FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com juLY 28, 2016 • The Queens Courier 3 Flushing’s Bowne Playground was the scene of two recent pedophile attacks By Briana Ellis shorts and sexually abused her. bellis@qns.com/@briinformed When the girl tried to use her iPhone to call for help, Hudgins reportedly grabbed the phone Bowne Playground in Flushing seems to be a and earbuds out of her hand and yanked off her favorite site for pedophiles recently, as two men shoes. He allegedly stole two packs of cigarettes have preyed on young children there this month. from the girl before running off, dropping his The most recent incident took place on July wallet in the process. 20, during which 24-year-old Soloman Hudgins The girl took the wallet to police and Hudgins allegedly sexually abused a 12-year-old girl at the was later slapped with first-degree sexual abuse, Bowne Playground located near the northeast third-degree robbery and endangering the welfare corner of Sanford Avenue and Union Street. of a child. According to police, the man was arrested for An earlier incident occurred on Thursday, sexually abusing and robbing the girl, who was July 14, at 8 p.m. at the same playground. An meeting up with her friends. unknown man approached an 8-year-old boy Hudgins allegedly jumped on the child and who was with his 34-year-old mother. wrongfully touched her. Prosecutors said that The pervert picked up the victim while grabbing the girl attempted to push the pedophile away, and squeezing the child’s chest. The mother but Hudgins pulled at her clothing, opened her confronted the suspect and snapped a photo of him using her cellphone. Police described the suspect as an Asian male who speaks fluent Mandarin. He has black hair and was accompanied by a female toddler. When asked if police have increased their presence at Bowne Playground following these attacks, an NYPD spokesperson indicated it had not taken such measures. Children and parents should always play safely and be aware of their surroundings. 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. Photo by NYPD and Google Maps Two pedophiles have touched children in Bowne Playground in Flushing recently. Ground spraying to kill mosquitoes The New York City Department of Health is looking to prevent mosquitoes with the potential to carry the Zika virus from spawning in Queens by spraying pesticides in parts of College Point, Flushing and Whitestone. The Health Department will spray pesticide from trucks in those parts of Queens on Thursday, July 28, between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. the following morning, weather permitting. According to the Health Department, the boundaries of spraying will be Flushing Bay to the west; Northern Boulevard to the south; Union Street, 143rd Street, 147th Street and Whitestone Expressway to the east; and East River to the north. These neighborhoods are being treated with adulticide due to a significant presence of Aedes Albopictus, or Asian Tiger mosquitoes, in traps set by the Health Department. To be clear, Zika virus has not been found in any mosquito in New York City, the Health Department announced. The spraying is part of the Health Department’s three-year, $21 million plan to protect New Yorkers from Zika. The department remains cautiously optimistic that Zika virus will not be found in mosquitoes in New York City. Anthony Giudice Signs point to safer Flushing Pedestrians should be walking safer now that new speed humps and traffic signs have been installed throughout northeast Queens. Councilman Paul Vallone gained support from Queens Community Board 7 in Flushing, the Broadway-Flushing Homeowners Association and the Bowne Park Civic Association, in order to make the following enhancements. He requested three speed humps from the Department of Transportation (DOT), which were placed along 32nd Avenue between 155th and 159th streets in Bayside. Vallone expressed his concern about the dangerous roads in northeast Queens in a press release: “The safety of our children and their families is always a priority,” he said. “For too long have the residents of northeast Queens dealt with a dangerous situation at Bowne Park, lacking even a single crosswalk to safely cross 32nd Avenue into the park. These speed humps will go a long way towards improving their safety and I look forward to continuing to work with the DOT and our civic organizations to determine what additional measures can be implemented.” Additional traffic signs have also been placed at the following intersections in Flushing: Linden Place at 31st Road, Linden Place at 32nd Avenue, Linden Place at 35th Avenue, Northern Boulevard at Union Street, Northern Boulevard at Parsons Boulevard, Francis Lewis Boulevard at 29th Avenue and Francis Lewis Boulevard at 35th Avenue. Brianna Ellis
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