24 The Queens Courier • september 12, 2013 for breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com Perv, still on the loose, tied to string of sex assaults BY CRISTABELLE TUMOLA [email protected] Police have connected the suspect Photo courtesy of NYPD Police have tied the man wanted in a Forest Park rape to five more sexual assaults around the area and have released a new sketch of the suspect. If You’re Ready to Buy a Home,We are Ready to Help. The State of New York M ortgage Agency offers: Up to $15,000 Down Payment Assistance 1-800-382-HOME(4663) for Housing www.sonyma.org wanted in a Forest Park rape last month to five more sexual assaults in the same area. The NYPD, which released a new sketch of the suspect on Thursday, September 5, said the man allegedly attacked six different females, ranging in age from 13 to 69, between March 2011 and late last month. The latest assault occurred around 4:30 p.m. on August 26, according to police, when the victim, a 69-year-old woman, while jogging through the park, was approached by the suspect, who tasered and pushed her to the ground before raping her. The perp is also accused of attempting to rape a 54-yearold jogger on March 25, 2011 in the park, and a 13-year-old on September 7 of the same year near Park Lane and Myrtle Avenue. Both incidents occurred in the morning. The suspect allegedly then groped a 34-year-old woman at the corner of Woodhaven Boulevard and Park Lane South around 1 p.m. on August 15, 2012. Later that year, on November 28, he also assaulted another woman. The 40-year-old victim, who was jogging with her dog, was approached by the suspect who touched her with his exposed genitalia. On March 23 of this year, the suspect allegedly struck a 23-year-old woman with a stun gun and then tried to rape her in Forest Park. A person was arrested for that sexual assault, but police later said they had the wrong man. The suspect is described as white, 30 to 40 years old, 5’9” to 5’10” tall, with light brown hair and clean shaven. He was wearing a black T-shirt and black sweat pants during the August 26 incident. A $22,000 reward has been offered for information in the case. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS. THE COURIER/Photo by Mike DiBartolomeo A massive fire in Middle Village claimed six homes and injured more than a dozen firefighters. Five-alarm fire in Middle Village: HOMES DESTROYED, FAMILIES DISPLACED BY LIAM LA GUERE [email protected] A massive fire in Middle Village injured more than a dozen firefighters and took down six homes. The blaze started just after 8 p.m. on Monday, September 9, according to FDNY officials, and quickly spread to five-alarms about an hour-and-a half later. Firefighters got it under control at about 10:40 p.m. Investigators are still looking into what sparked the blaze. The conflagration was so enormous nearly 200 firefighters responded to the scene and 13 received minor injuries. Three were taken to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn, eight to Elmhurst Hospital, one to Jamaica Hospital and another was treated at the scene. There were no civilians injured, but the blaze displaced seven families. Red Cross teams met with 41 residents at the scene, and four families of eight adults and six children accepted emergency housing services at a local hotel. Some of the families also received funds for food and clothes. State Senator Joseph Addabbo said all three of his district office locations in Howard Beach, Middle Village and Rockaway Beach will collect donations for the families that lost their homes and possessions. Residents affected can call the Red Cross of Greater New York at 877-733-2767 for help if they still have not received services. Following the blaze, Addabbo said that he will introduce legislation for homeowners to apply for tax credits equivalent to reforming “cocklofts” or attics. Although the cause of the fire and how it spread is still under investigation, flames spread through attached houses usually by way of attics, according to the FDNY. MOURN MAN KILLED BY TOY CHOPPER BY LIAM LA GUERE, CRISTABELLE Vaux Park in Gravesend, Brooklyn. A blade from TUMOLA AND DENISE ROMANO the toy chopper hit him in the head, police said. [email protected] Emergency crews responded to Bay 44th A Woodhaven family is grieving after their Street and Shore Parkway and found Pirozek son was killed by his toy helicopter. unconscious and unresponsive lying on the The family of Roman Pirozek Jr. held his ground with severe head trauma, authorities wake on September 10 and 11, and a funeral said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. mass on Thursday, September 12 at St. Pirozek reportedly graduated from the High Thomas the Apostle Church in Woodhaven, School For Construction Trades, Engineering followed by his burial at Maple Grove and Architecture in Ozone Park and attended Cemetery in Kew Gardens. Woodhaven’s St. Thomas the Apostle School, Pirozek, 19, was killed by his own toy helicopter according to the Woodhaven Residents’ on September 5, when he was flying it in Calvert Block Association (WRBA). “We heard the news from one of his teachers who said he was a wonderful person from a good family,” the WRBA said. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family at this time—it’s hard to comprehend the pain they must be feeling.” Pirozek was vice president of a Brooklyn-based model helicopter flying club, Seaview Rotary Wings, according to reports, and on his YouTube channel, he posted several videos of his hobby, showing his passion for model helicopters. Photo via Facebook Woodhaven resident Roman Pirozek Jr. was killed when a blade from his remote control helicopter hit him in the head.
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