April 7, 2019 Your Neighborhood — Your News®
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BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
Some Bayside residents are
sounding the alarm after learning
that five registered sex offenders
— three who have offenses
against children — have allegedly
moved into an area motel.
Diane Colucci, a mother of
two children, said she received
an email alert from Parents for
Megan’s Law on April 2 notifying
her of five sex offenders residing
at the Anchor Inn Motel, located
at 215-34 Northern Blvd.
The five registered sex offenders,
according to the Parents
for Megan’s Law alert, are also
listed on the New York State Division
of Criminal Justice Services
sex offender registry. They
are men who range in age from
33 to 66. Four of the individuals
were said to be level 3, sexually
violent offenders.
It’s not the first time Colucci
has received notifications of sex
offenders residing in the neighborhood.
Though there have been
others, she could not recall offenders
with such a violent classification
moving into the area,
and especially together at the
same place.
“This is my first notice from
this hotel,” said Colucci. “While
this hotel has been used as a
halfway house, I am not sure
if it has been used for violent
sex offenders.”
According to Colucci, residents
have commented on the
Bayside, Queens, Facebook page
saying that the hotel has been
used as a halfway house for a very
long time.
After seeing the notification
and assuming it was an error, Colucci
said she called the hotel for
confirmation.
“The hotel just hung up on
me. I assumed that it’s true,”
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
Cops are looking for the
crook who broke into three
parked cars and stole thousands
of dollars in property in
just a few hours near the Middle
Village/Glendale border.
According to authorities,
at 7:30 p.m. on March 9, an unknown
man broke into a car
that was parked in the vicinity
of 78th Street and Cooper Avenue.
Once inside, the suspect
took three pairs of sunglasses
and a pair of Bose headphones.
The thief then fled the scene in
an unknown direction.
Hours later at 11 p.m., the
crook opened a car that was
parked in the vicinity of 88th
Street and Aubrey Avenue.
Once inside, the suspect took
a HP laptop from the glove
compartment and then f led the
scene in an unknown direction.
The final incident took
place at 3:35 a.m. on March 10.
At this time, the thief broke
into a car parked in front of 79-
THE IRON THRONE OF BAYSIDE
Call him the boy king of Bayside. Gabriel Galofaro sits on the Iron Throne at Fort Totten on March 30 as
Michael R.J. Campbell and Jerard Allas look on. The Iron Throne was one of seven placed at locations
around the world by HBO in promoting the final season of Game of Thrones, which premieres April 14.
Ozone Park bandits
pummel store worker BY MARK HALLUM
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
Cops are looking for five men who
beat and robbed a cellphone shop
employee in Ozone Park last week.
According to authorities, at 4 p.m. on March
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Rally seeks fi nish of blvd. bike lanes
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Although it may no
longer be called the “Boulevard
of Death” after
numerous redesigns over
the years, families held
up photos of loved ones as
they called on the city to go
the full distance with bike
lanes along Queens Boulevard.
Lizi Rahman, who lost
her son Asif in 2008, and
Debbie Kahn who also lost
her son Seth, were both
unhappy with the lack of
completion from the city
who told activists the final
phase was tied up in the
Office of Governmental
Affairs.
A rally at MacDonald
Park in Forest Hills
on March 31 illustrated
Residents rally for the completion this, with more a dozen
of Queens Boulevard bike lanes on
March 31. Photo: Mark Hallum/TIMESLEDGER
Glendale/M.V.
hit in vehicle
break-in spree
Sex offenders get rooms at hotel
Bayside residents alarmed after fi ve on registry are moved in without notice
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