Convicted Pimp Joins Bro For Life Stay In Fed Prison ensure that Bonifacio Flores-Mendez does not prey on more women or children.” According to authorities, Bonifacio and Isaias Flores-Mendez operated the ring for many years, trafficking in a number of young Mexican women into the U.S. and forcing them to prostitute themselves for their profit. In one instance, prosecutors noted, Isaias Flores-Mendez seduced a 17-year-old girl into coming to the United States, promising her a better life for her and her infant child. When she arrived in New York, law enforcement sources said, Bonifacio Flores-Mendez met the victim and her child and arranged for them to sleep in a location on the floor without blankets. Some time thereafter, he reportedly locked them arrangements to meet her to have sexual relations with her,” Brown said. “The case shows the importance of Internet law enforcement surveillance initiatives in the protection of children who are underage and vulnerable to predators and should serve as a warning to parents to closely monitor their children’s Internet access and activities.” In pleading guilty, Alam admitted that he used the social media application Meet24 on Nov. 29, Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown identified the defendant as Tariq K. Alam, 30, of 75th Road in Fresh Meadows, who pleaded guilty on May 14 to first-degree attempted dissemination of indecent material to minors. He appeared last Thursday, May 29, before Acting Queens Supreme Court Justice Dorothy Chin-Brandt, who imposed an indeterminate sentence of 1 1/2 to three years in prison. At the time of his release, Alam will also be required to register as a sex offender. “Alam admitted that he preyed upon an individual whom he believed was a 14-year-old girl—but who in actuality was an undercover detective—and that he made follows: • Queensboro Plaza—on 28th Street at Queens Plaza South; • Queens Plaza—on 42nd Road at Jackson Avenue; • Court Square-23rd Street—on Jackson Avenue at 45th Avenue (to Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue) or at Thomson Avenue (to Queensboro Plaza); • Hunters Point Avenue—on 21st Street at 49th Avenue; and • Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue—on Vernon Boulevard at 50th Avenue. E & F Trains Skip Several Qns. Stops Manhattan-bound F trains will skip the Sutphin Boulevard, Van Wyck Boulevard and 75th Avenue stations this weekend, from 11:45 p.m. Friday, June 6, until 10 p.m. Saturday, June 7. For service to these stations, take the F train to Union Turnpike or 71st- Continental Avenues, then transfer to a Jamaica-bound F train. For service from these stations, take the F train to Union Turnpike or Parsons Boulevard, then transfer to a Manhattan-bound F train. Additionally, Manhattan-bound E and F trains will skip the Van Wyck Boulevard and 75th Avenue stations late nights on Monday, June 9, through Friday, June 13, from 10:15 TIMES, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 • 20 TRANSIT NEWS and Updates Metropolitan Transportation Authority The information in this column is current as of Wednesday, June 4. Last minute changes to service and operating schedules may be made at any time after publication. Check www.mta.info for schedule changes. More Disruptions Affect The 7 Line There will be no 7 train service between Queensboro Plaza and Times Square-42nd Street this weekend, from 2 a.m. Saturday, June 7, until 4:30 a.m. Sunday, June 8. During this period, 7 trains will operate between Main Street- Flushing and Queensboro Plaza, but will operate every 12 minutes in both directions on Saturday from 7 a.m. until 9 p.m. Additionally, Q trains will operate extended service to and from Ditmars Boulevard on Saturday from 7 a.m. until 9 p.m. For alternate service between Queens and Manhattan, transfer to the N or Q trains at Queensboro Plaza or Times Square-42nd Street or the E, F or R trains at 74th Street-Roosevelt Avenue. Shuttle buses will replace 7 trains in Long Island City between Queensboro Plaza and Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue. The buses will stop at the Queens Plaza station for ADA access to the E or R trains. The shuttle buses will stop as -SEE TRANSIT ON PG. 56- TRAFFIC NEWS and Updates New York City Department Of Transportation Street Cleaning Suspensions Alternate-side parking rules will be suspended today, Thursday, June 5, for the Jewish holy day of Shauvot. Meter regulations, however, will remain in