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VOL. 111, NO. 2 AUGUST 8-14, 2019
Homeless men
moved out of
Maspeth hotel
Page 3
Ridgewood has
most rat reports
in all of Queens
Page 4
New photo
of a serial
store crook
Many Maspeth residential streets slated to be repaved this summer and fall: See Page 6
Photo: Max Parrott/QNS
COMING
TOGETHER
Thousands enjoy ‘Night Out’
with cops in Middle Village
See Page 21
SINCE 1908
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
EDAVENPORT@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@RIDGEWOODTIMES
Po l i c e
released a
new photo
of a man who they
say is responsible
for a series
of knifepoint
r o b b e r i e s
t h r o u g h o u t
M a s p e t h ,
Ridgewood and Middle Village.
Kevin Allen, 51, was identified
as the suspect by the NYPD on July
23. He is described as having black
hair and brown eyes, standing 5
feet, 9 inches tall and weighing 190
pounds.
Police say that from June 27
through July 5, the perpetrator
robbed five stores at knifepoint. In
each incident, Allen allegedly would
pull out a knife and demand money
from a store employee.
The victims complied each time,
and the suspect took off with
hundreds of dollars in cash.
Anyone with information in
regard to the whereabouts of this
individual is asked to call the
NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at
800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish,
888-57-PISTA (74782). All calls are
kept confidential.
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