the evidence,
the jury found the defendant guilty
and he now faces a very long term of
incarceration — to protect others from
harm and to punish him for this heinous
crime,” Brown added.
103rd Precinct
Jamaica
Deadly stabbing at
Jamaica bus stop
A Cambria Heights man who was
found with multiple stab wounds died
of his injuries Sunday night.
On Feb. 25 at 11:51 p.m., offi cers from
the 103rd Precinct responded to a 911
call regarding a dispute at the corner of
Parsons Boulevard and Archer Avenue.
Upon their arrival, they found 24-yearold
Anthony Teil with stab wounds to
the head and chest.
EMS responded to the scene and
rushed Teil to Jamaica Hospital, where
he was pronounced dead.
No arrests have been made at this
time. Th e investigation is ongoing.