12 The QUEE NS Courier • APRIL 21, 2016 FOR Breaking news visit www.qns.com police beat COMPILED BY ALAN BURTON, ANTHONY GIUDICE AND ROBERT POZARYCKI Wet Basement? Call artie Basement Water Proofing Specialist Serving Queens for 35 Years For more information contact Artie DiBiase Mason Contractor 718.767.0072 Licensed #08097 and Insured 114th Precinct Astoria, Long Island City Pair stole $5 and a Metrocard from a church in Astoria Police are looking for information regarding two suspects who stole a teenager’s $5 and a MetroCard inside an Astoria church. According to police, the perpetrators entered the Most Precious Blood Church at 32-23 36th St. in Astoria at about 1:45 p.m. on April 17 and stole $5 and a Metrocard from a jacket hanging on a coat rack belonging to a 17-year-old boy attending a service at the church. Police described the first suspect as a white male between 20 to 30 years of age standing 5 foot 7 inches tall, weighing 160 pounds and last seen wearing a black jacket, red baseball cap, and red and black backpack. The second suspect is described as a black female between 18 to 20 years of age and standing 5 foot 7 inches tall, weighing 115 pounds with long black hair and was last seen wearing a light blue denim jacket, blue jeans, a white shirt and black shoes. Anyone with information in regards 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 Crime Stoppers website, www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls and messages are kept confidential. 110th Precinct Corona, Elmhurst Taxi cab robbery suspect pinched for murder The man wanted for an attempted robbery in Corona and a murder in Manhattan has been caught and charged, police report. According to authorities, William Smith, 53, of 400 East 30 St. has been arrested and charged with second degree murder for his alleged involvement in the murder of a 56-year-old man who was found slashed in the neck inside 400 East 30th St. at 8:26 a.m. on Friday, April 15. The following day, Smith was named as the suspect in a botched robbery of a livery cab driver at 12:30 a.m. in front of the Holiday Inn on Van Cleef Street near Horace Harding Expressway in Corona, police said. Smith, who initially hailed the cab at the corner of 103rd Street and Roosevelt Avenue, allegedly tried to rob the 43-year-old cab driver upon arriving at the destination. He then slashed the driver along his back and neck with an unknown sharp object, then exited the cab without property and fled on foot. The investigation is ongoing. DETECTIVES INDICTED FOR CORONA BEATING Two veteran members of the NYPD found themselves on the wrong side of the court bench on April 20 after being indicted for allegedly assaulting a 26-year-old man in Corona last fall. Detectives Angelo Pampena, 31, and Robert Carbone, 29, both assigned to the NYPD Patrol Borough Queens North Gang Unit, are accused of beating up the man, a U.S. Postal Service worker returning home from his shift, on 96th Street between Christie and 55th avenues on the night of Oct. 21, 2015. According to Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, Pampena and Carbone — who have a combined 17 years of law enforcement experience — confronted the employee as he sat in his vehicle. They then punched and kicked him repeatedly about the face and body, then dragged him out of the vehicle and onto the sidewalk. Prosecutors said Pampena later filed a criminal court complaint against the employee claiming that he was parked directly in front of a fire hydrant. The charges were later dismissed pre-trial after video evidence showed the employee’s car was parked more than 15 feet from the fire hydrant. The two detectives were indicted on charges of second- and third-degree assault; Pampena was additionally charged with seconddegree perjury, official misconduct and offering a false instrument for filing. Pampena and Carbone each face up to seven years behind bars if convicted. Following their arraignment on the morning of April 20, the detectives were released on their own recognizance. They are scheduled to return to court on June 27. The indictment was the result of an investigation conducted by the NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau. Photo by Mark Mellone
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