10 The QUEE NS Courier • june 23, 2016 FOR Breaking news visit www.qns.com Compiled by Brianna police beat Ellis, Angela Matua and Robert Pozarycki • Masonry “When Only The Best Will Do!” Great Quality, Fair Pricing! 109th Precinct College Point, Flushing, Whitestone College Point assault victim suffered brain trauma Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying an unknown individual who brutally attacked a young man in College Point. The incident occurred near 14th Avenue and College Point Boulevard at about 7:45 p.m. on the night of June 15. Police officers from the 109th Precinct responded to the call. NYPD told The Courier that the 21-year-old man was found with massive trauma to the brain. He was transferred to New York-Presbyterian Hospital, where he is currently listed in critical condition, police confirmed. The investigation is ongoing. 110th Precinct Corona, Elmhurst Woman brutally beaten in Corona rape attempt A man who pummeled a 33-year-old woman before attempting to rape her on a Corona street last month remains on the lam. On May 31, at approximately 3:45 a.m., the suspect grabbed the female victim by the throat at the intersection of 42nd Avenue and Warren Street and demanded that she take him to her apartment. When she tried to fight him off he punched her in the mouth and stomach several times, police said. He then threw the woman to the ground and inserted his fingers into her vagina, according to officials. When the victim yelled for help the suspect fled eastbound on 42nd Avenue. The suspect is described as a Hispanic male, approximately 5 feet, 5 inches to 5 feet, 7 inches and last seen wearing a checkered shirt and dark-colored pants. 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 at their website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential. 115th Precinct Corona, East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights Man gropes & masturbates at laundromat Police are looking for a man who entered a Corona laundromat, forcibly touched a customer and masturbated before walking down several blocks to do it again. On June 17 at approximately 6:30 a.m., the suspect entered Mario’s II Laundromat at 37-57 108th St. where he approached a 52-year-old woman and touched her buttocks. He then proceeded to masturbate in front of her. The victim moved away from him and he fled the location, police said. About 10 minutes later, the suspect approached a 30-year-old female near 111th Street and 39th Avenue, placed his hand under her skirt and on her buttocks and masturbated. He then fled the location. Police describe the suspect as a Hispanic male who was last seen wearing a short-sleeved buttoned shirt, blue jeans 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 or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential. Drug smuggler rats out cronies in Corona coke ring Federal prosecutors are getting an assist from a key member in a cocaine ring operated out of a pizzeria in Corona with alleged ties to organized crime. According to court documents, the witness is a former partner of Gregorio and Angelo Gigliotti, a father-and-son team. Gigliottis were indicted last year on charges that they helped smuggle and distribute cocaine imported from Costa Rica concealed in boxes containing yucca. They used an importing business created and operated out of their restaurant, Cucino Amodo Mio, located at 51-01 108th St., to arrange for the narcotic shipments. The New York Post identified Gregorio Gigliotti, a Malba resident, as a “reputed associate” of the Genovese crime family. The witness previously testified before a grand jury and received immunity from the government in the case, court documents revealed. Prosecutors said that the witness developed a partnership with Gregory Gigliotti in the fall of 2011, as the witness and his father were operating a cocaine-trafficking operation in New York City. They eventually struck a deal in 2012 to import cocaine concealed in produce shipments. Court documents indicated that the witness established a produce importation business and obtained a license to import yucca. The witness wired money to a contact in Costa Rica to arranged for the shipment of cocaine. Gregorio Gigliotti later advised the witness to conceal the cocaine in the flaps of cardboard boxes in order for the cocaine to go undetected when the boxes went through X-ray machines. The first cocaine shipment arrived at a Bronx warehouse in August 2012, while the second came a month later at Cucino Amodo Mio in Corona. The Gigliottis — along with Eleanora Gigliotti, Gregorio’s wife and Angelo’s mother — were arrested on March 11, 2015, for their alleged roles in the smuggling operation. Twelve others connected to the ring were subsequently indicted. All three members of the Gigliotti family face up at least 15 years in prison if convicted.
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