10 MARCH 18, 2021 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
POLICE BEAT
115TH PRECINCT
(JACKSON HEIGHTS, EAST ELMHURST AND NORTH CORONA)
Two-alarm fi re in East Elmhurst
sends two to hospital
A two-alarm fi re inside a home in East Elmhurst sent two people to the hospital
on Friday morning, March 12.
FDNY members fi rst received a call about the inferno inside the twostory
home at 26-33 98th St., around 10:50 a.m., on March 12, according to the
authorities.
Firefi ghters arrived to fi nd the fi re quickly making its way through the
home and upgraded their response, calling for a total of 106 uniformed FDNY
members around 11:05 a.m., the fi re department said.
Less than an hour later, around 11:50 a.m., fi refi ghts got the blaze under
control.
Five people inside the home were hurt during the fi re, though three refused
medical attention. The other two people were taken to NewYork-Presbyterian
Queens Hospital. The fi re department could not comment on the status of the
patients.
The fi re marshals will investigate the cause of the fi re.
106TH PRECINCT
(OZONE PARK, SOUTH OZONE PARK, LINDENWOOD,
HOWARD BEACH AND OLD HOWARD BEACH)
Police fi nd woman’s body inside trunk
of abandoned car in South Ozone Park
Authorities discovered a woman’s body inside the trunk of a car parked in
South Ozone Park earlier this month.
The woman, believed to be 26-year-old Destini Smothers, was found inside
a black Toyota Camry, parked outside of 149-57 Leff erts Blvd., around 9:51 a.m.
on March 10.
A tow truck operator discovered the body aft er they had come to move the
abandoned car, which didn’t have any license plates, according to the NYPD.
Offi cers from the 106th Precinct cordoned off the residential block as the
investigation began.
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz arrived at the crime scene around
mid-day on Wednesday.
Smothers, who was from Troy, New York, went missing in November 2020.
She was last seen at Bowlero, a bowling alley in Woodside, according to the
NYPD.
Several of Smothers’ family members and friends arrived at an NYPD
press conference on the case at 1:30 p.m., on March 10.
The investigation is ongoing.
104 PRECINCT BLOTTER
The 104th Precinct released
the following list of persons
arrested in recent police
actions.
The charges are accusations,
and all individuals listed
in this blotter are presumed
innocent unt i l proven
guilty.
For questions about the names
listed in the blotter, contact the
104th Precinct at 718-386-3004.
March 8: (Glenwood) Jaylin
Jones, at Myrtle Avenue and Forest
Park Drive, for unlicensed
operation, by PO Dimatteo.
(Maspeth) Alan Vega, at 65 Place,
for misdemeanor assault, by PO
Candelaria. (Ridgewood) Mohammed
Doukoure, at Gates Avenue,
for petty larceny, by PO Kollbeck.
(Ridgewood) Jose Feliciano, at 68
Avenue, for petty larceny, by PO
Fitzalbert. (Ridgewood) Ashley
Pereyra, at Fresh Pond Road, for
petty larceny, by Det. Bublin.
(Ridgewood) Nicky Rivera, at
Norman Street, for petty larceny,
by PO Bonilla. (Glenwood) Rachel
K Schmidt, at Myrtle Avenue and
68 Street, for driving while under
the influence, by PO Arfeen.
March 9: (Glenwood) Michael
Shine, at 67 Place, for criminal obstruction
of breathing, by PO Kim.
(Ridgewood) Richard Gutowski, at
69 Avenue, for criminal mischief,
by PO Bonilla. (Glenwood) Michael
Mills, at Cypress Hills Street, for
unauthorized use of a vehicle, by
PO Gutieriez.
March 10: (Ridgewood) Wilson
Cayambe, at 64-02 Catalpa Avenue,
for robbery, by PO Alben.
(Ridgewood) Johnn Basci, at 64-02
Catalpa Avenue, for criminal contempt,
by Det. Scrimenti. (Ridgewood)
Arthur Rivera, at Fresh
Pond Road, for criminal mischief,
by PO McMahon.
March 11: (Glenwood) Rawle Allicock,
at 78 Avenue and Cypress
Avenue, for unlicensed operation,
by PO Nardello. (Ridgewood)
Carlos Zayas, at Myrtle Avenue,
for petty larceny, by PO Fitzalbert.
(Middle Village) Joann Marrene,
at Cook Avenue, for endangering
a minor, by PO Heinlein. (Middle
Village) Gaetano Braco, at 78 Street
and 62 Avenue, for driving while
under the influence, by PO Mamaricampos.
(Glenwood) Vinay Patel,
at 79 Street and Myrtle Avenue, for
driving while under the influence,
by PO Calvagna.
March 12: (Maspeth) Justin
Williams, at Maurice Avenue and
55 Road, for criminal possession
of stolen property, by PO Boma.
(Ridgewood) Starlynn D Lora, at
64-62 Catalpa Avenue, for driving
with alcoholic beverages in a motor
vehicle, by PO Subbir. (Ridgewood)
Brennan Jackson, at Linden
Street, for misdemeanor assault,
by Det. Wright. (Ridgewood) Joseph
Arnald, at Weirfield Street
and Seneca Avenue, for petty larceny,
by PO Santos. (Ridgewood)
Carlos Zayas, at Myrtle Avenue,
for petty larceny, by PO Santos.
(Middle Village) Andrew Barros,
at Metropolitan Avenue and 75
Street, for criminal possession of
stolen property, by PO Lee.
March 13: (Ridgewood) Jaime
Galindo, at Woodward Avenue,
for assault, by PO Mark. (Middle
Village) Adrian Vasquez, at Eliot
Avenue, for petty larceny, by
PO Kardonov. (Maspeth) Isauro
Lemus Perez, at 55 Street, for
assault, by PO Petito. (Middle
Village) Maritza Cintron, at Eliot
Avenue, for petty larceny, by PO
Kardonov.
March 14: (Middle Village)
Zaid Y Aldhart, at Terrace Court,
for strangulation, by PO Troia.
(Ridgewood) Jaime Galindo, at
Woodward Avenue, for assault,
by Det. Wright. (Ridgewood)
Andrew Simbano, at Woodbine
Street, for assault, by PO Jimenez.
(Ridgewood) Nelson Perez, at 60
Lane, for driving while under the
influence, by PO Lenoci.
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