12 THE QUEENS COURIER • MARCH 14, 2013 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com police beat COMPILED BY TONIA N. CIMINO & CRISTABELLE TUMOLA 102ND PRECINCT Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill East, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, and the northern part of Ozone Park Investigate fatal stabbing Police are investigating a Richmond Hill attack that left one man dead and another injured. According to the NYPD, on Wednesday, March 6, around 3:30 p.m., authorities responded to a 9-1-1 call of a male stabbed on Jamaica Avenue near 127th Street. Upon arrival, officers discovered 32-year-old Jose Rubio who was stabbed in the back, and another victim, a 17-year-old male, who was hit in the shoulder with a rock. EMS responded and took the stabbing victim to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The second victim refused medical attention at the scene. An initial investigation determined that the victims were walking in front of 126-19 Jamaica Avenue, the location where they were found by police, when a group of males attacked them. The investigation is still ongoing. 108TH PRECINCT Long Island City, Sunnyside and Woodside Seek perv who touched girl Police are asking for your help in nabbing the man they say inappropriately s touched a 12-year-old as she boarded the No. 7 train. The incident occurred on Friday, March 8 at the Woodside train station, when the suspect approached the victim from behind and forcibly touched her before boarding a train. The suspect is described as a Hispanic male, 28 to 35 years old, 5’4” -5’6” and wearing a red messenger-type bag. Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS. Driver loses control, kills pedestrian One pedestrian was killed and four others were injured when a minivan jumped the curb near LaGuardia Community College on Monday, March 11, according to police. Around 10:30 a.m., the vehicle was traveling eastbound on Thomson Avenue when the driver lost control and drove onto the sidewalk on 30th Street, striking five people. They were taken to Elmhurst General Hospital where one of the victims, 16-year-old Drudak Tenzin, was pronounced dead. According to the Department of Education, Tenzin was a student at Applied Communications High School. The remaining four pedestrians are listed in stable condition. The investigation is ongoing. 110TH PRECINCT Corona and Elmhurst Seek man who stabbed cyclist in park Police are looking for a group of men who stabbed a cyclist and stole his bike in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park over the weekend. According to the NYPD, the unidentified victim was riding in the park around 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 9 when 8 to 10 men approached him and told him they wanted his bicycle. The suspects pulled the victim off the bicycle, punched him, stabbed him four times in the back and once in the chest, then fled with the bike. The victim was taken to the hospital in serious condition. Authorities describe the perpetrators as Hispanic males, 18 to 20 years old. Anyone with information in regards to this burglary is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-577-TIPS. 111TH PRECINCT Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck, Auburndale, Hollis Hills and Fresh Meadows Bus kills woman A 55-year-old woman is dead after a Queens bus struck her last week, according to police. Around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, a QM3 bus was traveling westbound on 73rd Avenue, making a left turn onto Springfield Boulevard when, with the rear portion of the bus, it struck the victim. She was taken to Long Island Jewish Hospital where she was pronounced dead. The investigation is ongoing. 112TH PRECINCT Forest Hills and Rego Park Help snag salon pilferer Authorities are looking for a suspect who robbed a Rego Park salon early Thursday morning, March 7. According to police, at about 3:30 a.m., the suspect used a hammer to shatter the front glass door of Olga Salon, located at 91-02 63rd Drive. Once inside, he removed cash from the register and a portable radio from behind the counter area, then fled. The suspect is described as a white male, 35 to 40 years old, 5’8”, 160-170 pounds and was last seen wearing a dark colored jacket. Anyone with information in regards to this burglary is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-577-TIPS. 114TH PRECINCT Astoria, Long Island City, Woodside and Jackson Heights Library perv arrested A suspect wanted in connection with the March 4 assault on a 15-year-old girl at a Queens library has been arrested, police said. 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THE FITNESS CONSULTANT Celebrating Our 24th Anniversary! 208-52 Cross Island Pkwy • Bayside 718.352.9075 2011 st www.tfc-gym.com FREE TRAINING SESSION CALL TODAY of the THE QUEENS QueensCourier.com Place BY ANGY ALTAMIRANO aaltamirano@queenscourier.com Officials from the Parks Department announced it will be adding 81 new Parks Enforcement Patrol officers (PEP) to help prevent crime in greenspaces around the city. Parks Commissioner Veronica White and Queens Parks Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski made the announcement on Tuesday, March 5, at the monthly meeting of the Astoria Civic Association. Councilmember Peter F. Vallone Jr., chair of the Public Safety Committee, said he has been working to achieve this addition for over a year. “Crime is rising in our parks, and a handful of officers to keep an entire borough of parkland safe just won’t cut it,” said Vallone. He also said that last summer, he found out only one PEP officer was assigned to patrol parks in Queens. “I’m glad the city has finally decided to hire more PEP officers, but we have to make sure Queens gets enough of them to keep people safe,” said Vallone. The Parks Department hopes to have officers out in the parks by the middle of the summer after they receive training. “These new officers will patrol parks in all of the five boroughs and will almost double the number of city-funded officers that we have on patrol,” said a Parks Department spokesperson.
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