18 The QUEE NS Courier • december 11, 2014 for breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com REWARD LEADING TO ARREST OF PREGNANT CORONA WOMAN’S KILLER DOUBLED FREE Eye Exam WITH PURCHASE OF COMPLETE PAIR OF GLASSES OR EYE EXAM ONLY – $25 (REG. $85) COMPETITIVE PRICES with • Personalized Service & Attention • Our Professionally Trained Staff Will Give You A Careful Fit • Newest Styles • No Gimmicks 20% OFF ALL PURCHASES not to be combined with any other offer Varilux no-line bifocals progessive lenses w/plastic or metal frames Choose From Over 300 Frames $170 Some restrictions may apply. Not to be combined with any other offer. 2 Pairs of Eyeglasses (Frames & Lenses) $99 Choose From Over 300 Frames Some restrictions may apply. Not to be combined with any other offer. We Honor Most Competitor’s Coupons WE ARE A LOCAL FAMILY-RUN BUSINESS, NOT A CHAIN. WE OFFER PERSONAL SERVICE WITH HIGH QUALITY & LOW PRICES HUGE SELECTION! 50% OFF non-prescription sunglasses. Some restrictions may apply. Not to be combined with any other offer. • Lenses Duplicated • Motor Vehicle Exam • Prescription Filled • Adjustments Done At No Extra Charge • Lab on Premises • Tinting • Eye Exams Clifford Optical 38-19 BELL BOULEVARD, BAYSIDE • 718.229.8086 OFFERING THE LOWEST PRICES ON CONTACT LENSES On Saturday, December 6, almost 300 children joined us in the Queens Center Food Court for Breakfast with Santa! Breakfast included French Toast Sticks and juice boxes compliments of the Queens Center Applebee’s. DJ Omar provided music, fun, games and prizes and then, of course, Santa and Mrs. Claus joined us to read “’Twas the Night Before Christmas”. Also on hand was Miss Queens, NY 2015, Catherine Manett. Breakfast with Santa is part of the FREE Queens Center Kids Club. To learn more about this and other free, family-friendly activities at the mall go to www.ShopQueensCenter.com. Queens Center Mall 90-15 Queens Blvd Elmhurst, NY 11373 Photo courtesy of Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras’ office Joseph Massey, Brandee Anastasia Massey’s husband, and their four children. BY CRISTABELLE TUMOLA ctumola@queenscourier.com @CristabelleT The reward for information leading to the arrest of the killer of a pregnant mother of four who was gunned down the day before Thanksgiving in Corona has doubled to $12,000. Brandee Anastasia Massey, 27 — who had just dropped off three of her four children at school — was murdered outside her 98-15 Horace Harding Expressway apartment on the morning of Nov. 26, police said. The LeFrak City resident was shot in the chest and arm and taken to Elmhurst Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. She was about six months pregnant, and doctors were able to deliver her baby, police said. But the child, a girl, died several hours later. Police were considering Massey’s uncle as a possible suspect, according to published reports. The day after the Nov. 26 shooting, Police Commissioner William Bratton said the incident may have involved a domestic dispute with the uncle. Food Bazaar Supermarkets has agreed to contribute $4,000 and Queens Center mall is donating $2,000, according to state Sen. Jose Peralta, who has already offered a $2,000 reward in the hope of developing leads in Massey’s murder investigation. The LeFrak City Organization and NYPD additionally each offered $2,000 last month. “Food Bazaar Supermarkets and Queens Center have deep roots in this community and understand that the most important thing we can do right now for the Massey family is to help law enforcement bring Brandee’s killer to justice and make whoever is responsible pay for this brutal crime,” Peralta said. Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras announced last week that she has opened an education fund and launched a public fundraising campaign for Massey’s children, who are all under the age of 10. LeFrak City Maintenance Services has made an initial pledge of $15,000. Anyone who would like to donate to the education fund can do so through www.rally. org/MasseyFund. “These innocent children have suffered the greatest loss,” Ferreras said. “And while we cannot save them from the lifetime of pain and difficulty they will face growing up without a mother, as a community, we can give them a fighting chance at a better future.” Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website or can text their tips to CRIMES (274637), then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.
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