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QUEENS WEEKLY, APRIL 7, 2019
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29, five unknown men entered
a cellphone shop located
at 75-15 101st Ave. and
asked the male employee to
see a phone case.
Law enforcement sources
said the suspects proceeded
to attack the victim,
striking him multiple times
about the body and head.
The bandits then fled the
scene with three iPhones.
Officers from the 102nd
Precinct responded to
the incident. The victim
did not sustain any major
injuries and refused
medical attention at
the scene.
Police described the perpetrators
as men with dark
complexions between the
ages of 16 to 18 years old.
Three of the suspects were
seen carrying backpacks.
Anyone with information
in regard 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). All calls
are kept confidential.
said Colucci. “I also called
the NYPD 111th Precinct
Community Affairs
Office and left a message.
They’re definitely registered
at that address, but I
wanted to confirm if this
was true before I sounded
the alarm to families.”
QNS contacted Anchor
Motel and was told that
the location is not being
used as a halfway house
or homeless shelter, nor
do they have sex offenders
staying at the motel. According
to the source, the
Anchor Motel provides online
service for its guests
and doesn’t conduct “that
kind of business.”
The New York City Department
of Homeless Services
has also confirmed
to QNS that the motel is not
being used as a homeless
shelter, but did not make
a statement on whether or
not the motel was being
used as a halfway house.
But a spokeswoman
from the New York State
Department of Justice
confirmed that the sex offenders
were indeed placed
at the Anchor Inn: “The
NYPD notified the Registry
on 4/1/19 that these five
individuals reported 215-
34 Northern Boulevard address
as their residence.”
“The Registry does not
operate any residences for
sex offenders, has no role
in finding housing for sex
offenders and does not
supervise sex offenders;
it serves an administrative
function and works
in partnership with local
law enforcement to help
ensure the Registry is as
up-to-date and accurate as
possible,” the spokeswoman
said.
One source with knowledge
of the situation told
QNS that “the supervising
agency for the individuals
who we believe
are currently in the hotel
is the NYS Department
of Corrections.”
The New York City Department
of Homeless Services
has also confirmed
to QNS that the motel is not
being used as a homeless
shelter, but did not make
a statement on whether or
not the motel was being
used as a halfway house.
Politicians and the local
precinct are investigating
the matter to find out more
details about the motel and
the five individuals supposedly
residing there.
Since learning of the
situation, Colucci said,
local residents are horrified
that the men — one of
whom assaulted an 8-yearold
child — have moved into
the community.
“A very large amount
of shock that this area
would be chosen considering
how family-friendly it
is in this community, that
they would choose to have
these people reenter society
right here across the
street from a daycare and
a couple of blocks from a
library, and within a mile
of multiple schools as well.
People are just very upset
about it,” said Colucci.
A friend of Colucci’s,
who lives a couple of blocks
from the location, reached
out to Councilman Paul
Vallone’s office and is
awaiting a response.
“I was thinking back at
the parade on Saturday and
everyone is having a blast
and my kids were running
around with their friends,
and I just think that without
warning to the community
that these five men
could’ve been standing
with us. It’s just very unnerving,”
the friend said.
Several local elected officials
— including state
Senator John Liu and Assemblyman
Ed Braunstein
and — are said to be investigating
the matter, sources
with the lawmakers
told QNS.
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The Anchor Inn on Northern Boulevard in Bayside. Photo via Google Maps