from 11:45 p.m. until 5 a.m. During this period, Manhattan-bound F trains will also skip Sutphin Boulevard. For service to these stations, take the E or F train to Union Turnpike, then transfer to a Jamaica Centerbound E train or a Jamaica-bound F train. For service from these stations, take the E train to Jamaica-Van Wyck or the F train to Parsons Boulevard, then transfer to a Manhattan-bound E or F train. Additionally, 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 27, until 5 a.m. Monday, June 30. 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. Late Night Switches On E Line In Queens Jamaica Center-bound E trains will run on the F line between West Fourth Street and 21st Street-Queensbridge late nights Monday through Friday from 9:30 p.m. through Friday, July 11. Service will operate normally between 9:30 p.m. Thursday, July 3, and 5 a.m. Friday, July 4. Forest Hills-bound M trains will also run on the F line between 47th- 50th Streets and 21st Street-Queensbridge weeknights Monday through Thursday from 9:30 p.m. until midnight through Thursday, July 10. Service will operate normally on Thursday, July 3. As a result, there will be no Jamaica Center-bound E train service at the Seventh Avenue, Fifth Avenue- 53rd Street, Lexington Avenue-53rd Street, Court Square-23rd Street and Queens Plaza stations. For service to the Court Square- 23rd Street or Queens Plaza stops, transfer to a free shuttle bus at the 21st Street-Queensbridge station. Late Night Local Svc. For F Line In W. Qns. Manhattan-bound F trains will run local service between Roosevelt Avenue and 21st Street-Queensbridge on Tuesdays through Fridays from 12:01 until 5 a.m. through Friday, July 11. Normal service, however, will be in effect on Friday, July 4. Additionally, Jamaica-bound F trains will run local service between 21st Street-Queensbridge and Roosevelt Avenue late nights, Tuesday through Friday, from 12:01 to 5 a.m. through Friday, July 18. Service will operate normally on July 4 and July 15. These trains will stop at 65th Street, Ex-Bodega Owner Guilty Of Selling Guns & Drugs Suspect Kidnapped Businessman In Elmhurst Garage VISIT US ON THE WEB AT www.timesnewsweekly.com Northern Boulevard, 46th Street, Steinway Street and 36th Street. Riders are advised to allow for additional travel time. Switch Of Lines For F Trains To Jamaica Manhattan-bound F trains will run on the M line between Roosevelt Avenue and 47th-50th Streets this weekend, from 9:45 p.m. Friday, June 27, until 5 a.m. Monday, June 30. As a result, there will be no Manhattanbound F train service at the 21st Street-Queensbridge, Roosevelt Island, Lexington Avenue-63rd Street and 57th Street stations. For service to 21st Street- Queensbridge or Roosevelt Island, take the F train to 47th-50th Streets, then transfer to a Jamaica-bound F train. For service from these stations, take the F train to Roosevelt Avenue, then transfer to a Manhattan-bound F train. Station Renewal Comes To A Line The Ozone Park/Far Rockawaybound platform at the 88th Street station and the Ozone Park-bound platform at the 101st Street station on the A line remain shut through August as part of an ongoing station renewal project. For service to the 88th Street station, take the A train to Rockaway Boulevard, then transfer to a Manhattan-bound A train. For service to the 101st Street station, take a Lefferts Boulevard/Ozone Parkbound A train to 111th Street, then transfer to a Manhattan-bound A train. For service from these stations, take the A train to either Rockaway Boulevard or 80th Street, then transfer to an Ozone Park-bound or a Far Rockaway-bound A train. For a complete list of service changes and last-minute updates, visit the MTA’s website at www.mta.info or call 511. Transit News And Changes -CONTINUED FROM PG. 20- Traffic News And Changes -CONTINUED FROM PG. 20- Long-term construction related to the state Department of Transportation’s Kew Gardens Interchange project will require the right lane of Union Turnpike eastbound to be closed at all times between 128th and 134th streets. All existing traffic lanes will remain open and are shifted to the left. Lane Closures On Grand Central Pkwy. One lane of the Grand Central Parkway in each direction will be closed between 82nd and 111th streets on weekdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. until 5 a.m. on weekdays. Lane closures will also take place from 10 p.m. Fridays to 7 a.m. Saturdays and from 10 p.m. Saturdays to 3 p.m. Sundays. Two lanes of traffic in each direction may be closed on weeknights from 12:01 until 5 a.m., Saturdays from 1 to 6 a.m. and Sundays from 1 to 9 a.m. Additionally, the left lane in both directions on the Grand Central Parkway may be closed at 44th Street for two nights through Friday, May 2, from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. to allow DOT crews to conduct bridge maintenance. Exit Ramp Closed Near Whitestone Br. The Third Avenue exit on the northbound approach to the Whitestone Bridge is closed to all traffic as part of a $109 million reconstruction project. Separate car and truck detours will be in place while the exit ramp is closed. Signs will be in place and traffic agents will be on hand when the detours begin. The closure is expected to remain in place for approximately two years. Passenger vehicles driving from the northbound Cross Island Parkway will have to exit at Utopia Parkway (exit 34); those driving from the northbound Whitestone Expressway will need to exit past the 20th Avenue exit and merge onto the Cross