12 The QUEE NS Courier • september 4, 2014 FOR Breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com s police beat Compiled by Cristabelle TumolA ANd Eric Jankiewicz Screenshot via NYPD Screenshot via NYPD Pair wanted in Flushing, Fresh Meadows street robberies 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 EARN EXTRA INCOME TELEPHONE SALESCLASSIFIED AD SALES Experience necessary, but will train. Part-time, flexible hours 5 days a week, 4 hour shifts Qualifications: reliable, punctual, excellent phone and people skills BAYSIDE, QUEENS LOCATION CLOSE TO LIRR SALARY + COMMISSION CALL FOR INTERVIEW 718.224.5863 ext. 228 107th Precinct Fresh Meadows, Cunningham Heights, Hilltop Village, Electchester and Pomonok Two arrested after bikers, ATV riders drive recklessly on Van Wyck Expressway: cops Police arrested a motorcyclist and an ATV rider on the Van Wyck Expressway near the Kew Gardens area after a group of bikers were caught driving recklessly, cops said. Omid Bedi, 30, and Equilla Ross, 39, were riding on the Van Wyck Expressway at about 5 p.m. on Aug. 30 when cops came to the roadway in response to several complaints about a large group of dirt bikes and ATV motorcycles driving recklessly, authorities said. Police found the bikers on both sides of the expressway near Hillside Avenue, and observed one fourwheeled ATV driving the wrong way on the highway. They also said they saw some of the motorcyclists lift their bikes over the expressway median before fleeing and leaving behind two ATVs and a dirt bike. Bedi and Ross were apprehended at the scene. Bedi, a Queens resident, who was riding a blue Yamaha ATV, has been charged with reckless endangerment, criminal nuisance, reckless driving, unregistered motorcycle and improper license violation. Ross, a resident of Mount Vernon, who was driving a red Honda motorcycle, has been charged with two counts of criminal nuisance. 109th Precinct Flushing, Queensboro Hill, College Point, Malba, Whitestone, Beechhurst and Bay Terrace Suspect shoots man four times in Malba: police A tattooed suspect shot a man four times in Malba, leaving the victim in critical condition, according to police. The 39-year-old victim and the shooter, identified by police as 33-year-old Robert Sasso, were by the shoreline near 141-36 Boulevard at about 2 a.m. on Aug. 29 when they got into a dispute, cops said. After shooting the victim, Sasso fled in a white Ford Fusion. The victim was taken to New York Hospital Queens in critical condition. Police describe Sasso as 5 feet 9 inches tall and 180 pounds. He has tattoos on his neck, arms and face, including one under his right eye that says “$MM.” Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (8477). 110th Precinct Corona and Elmhurst Fake cabbie arrested in attack on mom, kids: officials A man posing as a livery cab driver has been arrested in an attack on a mother and her young children after he was caught on video elbowing one of the children and tossing another from his car, officials said. Pedro Vargas, 48, of Yonkers is currently awaiting arraignment in Queens Criminal Court on charges of assault, endangering the welfare of a child and operating a vehicle for hire without having the proper license, according to the district attorney’s office. Vargas is accused of picking up the 26-year-old victim and her three children, ages 1, 3 and 5, near 207th Street and Post Avenue in Manhattan on Aug. 24 at about 1:50 a.m. Telling the woman that he was a cab driver, he agreed to drive them to 79-00 Queens Blvd., the Pan American Hotel homeless shelter, in Elmhurst, officials said. After pulling up behind the building, Vargas and the woman got into a dispute, prosecutors said. According to video footage released by police and the district attorney’s office, the suspect then forcefully tossed the 3-year-old from the vehicle and elbowed the 5-year-old in the head and knocked her to the ground. As the mother struggled with Vargas, her youngest child slipped from her arms and fell onto the sidewalk, prosecutors said. He then got back into his vehicle and as he fled the still open car door struck the 1-year-old. Police searching for suspect in deadly Elmhurst stabbing Cops are looking for a man wanted in a fatal Elmhurst stabbing who was caught on surveillance video leaving the murder scene. The victim, Mukesh Patel, 50, was found inside the vestibule area of his 83-45 Broadway building at about 3:10 p.m. on Aug. 22 with multiple stab wounds to the chest, authorities said. Patel was taken to Elmhurst Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (8477). Photo courtesy of NYPD Photo courtesy of NYPD Police are searching for two suspects in a string of street robberies in Flushing and Fresh Meadows over the last month. One of the suspects snatched a bag from a 63-year-old woman on Aug. 4 at the intersection of 202nd Street and Hillside Avenue at about 4:50 a.m. after flashing a gun at the victim, cops said. A suspect then stole another woman’s bag at the intersection of 162nd Street and Booth Memorial Avenue on Aug. 14 around 9:15 p.m. after assaulting the 46-year-old. Both suspects are wanted in two other street robberies this month — on Aug. 17 at the intersection of 165th Street and the Horace Harding Expressway at about 9:30 p.m. and on Aug. 18 at the intersection of the Horace Harding Expressway and 148th Street, officials said. During the latest robbery, the pair approached a 23-year-old man just after midnight and assaulted him before taking his personal property. Police describe the suspects as black men in their 20s, 6 feet tall and 170 pounds, and have released a video of one of the suspects using a credit card that was taken during the Aug. 18 robbery. To see the video, visit www.queenscourier.com. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800- 577-TIPS (8477). Photo courtesy of NYPD
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