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BELL FAMILY JEWELERS FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com november 13, 2014 • The QUEE NS Courier 13 WE BUY GOLD GOLD PRICES ARE AT A • CARTIER • TIFFANY • DAVID YURMAN • ROLEX • BRIETLING Couple charged in crime spree targeting moms with strollers BY CRI STABELLE TUMOLA ctumola@queenscourier.com @CristabelleT A Ridgewood couple went on a pickpocketing spree, stealing from women with baby strollers as they shopped, District Attorney Richard Brown said. The married pair, Luis A. Chango, 45, and Rosa Jerez, 37, are accused of working together to distract their victims between August and November of this year. Jerez would often engage the young mothers in conversation, act as a lookout or shield Chango as he removed the victims’ personal property, including cell phones, wallets and as much as $2,000 in cash in one incident, prosecutors said. During one of the thefts, Chango even allegedly pulled an iPhone out of the hands of a baby that was playing with it, causing the child to burst into tears. They not only went after women at businesses in their own neighborhood, but also hit a Jackson Heights Carter’s children’s store on 82nd Street several times, other western Queens clothing stores and a seafood shop in Brooklyn, Brown said. Chango and Jerez have both been charged with multiple counts of grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property, endangering the welfare of a child and petit larceny. If convicted, Chango, who acted alone in six of the 14 thefts, faces up to 38 years in prison, according to prosecutors. Jerez faces up to 23 years. THE COURIER/Photo by Angy Altamirano RECORD HIGH!! TRADE IN UNWANTED JEWELRY AND WE WILL GIVE YOU UP TO DOUBLE THE VALUE FULL SERVICE JEWELRY STORE 718-279-3035 • 40-21 BELL BOULEVARD, BAYSIDE, NY 11361 DCA# 832076 GET AN EXTRA $10 CASH AFTER TRADE (WITH THIS AD) ESTABLISHED 1960


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