104th Pct. Gives Update On 2015 Crime Statistics Experienced 16 Percent Drop In January by Anthony Giudice The 104th Precinct took to their Facebook page last Thursday, Jan. 28, to update the community on the crime statistics so far this year. According to the Facebook post, crime is down over 16 percent in the 104th Precinct for the first month of 2015. Although crime has dropped, the 104 and other precincts in the area are focusing on crimes such as burglaries, bank robberies, grand larceny of automobiles and petit larceny. The NYPD Major Case Squad are continuing to investigate three local bank robberies that took place between Nov. 24 and Dec. 30, 2014. They occurred at the Capital One Bank located at 74- 11 Metropolitan Ave. in Middle Village; the Capital One Bank at 70-01 Forest Ave. in Ridgewood; and the Astoria Bank at 75-15 Metropolitan Ave. in Middle Village. In all three cases the perpetrator—described as a 30- year-old black male, standing 5’ 10”-tall and weighing 180 lbs— passed a note to the tellers demanding money, and the tellers complied. -SEE UPDATE ON PG. 22- Board 5 Online With New Website Offers Residents Another Source For Info & Questions The board representing Ridgewood, Glendale, Maspeth and Middle Village officially launched its website last week, offering residents another way to get information on city matters and learn about upcoming local events. Operated by the city’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT), the homepage offers a map of the Board 5 area and basic background of the communities the advisory body serves. It also includes a ticker listing upcoming events such as the Mar. 4 public hearing at Queens Borough Hall in Kew Gardens on the Port Authority’s Cross Harbor Freight Project; information on the city’s sidewalk snow removal policy and organic recycling program; and an advisory on the Greater Ridgewood Restoration Corporation’s free housing rights consultation program, offered each Thursday at the board’s -SEEWEBSITE ON PG. 23- TIMES, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2015 • 12 He’s Guilty Of 2011 New Year’s Murder Fatally Shot Man Near R.H. Club by Robert Pozarycki A Jamaica man faces up to two decades in prison after admitting in court on Tuesday, Feb. 3, to killing a man outside a South Richmond Hill night club four years ago, prosecutors announced. Carie Dixon, 30 (at right), of Bedell Street pled guilty to firstdegree manslaughter for fatally shooting Dwayne Haughton of 156th Street in Jamaica on Jan. 1, 2011, that year’s first New York City homicide. Queens Supreme Court Justice Michael Aloise accepted the plea and ordered Dixon to return to court on Mar. 12 for sentencing; the judge indicated he would likely order Dixon to serve 20 years behind bars. “A celebration of the new year turned deadly when the defendant gunned down a man who was doing nothing more than trying to stop an attack on a woman,” Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown said in a statement Tuesday. “This was a senseless act of violence for which Dixon will now be locked behind bars for a lengthy period of time.” Police said the trouble began at around 5:30 a.m. outside a nightclub in the area of 94th Avenue and 127th Street. Reportedly, Dixon’s girlfriend was with a group of other women when she and the defendant’s exgirlfriend became embroiled in a verbal dispute. Authorities stated the confrontation led to a snowball fight, in which the girlfriend and her friends began pummeling his ex. Prosecutors said Haughton came to the ex-girlfriend’s assistance and offered to escort her to her vehicle. As he did so, it -SEE HOMICIDE ON PG. 22- by Robert Pozarycki Queens Community Board 5 now travels the information superhighway. ©Times Newsweekly - 2015 -MILLERADAGENCY
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