12 The QUEE NS Courier • NOVEMBER 6, 2014 FOR Breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com 110th Precinct Corona and Elmhurst One dead, two injured in shooting outside Elmhurst club A shooting outside an Elmhurst club left one woman dead and two others injured, according to police The gunfire started at about 4 a.m. on Oct. 31 near Club Hive NYC, located on Queens Boulevard between Barnwell and Cornish avenues, authorities said. The shooting was sparked by a dispute inside the club that spilled into the street, reports said. After a “disorderly crowd” dispersed into the street, an unknown gunman started firing and hit three people, according to police. A 20-year-old woman, Tamar Sermons, of Laurelton, was shot in the neck and leg, authorities said. She was taken to Elmhurst Hospital where she was pronounced dead. A 21-year-old woman who was shot in the buttocks and the leg, and a 31-year-old man who suffered a graze wound to the head are both listed in stable condition at Elmhurst Hospital. As of press time, there were no arrests and the investigation was ongoing. 112th Precinct Forest Hills and Rego Park Suspect gropes woman inside Forest Hills elevator: cops A man grabbed a 31-yearold woman’s buttocks inside a Forest Hills elevator, according to police. The suspect entered the elevator with the victim at about 5:45 p.m. on Oct. 29, authorities said. Once inside, the suspect said, “Excuse me,” to the woman before grabbing her buttocks. He then ran out of the elevator and the building. Police have released surveillance video of the suspect at the building, and describe him as black, in his late teens, 5 feet 4 inches tall and about 170 pounds. He has brown eyes and short dark hair with blond coloring. To see the video, visit www.queenscourier.com. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (8477). 115th Precinct East Elmhurst, North Corona and Jackson Heights Man robbed, pistol-whipped at Jackson Heights apartment: NYPD Police are searching for four suspects in connection to the armed robbery of a man at his Jackson Heights apartment. The 25-year-old victim had just entered his apartment building on 89th Street around 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 31, when he found two of the suspects waiting for him, cops said. One of the suspects, who was armed with a gun, then took the victim’s keys and went into his apartment. Once inside, the two suspects searched the victim’s home and took an undetermined amount of cash from the residence, while two other suspects followed the victim to his residence and acted as lookouts, according to police. The suspect armed with the gun then pistol-whipped the victim before fleeing the apartment, cops said. Surveillance video, obtained by the police, shows the two suspects who went into the apartment, as well as the two additional suspects. To see the video, visit www.queenscourier.com. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (8477). s police beat Compiled by Cristabelle Tumola and salvatore ILCAAT Cement & Brick Work A longtime associate of the Gambino crime family has been indicted for his role in a racketeering conspiracy, including allegedly shooting a man to death in Queens more than 10 years ago. After starting out at a young age as a member of a street gang and serving several years in prison, Gennaro “Jerry” Bruno, now 41, became a Gambino associate, according to officials. For 14 years, up until his arrest on Oct. 28, he allegedly took part in an array of crimes for the organized crime family, including drug trafficking and extortion. When Bruno’s criminal associate Martin Bosshart began efforts to exclude one of Bruno’s co-conspirators from a marijuana import operation, Bruno plotted with other Gambino members and associates to murder Bosshart, authorities said. On the night of Jan. 2, 2002, Bruno and others lured Bosshart to an isolated location in Queens, specifically Howard Beach, according to the Daily News. He then allegedly shot 30-year-old Bosshart in the back of the head. His body was recovered at the scene. Officials from the FBI and United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York said as Bruno evaded arrest for years, he “conspired with other Gambino associates to “obstruct an official grand jury proceeding into the Bosshart murder.” He also allegedly continued his racketeering activity and extracted payments from the owner of a waste carting company in Queens. Bruno has been indicted on charges of racketeering and racketeering conspiracy, including predicate acts of murder, narcotics trafficking, extortion and obstruction of justice, according to officials. As of Wednesday, removal proceedings to New York were still underway for Bruno, who was arrested in Las Vegas, where he is currently living. In April 2012, a fellow Gambino associate Todd La- Barca pleaded guilty to racketeering, with predicate acts of conspiracy to murder Martin Bosshart, narcotics trafficking, extortion and bookmaking, as well as conspiracy to commit assault in aid of racketeering. 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Candela, EA, ATA, ABA Enrolled Agent - Tax Advisor (T) 877-TAX-1040 (F) 718-894-4476 scandela@thetaxadvocategroup.com www.thetaxadvocategroup.com THE COURIER/Photo by Salvatore Licata Photo courtesy of NYPD A Queens man is accused of sexually abusing three girls at a Brooklyn army base after the crimes were uncovered several years later, according to the FBI. Fausto Bonifaz, 39, allegedly coerced and enticed the victims, whose ages ranged from 12 to 13, into engaging in sexual activity with him while at the Fort Hamilton Army Base. Bonifaz was a civilian who was admitted to the base because he worked with one of the victim’s mothers and had access to her house, officials said. The acts were committed between September 2009 and September 2010, according to the New York Post. The acts were later uncovered when one of the victims reported the abuse to a counselor. According to the Post, that girl was the daughter of the woman from the base, and the other victims were her friends. Before his arrest, Bonifaz admitted to FBI agents that he had sexually abused one of the victims and signed a written statement detailing the abuse, officials said. He denied sexually abusing the other girls when he spoke with federal agents on Oct. 30, the Post reported. But he did say “not all 12-year-old girls are the same” when faced with the allegations. Photo courtesy of NYPD Gambino crime family associate arrested in 2002 Queens murder
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