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AffordABle, depeNdABle ANd profeSSioNAl 47-32 Bell Blvd. • Bayside 718.279.4698 www.absolutelytrophies.com [email protected] Serving all five boroughs of NYC 103rd Precinct Jamaica Business District, Hollis Park Gardens, Hollis, Lakewood and Jamaica Woman wanted in connection to homicide Police are looking for a woman in connection to the death of a missing woman whose body washed ashore on a Breezy Point beach in February. According to the NYPD, on Saturday, February 16 at approximately 8:40 a.m., officers responded to 149 Bayside Avenue in Breezy Point after a body was recovered from the beach. The body was later identified as 24-year-old Marisha Cheong, who went missing from her Jamaica residence, where she was last seen at approximately 10:30 a.m. on December 19, 2012. According to reports, Cheong’s live-in boyfriend was supposed to pick her up at a Forest Hills subway station on the day she went missing, but she never showed up. There was no sign of the young woman until her remains washed up just across from 121 Bayside Avenue. In May, the Medical Examiner’s office ruled Cheong’s death a homicide. There are no arrests and the NYPD is attempting to find an unknown female that can be seen in a surveillance video leading Cheong from her home to an unknown location. Police have released the surveillance video. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS. 108th Precinct LIC, Sunnyside and Woodside Police put out new call for information in Sunnyside murder Nearly a year after Sunnyside resident Lou Rispoli was brutally killed police are renewing calls for clues in the case. Around midnight on October 20, 2012, Rispoli, 62, left his Sunnyside home for a late night walk as he sometimes did to quell his insomnia. At roughly 2 a.m. on 43rd Avenue between 41st and 42nd Street, two unidentified men approached Rispoli, exchanging in a brief conversation before striking him over the head with a blunt object. He was taken to Elmhurst Hospital where he died from his injuries on October 25. According to an eyewitness, a third perpetrator acted as the getaway driver. Rispoli lived in Sunnyside with his husband for over 30 years. It was not clear if the victim’s sexual orientation had anything to do with the attack or whether or not he was robbed. The incident is being investigated by the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force as a possible bias crime, said police. In January, the NYPD released sketches of two suspects wanted in connection to the homicide. Authorities describe the suspects as a Hispanic male in his 30s and a white male in his 20s. The suspects possibly fled in a white or gray four-door sedan with a loud muffler. A $22,000 reward has been offered for any information leading to the arrest and conviction for the persons responsible for Rispoli’s homicide. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS. 111th Precinct Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck, Auburndale, Hollis Hills and Fresh Meadows Body found floating near Bayside Marina Police pulled a man’s body from Little Neck Bay in Bayside over the weekend. The body was discovered floating near the Bayside Marina around 8:20 a.m. on Saturday, October 19, authorities said. Cops responded to a call about the body and found the man, who appears to be in his 20s, dead. The medical examiner’s office is currently investigating the body to determine the cause of death, officials said. The man’s identity had not been released as of Sunday 112th Precinct Forest Hills and Rego Park Suspects distract, rob woman Police are asking for your help in identifying the suspects who duped a woman out of her money. On Wednesday, October 2, the victim, a 54-year-old woman, was exiting the Astoria Federal Savings Bank located at 63-72 108th Street when the two female suspects distracted the victim by talking about her baby while the third took an undetermined amount of money from the victim’s pocketbook. The suspects then fled the bank. There were no reported injuries. Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-577-TIPS. Police searching for suspect in string of south Queens bank robberies Police are looking for a man in connection with a string of bank robberies in South Richmond Hill and Jamaica. The incidents culminated with the robbery of the Astoria Federal Savings Bank on Hillside Avenue. The suspect entered the bank and passed a note to the teller demanding money, cops said. The teller handed him $3,300 and the man fled. Before that incident police said the man also attempted to rob a Chase Bank on Lefferts Boulevard and a Citibank on Liberty Avenue using a similar method, but the tellers didn’t comply in either situation. The suspect is described as a black male between 20-30 years old, about six feet tall and 185-200 pounds, authorities said. He was seen wearing black sunglasses, a tan shirt and a black lumberjack style hat in the Chase robbery. During the Citibank robbery police said he was wearing a red hooded sweatshirt, black lumberjack hat, black shoes and blue jeans. Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. BY RACHEL LANDAU [email protected] The 109th Precinct urges users of certain websites to be extra cautious. According to officers, a 23-year-old Asian man is wanted by police for duping a victim out of thousands of dollars. The man sold the victim 19 roundtrip tickets from New York City to Shanghai, valued at $22,000, which he said he paid in person, in cash on October 8. The perpetrator allegedly gave the victim 19 corresponding confirmation numbers. When the victim went to check the confirmation numbers, the statuses were all cancelled. Numerous attempts to contact the perpetrator were made by the victim shortly thereafter. Despite his persistent phone calls, the victim has yet to find the perp. “It might have been a one-time incident but it could very well become a new scam,” cautioned Police officer Anthony LoVerme. LoVerme urges users to be careful on sites such as Craigslist since it is difficult to really know with whom one is dealing. LoVerme strongly suggests that one buy airplane tickets from a reputable source, therefore avoiding “cash-only street-dealings” with strangers.
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