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12 The QUEE NS Courier • APRIL 30, 2015 FOR Breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com police beat Compiled by Cristabelle Tumola, Angy Altamirano and Alina Suriel Manhattan woman stole $350K from her Fresh Meadows mom: DA An Upper East Side woman was arraigned on charges of stealing more than $340,000 from her elderly mother, a Fresh Meadows resident, prosecutors announced. Barbara Schwartz, 62, of East 71 Street in Manhattan allegedly withdrew funds from her mother’s bank account to pay for spa treatments, clothing, alcohol and cab rides from 2010 to 2013. She was arraigned on April 21 on a fourcount indictment charging her with grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property and faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown said Schwartz was ordered held on $50,000 bond. Law enforcement sources said Schwartz came into control of her 91-year-old mother’s finances after the elderly woman suffered a stroke in 2008. Authorities were alerted to the theft by another child of the victim, and an analysis of the suspect’s bank records allegedly indicated that none of the money was used to benefit the ailing woman. Schwartz is scheduled to return to court on June 23. Bayside man pleads guilty to mom’s beating death 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 THINKING OF SELLING? DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR HOUSE IS WORTH? PLEASE CALL FOR A FREE APPRAISAL – No Obligation If you are looking for an experienced efficient realtor that has been helping buyers and sellers for over 20 years. call: Sonia Johnson at 516-406-9647 email: Sonia.Johnson1@Century21.com Milestone Realty 114th Precinct Astoria, Long Island City, Woodside and Jackson Heights Cops searching for bicycling groper in Astoria A bicyclist is slapping and grabbing women’s buttocks as he’s riding around the streets of Astoria, according to police. The suspect — described as a Hispanic male, 5 feet 4 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall and with a medium to stocky build — is wanted in three incidents starting in early April. He is first suspected of grabbing a 33-year-old woman’s behind at about 11 a.m. on April 2, near 34th Avenue and 35th Street as he was bicycling. On April 15, at about 8:45 p.m., the suspect approached a 29-year-old woman while riding a bicycle near 35th Avenue and 41st Street and struck her in the behind with his hand, cops said. Police say the same bicyclist also slapped the buttocks of a 30-year-old woman the following day at about 11 a.m. around 36th Avenue and 34th Street. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (8477) Suspect wanted in gunpoint robbery at Astoria cellphone store Police are looking for a man who robbed an Astoria cellphone store last week at gunpoint and then fled in a black Audi. On April 17 at about 3:55 p.m., the unidentified suspect entered the T-Mobile store at 31-05 36th Ave. and displayed a firearm, according to authorities. He then demanded an employee fill a duffel bag with various boxed cellphones and he also took about $200 from the cash register. The man then fled the store in a black Audi. No injuries were reported in the incident. The suspect is described as a black man, about 35 years old, 6 feet tall, 275 pounds, and with black hair. He was last seen wearing a brown hooded sweatshirt, black sneakers and blue jeans. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (8477). 115th Precinct East Elmhurst, Corona and Jackson Heights Man wanted for groping woman on 7 train: NYPD Police are looking for a 25-year-old man who allegedly groped a woman on the 7 train. At about 3:30 p.m. on April 25, the victim, a 23-year-old woman, was riding the train southbound near the 74th Street and Broadway station when the suspect grabbed her buttocks, according to authorities. The woman then turned around and took a photo of the suspect who then fled the train. The suspect is described as a Hispanic man, 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighing 180 pounds. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (8477). Screenshot via NYPD Screenshot via NYPD Photo courtesy of NYPD A 49-year-old man has pleaded guilty to beating his elderly mother to death with a bat inside their Bayside home more than four years ago, the district attorney’s office announced. Matthew J. Devlin, in pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter on April 24, admitted to the killing during an argument with his mother and brother on the evening of Feb. 12, 2011, prosecutors said. As they fought, Devlin hit his mother in the head with an aluminum bat. When police arrived at the home, they found his mother, 79-year-old Elizabeth “Betty Ann” Devlin, in a second-floor bedroom with serious head injuries, according to District Attorney Richard Brown. She was taken to an area hospital, where she was placed in a medically induced coma and died five days later. Deviln’s brother, then 54, also suffered a head wound in the attack, which required 35 stitches. At his plea, the judge indicated that at Devlin’s June 4 sentencing he would receive 21 years in prison and five years post-release supervision.


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