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The precinct’s detective team has released fl iers seeking information that could help prevent future loss of property or catch thieves that have committed several recent home burglaries in Maspeth. “Help us, Help you!,” is written on the fl ier. “Recently there have been numerous burglaries in the Maspeth/Woodside area while homeowners are at work or away from home.” Anyone with information is asked to call the precinct’s detective team at 718- 386-2723. 106TH PRECINCT Howard Beach, Ozone Park and South Ozone Park Firefi ghters battled blazing Howard Beach brush fi re Woman found dead in Howard Beach motel: cops A 22-year-old woman was found dead in a Howard Beach motel Saturday morning, March 15, police said. Authorities responded to a 9-1-1 call of an unconscious female at the Surfside Motel at 164-33 Cross Bay Boulevard about 11:25 a.m. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The investigation is ongoing. 108TH PRECINCT LIC, Sunnyside and Woodside Dead woman pulled out of Long Island City waters Fire offi cials pulled the body of a 51-year-old Long Island City woman out of the East River Saturday morning, March 15, police said. She was fully clothed, and there were no visible signs of trauma on her body, according to cops. The woman, Judy Soo Hoo, was found fl oating near 47th Road and Center Boulevard about 10 a.m., police said. The investigation is ongoing. 109TH PRECINCT Downtown Flushing, East Flushing, Queensboro Hill, College Point, Malba, Whitestone, Beechhurst and Bay Terrace Cops seek man who tried to kidnap 11-year-old boy in Flushing Police are looking for a man who they say tried to kidnap an 11-year-old boy in Flushing on Friday, March 14. The boy was waiting to be picked up after school about 2:35 p.m. at the corner of Colden Street and 45th Avenue when a 40-year-old man pulled up in a car and told the victim to get inside, authorities said. “Get in the car. I’ll take you somewhere nice upstate,” the suspect said, according to police. When the victim refused, the man got out of the car, grabbed him by the hands and tried to pull him inside the car, cops said. The victim’s father showed up and foiled the plans. Police said the suspect fl ed north in a dark blue four door sedan on Colden Street. The suspect was described by police as Asian with short black hair and brown eyes. He is 5’6” to 5’8” and has dark skin and a goatee. The man was last seen wearing a blue multi-colored sweatshirt and brown slacks. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS. A taxi driver is dead after a health condition incapacitated him, causing his cab to crash into another vehicle on the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, cops said. The victim, 50-year-old Vadro Kone, of the Bronx, was traveling on the eastbound upper level of the bridge about 12:20 a.m. on Wednesday, March 19 when his yellow cab struck a Lincoln Town Car, according to police. The two vehicles were on the ramp heading toward Jackson Avenue/ Northern Boulevard when the accident occurred, authorities said. Kone crashed into the wall area of the ramp before hitting the other car. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital Queens where he was pronounced dead, police said. The driver of the town car, a 33-year-old man, and the rear passenger, a 55-year-old woman, were both taken to Elmhurst Hospital Center, where they were listed in stable condition. The investigation is ongoing. Arrest man for catalytic converter thefts BY MELISSA CHAN mchan@queenscourier.com @MelissaCourier The 23-year-old Jamaica man arrested on Long Island last month for stripping three dozen cars of their costly catalytic converters has a lengthy rap sheet in the city, offi cials said. Nassau County police charged Dorient G. Reid in February with grand larceny for his eight-monthlong raid of body shop and U-Haul parking lots that damaged more than 35 cars and their exhaust systems. Reid crossed the Queens border to try his luck after the NYPD arrested him last March for allegedly stealing fi ve catalytic converters out of a used auto parts lot in Jamaica, an NYPD spokesperson said. The apparent repeat offender had nine prior arrests in New York City, including one last year for offering an arresting offi cer a $500 bribe from his holding cell in Jamaica’s 113th Precinct, according to the NYPD and Queens district attorney’s offi ce. He faces multiple counts of grand larceny and auto stripping charges in both Nassau and New York City, the police departments said. Reid will appear in Nassau court on March 28, a spokesperson for the county’s district attorney said. He also awaits a March 25 sentencing in Queens Criminal Court after pleading guilty in the bribery case, according to the borough’s district attorney’s offi ce. Catalytic converters, which contain precious metals inside, like platinum, have been the target of a costly citywide crime trend that is now on the decline. In January, police arrested two men in Flushing for allegedly sawing nearly $5,000 worth of devices off eight trucks in a U-Haul storage lot at 36-30 College Point Boulevard, Crime Prevention Offi cer Anthony Lo Verme of the 109th Precinct said. Since the collar, there have been no new converter thefts in the 109th Precinct, which covers downtown Flushing and upwards to Whitestone, according to Lo Verme. Deputy Inspector Jason Huerta of the 111th Precinct — who reported a spike at the end of last year — believes the arrest will wipe out the crime around Bayside. “We’re hoping that eliminates the problem here,” he said, “and I suspect it will.”
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