4 times • APRIL 7, 2016 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com Eight arrested in NYPD’s latest massage parlor operation Brooklyn man charged for robbing & shooting knicks player in Maspeth BY ROBERT POZARYCKI rpozarycki@qns.com @robbpoz A Brooklyn man alleged confessed to federal agents that he participated in last December’s robbery and shooting of New York Knicks player Cleanthony Early in Maspeth, Queens. Delvon Dowling, 22, fessed up to his role in the ambush robbery that occurred on Dec. 30, 2015, in the vicinity of Tyler and Maurice avenues. He made his alleged confession after being arrested by federal authorities last Friday on an unrelated charge. According to the criminal complaint, Dowling and three unidentified cohorts met up in Brooklyn and drove to the CityScapes gentlemen’s club on 58th Street with the intention of committing a robbery. Early and a female companion left the club just before 4:30 a.m. inside an Uber cab, authorities said. The four suspects, riding in three vehicles, followed the cab to the corner of Tyler and Maurice avenues, where they surrounded it. The crooks got out of their vehicles and then confronted Early inside his cab, demanding his jewelry and property. Dowling allegedly told investigators that he waited near one of the suspect’s cars while the robbery was in progress. Although Early complied with their request, it was reported, one of the suspects shot him in the right kneecap. The perpetrators then fled the location. Early was treated for his injuries at Elmhurst Hospital; he finally returned to action as a bench player for the Knicks last week. His companion was not injured. Federal agents learned that the suspects shared the proceeds of the robbery upon returning to Brooklyn, including two cell phones stolen from Early that were sold to an undisclosed buyer for $40 a piece. A day after the Dec. 30 robbery, CityScapes nightclub was hit with two Molotov cocktails in an unrelated incident. Police also shut down the club through a court order in March for a number of violations; CityScapes has since reopened. New antique street lights in Glendale BY ROBERT POZARYCKI rpozarycki@qns.com @robbpoz Let there be decorative light! It took more than a decade, but the city is finally bringing replica antique street lamps e q u i p p e d with energyefficient LED lights to eastern Glendale. The teardrop shaped lamps, are much like the iron decorative lamps that lined streets across New York City in the early 20th century. Under what was dubbed the Parkside Decorative Street Lighting Project, the replica lights are going up on the residential blocks of Doran, Rutledge, Aubrey, 74th and 75th avenues between Woodhaven Boulevard and 88th Street. Additional replica lights are also being installed on 88th Street as part of a separate project, according to state Senator Joe Addabbo. “The installation of decorative lighting along 88th Street is something for which I have advocated for many years now,” state Senator Joseph Addabbo said in a statement on March 31. “I am thrilled to finally see the cooperative efforts of my office, constituents and the city result in this new lighting. By following through with this funding request from the community, it proves to New Yorkers everywhere that every issue brought to light is important and can be successfully addressed with the right combination of hard work, determination and patience.” Addabbo had inherited the Parkside project from his predecessor, former state Senator Serphin Maltese, upon taking office in 2009. “These decorative lights will add to the charm and character that Glendale already possesses, and I thank the NYC Department of Transportation for finally using the funds to make this project a reality,” Addabbo added. The Department of Transportation has been hard at work in recent weeks changing conventional streetlamps on roadways such as Metropolitan Avenue, 80th Street and Queens Boulevard. Crews are switching out the ambercolored sodium lights for bright white LEDs, which consume less energy. RIDGEWOOD TIMES/Photo by Anthony Giudice; inset via Twitter/@wcknicks Federal agents have made a key arrest in last December’s robbery and shooting of Knicks player Cleanthony Early in Maspeth. BY ROBERT POZARYCKI rpozarycki@qns.com @robbpoz They’ve done it again. Police picked up eight more individuals on various charges in an undercover operation at massage parlors in Maspeth, Ridgewood and Rego Park on Friday, April 1. Three of the arrests occurred at a spa located at 64-14 Fresh Pond Rd. in Ridgewood, while another was made at a massage parlor at Photo via Google Maps 71-05 Grand Ave. in Maspeth. Two collars were made at each of two other locations: a spa at 57-03 71st St. in Maspeth and a parlor at 89-08 Eliot Ave. in Rego Park. According to posts on the 104th Precinct Community Council and Maspeth 11378 Facebook pages, each of the arrested individuals were charged for prostitution and/or practicing massage therapy without a license. Friday’s operation concentrated on locations near the borders of Ridgewood, Maspeth and Middle Village within the 104th Precinct area. The Rego Park location is just over the neighborhood’s border with Middle Village in the 112th Precinct’s confines.Queens in recent weeks, making dozens of arrests for sex sales and unlicensed practice. 104th Precinct commander Captain Mark Wachter took to Twitter to thank the NYPD Queens North Vice Enforcement Unit for their efforts. The unit has been quite busy rubbing out illegal activity at massage parlors across Queens in recent weeks, making dozens of arrests for sex sales and unlicensed practice. Police made three arrests at this spa on Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood during an undercover operation on April 1.
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