8 JUNE 27, 2019 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Bandit hits Ridgewood store Attempted
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
EDAVENPORT@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@RIDGEWOODTIMES
Police arrested a Woodside
man who allegedly tried
to swipe a 10-year-old boy
from his parents on Monday
aft ernoon.
Lee Sang, 76, turned himself
in to police custody on June 25.
He was charged with acting in a
manner injurious to a child and
unlawful imprisonment.
According to police, at
around 3:10 p.m. on June 24, a
couple was walking with their
10-year-old son near Roosevelt
Avenue and 59th Street. As they
were walking, law enforcement
sources said, Sang allegedly
grabbed the boy by the arm and
tried to pull him into a nearby
building.
Authorities said the boy’s
parents grabbed him back
from Sang, who then allegedly
fled the scene eastbound on
Roosevelt Avenue. There were
no injuries reported as a result
of the incident.
On June 25, the NYPD released
an image of the suspect, who
was described as an Asian man
between the ages of 60 and 70
years old with short gray hair.
He was last seen wearing a gray
jacket, black jeans and black
sneakers.
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
EDAVENPORT@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@RIDGEWOODTIMES
Cops are looking for a knifewielding
crook who stole cash
from the register at a Ridgewood
corner grocery store just hours aft er
a robbery at another store down the
block.
According to police, at around
7:05 p.m. on June 18, an unknown
man approached a 53-year-old male
employee at Europa, located at 66-99
Forest Ave., who was standing behind
the register. The suspect pulled out a
silver kitchen knife and pointed it at
the employee, demanding that he open
the register.
The employee complied, and when
he opened the register, the suspect
reached over and grabbed $1,000 in
cash out of the register. The suspect
then fl ed the scene on foot down 67th
Avenue towards Fresh Pond Road.
He was later spotted fl eeing in a blue
mini-van.
The incident was reported to the
104th Precinct; there were no serious
injuries.
On June 21, the 104th Precinct
tweeted out photos of the suspect and
the van. The investigation is ongoing,
and anyone with information about
the robbery can call the 104th Precinct
Detective Squad at 718-386-2723; all
calls are kept confi dential.
Photo via Google Maps, insets via Twitter/@NYPD104Pct
The incident occurred six hours
aft er the Forest Liquors House, located
down the block at 66-22 Forest Ave.,
was held up at 1 p.m. on June 18. In that
caper, police said, a crook stole money
from the register aft er pushing the
employee out of the way.
At this time, it is not clear if the two
crimes are connected, police sources
said.
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
RPOZARYCKI@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@ROBBPOZ
Detectives picked up a Brooklyn
man who allegedly pleasured
himself in front of two women
in separate incidents on Howard
Beach weeks ago, prosecutors
announced on June 21.
Ahmad Brunson, 30, of Bedford-
Stuyvesant faces charges of
public lewdness, second-degree
harassment and exposure of a
person. He was released without
bail, but must return to court on
Aug. 2, according to acting Queens
District Attorney John Ryan.
“The defendant in this case is
alleged to have sought out these
women to satisfy a perverted
desire to have them observe him
masturbate. These incidents caused
both women to be alarmed,” Ryan
said. “The defendant will now have
to answer in court for this alleged
bizarre behavior.”
Prosecutors said Brunson first
approached a woman from his car
in Howard Beach at 10 a.m. on May
31, driving up to her and asking for
directions. As the woman moved
toward him, she noticed that he
was allegedly naked from the waist
down and massaging his genitalia.
Four days later, on June 3,
Brunson pulled up to another
woman in Howard Beach and asked
her for directions. Law enforcement
sources said the victim noticed that
Brunson was allegedly touching his
exposed junk.
Brunson was picked up on June
20 as a result of an investigation
by the 106th Precinct, according to
court records.
kidnapper
confesses
Lewd creep cuff ed in Howard Beach
Photo via Google Maps, inset courtesy of
the NYPD
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