effect. * * * Because of ongoing construction work at several locations throughout Queens and Brooklyn, the city DOT has announced numerous street closures in local neighborhoods for the upcoming week. The announced diversions are current as of Wednesday, June 4, and weather permitting. The DOT may shut down other roads should the need for emergency repairs arise. Streets and highways that are affected by closures during this week include the following: Street Resurfacing In Oz. Pk. & Wdhvn. Weather permitting, DOT crews will conduct street milling along the following streets: • 75th Street between 85th and 86th roads in Woodhaven for milling on Friday, June 6; • 85th Drive between 75th Street and Dexter Court in Woodhaven for milling on Thursday, June 5; • 85th Street between Rockaway Boulevard and 101st Avenue in Ozone Park for paving on Friday, June 6; • 86th Street between Jamaica Avenue and Park Lane South in Woodhaven for milling on Friday, June 6; • 87th Street between Jamaica Avenue and Park Lane South in Woodhaven for milling on Thursday, June 5, and Friday, June 6; • 87th Street between 101st Avenue and Rockaway Boulevard in Ozone Park for paving on Friday, June 6; • 88th Street between Jamaica Avenue and Park Lane South in Woodhaven for milling on Thursday, June 5; • 89th Street between Jamaica Avenue and Park Lane South in Woodhaven for milling on Thursday, June 5; • 102nd Road between 84th Street and Liberty Avenue in Ozone Park for paving on Thursday, June 5; • Barbey Street between Highland Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue in Cypress Hills for paving on Thursday, June 5, and Friday, June 6; and • Sunnyside Avenue between Highland Boulevard and the dead end in Cypress Hills for paving on Thursday, June 5. Parking is prohibited on these streets during work hours; all vehicles found parked will be towed away at the owner’s expense. Lane Closures On Van Wyck Expwy. -SEE TRAFFIC ON PG. 56- Exploited Women At Their R’wood Brothel He Pays Price For Lewd Net Images Sent Illicit Pictures To Cop Posing As Minor A Fresh Meadows resident was sentenced last week to serve up to three years in prison after pleading guilty to attempting to disseminate indecent material to an individual he believed was a 14-year-old girl—but was actually an NYPD detective. -SEE LEWD ON PG. 56- by Robert Pozarycki A convicted sex trafficker and pimp joined his brother in federal prison last Friday, May 30, to serve a life sentence for helping his sibling smuggle Mexican women into the U.S. and operate brothels in Ridgewood and upstate New York, law enforcement sources stated. -SEE BROTHER ON PG. 56- Bonifacio Flores-Mendez, 34, a Queens resident and Mexican national, was ordered by U.S. District Judge Katherine B. Forrest to serve life behind bars for his role in the sex trafficking and prostitution ring busted last year. The sentencing came two weeks after Judge Forrest sent Isaias Flores- Mendez, 42—Bonifacio’s brother and a Queens resident—to federal prison for the rest of his life for cooperating and owning the ring. Like his brother, Bonifacio Flores-Mendez was additionally told to forfeit $1.7 million in proceeds and pay $84,000 in restitution to one of his victims. “He waged a decade-long campaign of terrorizing women, coercing them into prostitution, assaulting them, even attempting to run a victim over in his car and threatening the health of her infant child,” U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara said in a statement last Friday. “He has no doubt caused his victims grave physical and psychological harm. The long prison sentence he has received today cannot undo that harm, but it will Ridgewood Kids Get Lesson From HPD Fifth-graders at P.S. 88 in Ridgewood got a special lesson in how the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) enforces the state’s Multiple Dwelling Law and the City’s Housing Maintenance Code on Thursday, May 22. Adam Gawronski, a Ridgewood resident and a supervisor in HPD’s Emergency Repair Program, and Seth Donlin, HPD’s deputy director of public outreach and education, explained to the students when and how to file a complaint through the city’s 311 system, how HPD’s six-point inspection works, and what can happen if a landlord fails to make repairs in a timely manner. Shown with the students from left to right: Gawronski, P.S. 88 Principal Robert Quintana and fifth-grade teacher Ira Handell.
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