Read more news every day at Queens’ powerful news source, QNS.com Read more news every day at Queens' powerful news source, QNS.com NYC’s Largest Real Estate Section NYC's Largest Real Estate Section VOL. 108, NO. 26 JANUARY 26 — FEBRUARY 1, 2017 SURPRISE SHUTDOWN GOING UP SEE PAGE 4 MTA stuns committee by scheduling 11 weekend M train closures SEE PAGE 2 SINCE 1908 50 ¢ VOL. 108, NO. 31 MARCH 28, 2017 Teens mug man in park BY ROBERT POZARYCKI rpozarycki@ridgewoodtimes.com robbpoz Two teenagers are now behind bars on high bail for allegedly mugging a man and threatening him with a knife in Ridgewood last week, law enforcement sources said. According to the Queens District Attorney’s o ce, 18-year-old Angel Copantilta of Brooklyn and 16-year-old Izaiah Ortiz of Queens, along with a third unidenti ed suspect, allegedly approached the victim in the vicinity of Putnam Avenue near Wycko Avenue at 3 a.m. on Feb. 22. Law enforcement sources said the unidenti ed man asked the victim to use his cellphone. e victim complied and handed it over to Copantilta, who then allegedly took o on foot with the unidenti ed man. According to prosecutors, Ortiz allegedly told the victim to follow him to get his phone back. ey then headed over to Rosemary’s Playground, located at Woodbine Street and Woodward Avenue, where Copantilta and the unidenti ed suspect — along with Ortiz — allegedly went on the attack. ey punched the man in the face, causing lacerations and pain. Police said Copantilta removed the victim’s wallet and a pocket knife from his pockets, then pointed the pocket knife at the victim and demanded the password to his cellphone and the PIN to the debit card in his wallet. A er the victim complied, according to the criminal complaint, the suspects also took the victim’s shoes, jacket and sweater, then ed from the scene. e incident was later reported to the 104th Precinct. rough an investigation, members of the 104th Precinct Detective Squad obtained video footage which showed Copantilta allegedly using the victim’s debit card to make a $100 withdrawal from an ATM at a store located at 66-94 Forest Ave. at 4:18 a.m. on Feb. 22. Two days a er the mugging, detectives tracked down Copantilta and Ortiz and booked each of them on charges including rst- and second-degree robbery, second and fourth-degree grand larceny and second-degree assault. Photo courtesy MTA Local reaction to Mayor’s homeless plan SEE PAGE 8 Ridgewood school trains wrestlers SEE PAGE 14 50¢ SPECIAL SECTION CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK See Page 15 Bike-riding man sought for stabbing BY ANTHONY GIUDICE AGIUDICE@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM @A_GIUDICEREPORT Cops are searching for a suspect who took off on a bike aft er stabbing a man in Woodhaven this past weekend. According to police, the attack took place at 3 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 22, when an unknown suspect used an unknown object to stab and slice the 41-year-old male victim in his head and lower right arm outside of a home on 95th Street near 91st Avenue. Aft er the attack, the suspect — last seen wearing a red sweatshirt and white slacks — fl ed the scene of the crime on a bike in an unknown direction, law enforcement agents said. Offi cers from the 102nd Precinct arrived on scene with EMS units; the victim was taken to Jamaica Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, police stated. No arrests have been made at this time and the investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS or for Spanish dial 888-57-PISTA, visit the Crime Stoppers website or send a text message to 274637 (CRIMES), then enter TIP577. All calls and messages are kept confi dential. Developers ready to build new luxury apartment house in Ridgewood See Page 6 Photo: Robert Pozarycki/RIDGEWOOD TIMES SINCE 1908 TIMES NEWSWEEKLY (USPS 465-940) is published weekly by Schneps NY Media LLC, 38-15 Bell Blvd., Bayside, NY 11361. Periodicals postage paid at Flushing, NY. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Times Newsweekly/Ridgewood Times, 38-15 Bell Blvd., Bayside NY 11361-2058
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