Island Parkway. All commercial vehicles must exit the Whitestone Expressway at 20th Avenue (exit 15). For additional closures, visit the city DOT’s website at www.nyc.gov/dot or call 311. the night of Nov. 9, 2012, when the then-33-year-old male victim, while on his way home from work, parked his Jaguar inside the basement garage of the Elmhurst apartment house where he lived with his wife and daughter. Seconds after parking, law enforcement sources said, Hutchinson and an unidentified individual approached the victim, displayed handguns and demanded money. The victim handed over his property, but the suspects— unsatisfied by what they received—reportedly bound and gagged the man, then placed him in the back seat of his Jaguar and left momentarily. Police said Hutchinson and the unidentified perpetrator later returned, removed the gag and restraints from the victim and demanded that he bring them to his apartment, where his wife and daughter were at the time. To keep the bandits away from his loved ones, law enforcement sources said, the victim convinced the gunmen he could withdraw additional funds from a nearby bank. Moments later, authorities stated Hutchinson and the other suspect drove the victim in his own Jaguar to a nearby ATM, where he withdrew funds. After the crooks demanded more, the victim reportedly told them he could get extra cash from a local grocery store owner whom he knew. Police said the robbers allowed the victim to visit the store owner, but threatened to kill his wife and daughter if he tried anything to alert police. Upon visiting the store, it was reported, the victim borrowed a customer’s phone and called his wife, telling her to take their child and leave the apartment immediately. He then contacted police, but by the time they arrived, Hutchinson and the unknown perpetrator had fled inside the victim’s Jaguar. During a search, the vehicle was recovered abandoned several blocks away. Law enforcement sources said the robbers contacted the victim again on Nov. 24, 2012 through a pay phone and demanded more money. The victim reportedly contacted police. Based on a thorough investigation, the 112th Precinct Detective Squad eventually tracked down Hutchinson through a cell phone number. After the victim pointed him out of a police lineup and a photo array, Hutchinson was booked in connection with the kidnapping and robbery. Det. Michael Donleavy of the 112th Precinct Detective Squad conducted the investigation under the supervision of Sgt. Claudia Bartolemei. The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Timothy Regan and Ian Ramage of the DA’s Kew Gardens II Bureau, under the supervision of Assistant District Attorneys Daniel M. Sullivan, bureau chief, and Mark Osnowitz and Jennifer L. Naiburg, deputy bureau chiefs. -CONTINUED FROM PG. 14- 57 • TIMES, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2014 deadly combination. This joint investigation by the Queens District Attorney’s Office and the New York City Police Department once again underscores our commitment to rid our county of illegal narcotics trafficking and to improve the quality of life of our Queens residents.” According to trial testimony, it was learned during the course of a long-term joint narcotics investigation that on Dec. 17, 2010, Corchado was meeting a narcotics buyer in order to sell him an “eight ball,” which is slang for a quantity of cocaine. At approximately 6:10 p.m. that day police observed Corchado arrive at the intersection of 69th Street and Forest Avenue, driving a black 2007 Mercedes S50 sedan. Police observed the buyer approach and enter Corchado’s car, and after a brief transaction with Corchado, the buyer then exited the vehicle. When police stopped the buyer moments later, within fifteen feet of the sale location, they recovered a plastic bag containing cocaine from the buyer’s pants pocket. Between November 2010 and August 2011, Corchado was overheard engaging in hundreds of narcotics-related communications on his cell phone. On Aug. 17, 2011, a court-authorized search warrant was executed at Corchado’s convenience store, Louis’s Deli and Grocery in Kew Gardens, while Corchado was present at the location. From beneath the refrigerated deli counter, police recovered two plastic bags containing cocaine, two plastic bags containing marijuana and a scale. Later that night, a search warrant was authorized and executed at Corchado’s Baldwin home. Police recovered a Sig Saber .380-cal. pistol, a Winchester single barrel shotgun with magnifying scope, magazines and approximately 100 rounds of various caliber ammunition. The investigation was conducted by Detectives Kevin Mehrman (now retired) Rafael Ramos (also retired), Nicholas Romano and David Ferreira, of the NYPD Queens Gang Squad, which at the time was under the supervision of Sgt. Patrick Delaney, Lt. Gerald Pizzano and Capt. James Ryan, commanding officer of Queens Gang Squad. Assistant District Attorney Ajay D. Chheda and David Chiang, of District Attorney Brown’s Narcotics Investigations Bureau, prosecuted the case under the supervision of Assistant District Attorneys Wilbert J. LeMelle, bureau chief, Karen J. Friedman, deputy bureau chief, and Philip D. Anderson, supervisor, and the overall supervision of Executive Assistant District Attorney for Investigations Peter A. Crusco and Deputy Executive Assistant District Attorney for Investigations Linda M. Cantoni. -CONTINUED FROM PG. 20- Shop Locally! Support Your Neighborhood Merchants!
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