10 times • FEBRUARY 25, 2016 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com police beat Compiled By Robert Pozarycki, Anthony Giudice and Courtney Obeng Man with box cutter menaced E train rider in Richmond Hill Following a recent number of random slashing cases across the city, police want to find a man who pulled out a box cutter and frightened a woman on board a train in Richmond Hill earlier this month. The incident took place at 4 p.m. on Feb. 5 on board a Jamaica Centerbound E train as it entered the Jamaica-Van Wyck station. According to authorities, a 43-yearold woman witnessed the suspect — described as a black male between 35 and 40 years of age, standing 5 foot 10 inches to 6 feet tall and weighing 180 pounds — pull a box cutter out of his jacket pocket. Fearing for her safety, police said, the woman exited the train at the station, but the man remained on board. The woman later reported the incident to police; there were no injuries. Law enforcement agents said the suspect was last seen wearing a black wool cap, a dark-colored bubble coat, dark-colored pants and white sneakers. Anyone with information regarding the suspect’s whereabouts is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish speakers, dial 888-57- PISTA), visit www.nypdcrimestoppers. com or send a text message to 274637 (CRIMES), then enter TIP577. All calls and messages are kept confidential. 08th Precinct Long Island City, Maspeth, Sunnyside, Woodside Phone bandit strikes on board train in Woodside Police released on Feb. 23 an image of a suspect who stole a woman’s cellphone while on board a subway train in Woodside earlier this month. The theft took place at 11:40 a.m. on Feb. 12, when the unidentified male grabbed a 69-year-old female’s iPhone on a Manhattan-bound R train. He exited the train at the Northern Boulevard station and was last seen heading north on Broadway and east on 53rd Place, authorities said. The heavyset suspect was last seen wearing a mask covering the lower half of his face, blue jeans, and a dark jacket over a Nike T-shirt, according to police. Anyone with information in regards 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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at www.nypdcrimestoppers. com or by texting their tips to 274637 then enter TIP577. All calls and messages are kept confidential. Cops find spare tire full of cocaine in Ozone Park A Valentine’s Day drug bust in Ozone Park took 12 kilograms of cocaine, valued at just under $3 million, off the streets of Queens, Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced on Feb. 18. According to Brown, three individuals — one woman from Ozone Park and two men from Texas — were charged for allegedly transporting the drugs from Texas into New York City hidden inside a spare tire and planning to sell them on the streets. “Great police work led to the seizure of more than 12 kilograms of cocaine concealed within a spare tire of a vehicle the two men allegedly used to drive from Texas to New York,” Brown said. “The arrests of these three defendants is the result of a long-term investigation. The defendants are alleged to have conspired to bring the drugs to Queens and then to sell them here and in other parts of New York City. The Queens resident, whose home allegedly contained drug paraphernalia, is accused of playing a role in the plot.” Brown identified the defendants as Ozone Park’s Augustina Masea Baez, 51, of 97th Avenue and Houston’s Felipe Estacio-Ortiz, 63, and Jose Luis Ortiz-Garcia, 44. They were all arraigned Tuesday, Feb. 16, on charges of first- and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and seconddegree conspiracy before Queens Criminal Court Judge Karen Gopee. Baez is additionally charged in a separate complaint with second- and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and second-degree criminally using drug paraphernalia. According to the charges, at 6:15 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 14, police stopped a white Nissan Armada at the intersection of 97th Avenue and 75th Street in Ozone Park. The vehicle was taken to the 115th Precinct where a court-ordered search warrant was executed the following day. As a result of the search warrant, police recovered six packages containing the 12 kilograms of cocaine — with an estimated street value of $2.94 million — wrapped in electrical tape concealed inside the spare tire in the rear of the vehicle. Additionally, the charges state that Masea-Baez was observed by police entering and exiting a house on 97th Avenue on Feb. 14, carrying a bag on her shoulder that contained a small quantity of cocaine, along with a scale and $3,398 in cash. Police executed a search warrant on the home the following day and recovered two plastic twists containing cocaine, three plastic twists containing heroin and two digital scales from the inside of a closet. All three defendants were ordered held without bail and to return to court on March 1. If convicted, the defendants face up to 20 years in prison 102nd Precinct Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven and Ozone Park 108th Precinct Long Island City, Sunnyside and Woodside THE 104TH PRECINCT DID NOT PROVIDE A BLOTTER THIS WEEK Photo courtesy of NYPD
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