12 THE QUEENS COURIER • AUGUST 24, 2017 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM
police beat COMPILED BY EMILY DAVENPORT, SUZANNE MONTEVERDI AND ROBERT POZARYCKI
109th Precinct
College Point, Flushing,
Whitestone
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Cops released graphic video footage
on Aug. 22 of the suspect who attacked a
30-year-old man with a metal coff ee cup
during a dispute inside a Flushing spa last
month.
According to police, at 11 a.m. on
July 19, the victim got into an argument
with the assailant, an acquaintance of
his known as “Charlie,” at the unnamed
establishment located at 136-20 Roosevelt
Ave. During the dispute, law enforcement
sources said, Charlie became violent and
hit the victim with a metal travel cup and
punched him several times in the head.
Th e victim was taken to NewYork-
Presbyterian/Queens hospital for treatment
of a head laceration. Th e incident
was later reported to the 109th Precinct.
Police described the suspect as an Asian
man with a slim build, light complexion,
black hair, brown eyes, standing 5 feet, 8
inches tall and weighing 150 pounds. He
wears black frame glasses.
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). Th e 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
and messages are kept confi dential.
114th Precinct
Astoria & Long Island City
Man shot in the leg at
Ravenswood Houses
Cops are looking for the gun-slinging
suspect who opened fi re on a 29-year-old
man in Astoria on Tuesday aft ernoon,
according to authorities.
On Aug. 22 at 2:42 p.m., offi cers from
the 114th Precinct responded to the scene
in the vicinity of 24th Street and 35th
Avenue, in the heart of the Ravenswood
Houses complex. Upon arrival, police
said, they discovered the male victim,
who was shot one time in the back of his
upper right leg.
Paramedics rushed the man to Elmhurst
Hospital in stable condition.
No description of the shooter was
immediately available.
Th e investigation is ongoing.
103rd Precinct
Jamaica
Pair wanted for street
stickup series
Th e NYPD needs the public’s help in
fi nding two men wanted in connection
with at least fi ve gunpoint robberies that
have occurred in Jamaica since July 23.
In each of the incidents, law
enforcement sources said, the crooks
approached victims, displayed handguns
and demanded property. Th ey
got away with property including headphones,
bank cards, a luxury watch, cellphones
and cash.
Authorities said the most recent stickup
in the pattern ended in violence.
According to police, the two bandits
confronted a 33-year-old man in the
area of 88th Avenue and 150th Street at
4 a.m. on Aug. 9 and demanded his cash
and cellphone.
When the victim resisted, police sources
noted, one of the bandits produced a
fi rearm, and then both suspects began
punching the victim about the head and
body. Th e crooks took $90 in cash, but
couldn’t get the man’s phone before they
fl ed the scene. Th e victim suff ered a cut
lip and swelling to his head.
Th e video that police released on Aug.
18 shows the suspects in the vicinity of
160th Street and Hillside Avenue following
the Aug. 9 robbery.
Anyone with information regarding
the pattern or the bandits’ whereabouts
is urged to call Crime Stoppers at
800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-
PISTA), visit their website, www.nypdcrimestoppers.
com, or send a text message
to 274637 (CRIMES), then enter
TIP577. All calls and messages are kept
confi dential.
115th Precinct
Corona, East Elmhurst, Jackson
Heights
Missing woman’s
killer sentenced
Th e estranged boyfriend of a Corona
woman who disappeared back in
November of 2002 will be spending the
next 24 years in prison for her death,
prosecutors announced on Aug. 21.
Rafael Rodriguez, 47, who last resided
in the Dominican Republic was overheard
threatening to kill and dismember
Wanda Romero, then 25, during
an argument at a Queens restaurant
early on the morning of Nov. 23, 2002.
Romero was never seen again.
Queens District Attorney Richard A.
Brown said that Rodriguez got into the
dispute with Romero at the restaurant
even though she had an active order of
protection against him as a result of a
then-pending assault case. Just before
Romero was reported missing by her
family, authorities said, Rodriguez fl ed
the country to the Dominican Republic.
Following an investigation by the 115th
Precinct Detective Squad, Rodriguez
was indicted in absentia and ultimately
arrested in Panama in 2015. He was then
extradited back to Queens. Although
Romero’s body was never found,
Rodriguez was still convicted at trial in
July of this year on charges of fi rst-degree
manslaughter, aggravated criminal
contempt, criminal contempt, tampering
with physical evidence and bail jumping.
Queens Supreme Court Justice
Kenneth C. Holder ordered Rodriguez
on Aug. 21 to serve 24 1/3 years behind
bars, followed by fi ve years’ probation
upon release.
