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VOL. 110, NO. 35 APRIL 4-10, 2019
Another rally
over fate of
shelter site
Page 3
City plans grand
entrance for
Forest Park
Page 4
Robbers beat
up teen on
Maspeth st.
Activists rally in Forest Hills for completion of Queens Boulevard bike lanes: See Page 14
Photo via Getty Images/Inset courtesy of NYPD
SMASH AND GRAB
Cops look for crook behind
Glendale/M.V. larceny spree
See Page 19
SINCE 1908
BY MARK HALLUM
MHALLUM@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@RIDGEWOODTIMES
Detectives are looking for two
men who attempted to shake
down a 16-year-old boy on a
Maspeth street last month and beat
him up.
According to law enforcement
sources, the victim was walking
down 72nd Place near Calamus
Avenue at about 7 p.m. on March
25 when he was confronted by two
men who threatened to harm him.
No weapons were displayed during
the caper.
Police said the suspects, described
as men with light and dark
complexions, began punching the
teenager about the body when he
resisted. Eventually, they fl ed the
scene without the victim’s property.
Offi cers from the 104th Precinct
responded to the incident. The victim
was taken to Elmhurst Hospital
where he was treated for bruises
and lacerations.
The NYPD said there have been
no arrests and the investigation is
still ongoing. On April 1, the 104th
Precinct tweeted out images of the
two perpetrators.
Anyone with information
regarding the incident is asked to call
the 104th Precinct Detective Squad
at 718-386-2723. You can also send
information to the Crime Stoppers
website, nypdcrimestoppers.com.
All calls and messages are
kept confi dential.
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