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102nd Precinct
Kew Gardens, Ozone Park,
Richmond Hill, Woodhaven
Bigot burns girl’s eyes with
liquid in Ozone Park hate crime
Detectives need the public’s help in
fi nding a man who threw liquid at a
13-year-old girl’s face and burned her in
Ozone Park on the aft ernoon of Oct. 24
in an assault now being investigated as a
hate crime.
Law enforcement sources said the incident
occurred at 3:25 p.m. on Oct. 24
aft er the victim departed a Q10 bus at
the corner of Leff erts Boulevard and
101st Avenue. Seconds later, she was
approached by the perpetrator, whom
police described as a bald black man in his
30s with a dark complexion and wearing a
red shirt, a dark hooded sweatshirt, royal
blue pants and tan-and-brown boots.
Authorities said the man threw an
unidentifi ed liquid at the victim’s face,
then made an anti-white remark at the
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girl. Th e victim managed to take a cell
phone picture of the suspect before he
fl ed on foot northbound on Leff erts
Boulevard toward 97th Avenue.
Offi cers from the 102nd Precinct
and EMS units responded to the scene.
Paramedics brought the girl to Jamaica
Hospital, where she was treated for burns
to her eyes and later released.
Th e NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force
is investigating the assault. Police have
released video footage of the suspect
taken by a nearby security camera.
Anyone with information regarding the
incident is urged to call Crime Stoppers
at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-
57-PISTA), visit their website or send a
text message to 274637 (CRIMES), then
enter TIP577. All calls and messages are
kept confi dential.
109th Precinct
College Point, Flushing,
Whitestone
Man hits girlfriend with
dumbbell in Flushing dispute
Detectives are looking for a man who
struck his girlfriend with a dumbbell
during an argument at their Flushing
home earlier this week.
According to police, at 1 a.m. on Oct.
17, Shengbin Quan, 43, was involved in
a dispute with his 48-year-old girlfriend
inside of a residence located in the vicinity
of Sanford Avenue and Barclay Avenue.
Th ings turned physical, law enforcement
sources noted, when Quan struck his girlfriend
with a 3-pound dumbbell, causing
her to sustain a laceration to the head.
Following the assault, Quan fl ed the
location in an unknown direction.
Offi cers from the 109th Precinct and
EMS responded to the scene. Paramedics
transported the victim to NewYork-
Presbyterian/Queens hospital, where
she was treated and released. Quan is
described as having brown eyes, black
hair, standing 5 feet, 7 inches tall and
weighing 170 pounds.
Anyone with information in regards to
this incident or Quan’s whereabouts is
asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers
Hotline at 800-577-TIPS (8477) or for
Spanish, 888-57-PISTA (74782).
115th Precinct
Corona, East Elmhurst, Jackson
Heights
Shih Tzu swiped from the front
yard of a North Corona home
Police are looking for a woman who
stole a dog from the front yard of a North
Corona home.
According to police, at 8:20 a.m. on
Oct. 20, an unknown female walked into
the fenced-in front yard of 97-04 37th
Ave. Once inside, the suspect took a
2-year-old white Shih Tzu dog. Once she
had the dog in hand, the suspect fl ed east
down 37th Avenue. Police released a surveillance
video of the suspect walking off
with the dog.
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).
Photo courtesy of NYPD
105th Precinct
Southeast Queens
Queens Village man
sentenced for Jamaica
fi rebombings
A Queens Village man will spend
the next two decades behind bars for
fi rebombing fi ve occupied buildings –
including two houses of worship – prosecutors
announced on Oct. 20.
Suraj Poonai Ray Lazier Lengend, 45,
pleaded guilty to fi rst-degree attempted
arson as a hate crime last month. He
was sentenced to 20 years in prison to
be followed by fi ve years’ post-release
supervision.
According to District Attorney
Richard A. Brown, Lengend admitted
that he planned the attacks to infl ict
as much damage as possible. He stated
that his goal was to take out as many
Muslims and Arabs as possible and that
he disliked Muslims, Arabs and Hindus.
On Jan. 1, 2012, Lengend started his
hateful rampage by throwing a Molotov
cocktail at a Hindu house of worship
within a private residence on 170th
Street in Jamaica, causing a fi re on the
front lawn. He later threw gasoline-fi lled
bottles into a private residence on 43rd
Avenue, which had people inside.
Lengend then drove to a deli located
at 179th Street and Hillside Avenue.
He ignited a glass bottle containing gasoline
and threw it inside the store. Th e
Molotov cocktail broke when it hit the
fl oor, spreading fi re into the building.
According to court records, Lengend
then drove to a house on 107th Avenue
and threw yet another fl ammable device
through the front bedroom window,
starting a fi re that caused damage to the
interior and exterior of the home.
Finally, Lengend threw a Molotov
cocktail that the exterior of Al-Khoei
Benevolent Association, a mosque located
at 89-89 Van Wyck Expwy. Th e
resulting fi re caused damage to the
mosque’s exterior. Lengend was arrested
two nights later. He was later indicted
on federal and state hate crime charges.
Brown said, “Hate crimes and arson
are a volatile mix meant to infl ict suff ering
and intimidation on its victims. In
this case, the targets of the defendant’s
hate-fi lled arson attack ranged from private
dwellings to houses of worship and
endangered the lives of those within the
buildings as well as the fi refi ghters called
to respond to the scene. As such the sentence
imposed by the court is more than
warranted.”
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