10 AUGUST 30, 2018 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
POLICE BEAT Compiled by Emily Davenport and Robert Pozarycki
106TH PRECINCT
RICHMOND HILL
COP CAR BURSTS INTO
FLAMES
Two officers escaped without injury
from their police cruiser aft er
it caught fi re along a Richmond Hill
street on the morning of Friday, Aug.
24, police reported.
Law enforcement sources said the
members of the 106th Precinct were inside
their patrol car at the corner of 115th
Street and 107th Avenue just aft er 8 a.m.
on Aug. 24 when they smelled smoke.
Sensing trouble, authorities said,
the officers got out of the cruiser,
which subsequently burst into fl ames.
Firefi ghters rushed to the scene and
put out the fi re within a few minutes,
the New York Post reported. Police
sources said the cause of the fi re is
believed to be mechanical.
Aside from damaged equipment
and gear — including the officers’
cellphones and a license plate reader
— neither cop was injured, sources said.
108TH PRECINCT
WOODSIDE/LIC
MOTORCYCLIST SOUGHT
FOR GAS STATION
ROBBERIES
Cops are looking for a motorcycle
riding crook who robbed two gas
stations in Woodside and Long Island
City at gunpoint on the same day.
According to police, at 6:30 a.m. on
Aug. 21, an unknown man entered the
Mobil station located at 68-09 Queens
Blvd., approached the 64-year-old male
employee at the counter and pulled out
a handgun. The bandit took $300 and
an Arizona Ice Tea before fl eeing the
scene on his motorcycle.
At 9:30 p.m. that same day, law enforcement
sources said, the crook went
into another Mobil Station, located at
35-15 Greenpoint Ave., approached
the 50-year-old male employee at the
counter and pulled out a handgun. The
suspect took $900 and fl ed the scene on
his motorcycle.
There were no injuries in either
incident, both of which were reported
to the 108th Precinct.
Cops described the crook as a man
standing 5 feet, 7 inches tall. He was
last seen wearing a black and silver
skull helmet with a mirrored visor,
black jacket and dark-colored pants.
Anyone with information in
regards to this incident is asked
to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers
Hotline at 800-577-TIPS (8477) or
for Spanish, 888-57-PISTA (74782).
The public can also submit their
tips by logging onto the Crime
Stoppers website, nypdcrimestoppers.
com, or by texting their tips to
274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
All calls and messages are kept
confidential.
The 104th Precinct released the
following list of persons arrested
in recent police accusations. The
charges are accusations, and all
individuals listed in this blotter
are presumed innocent until proven
guilty. For questions about
the names listed in the blotter,
contact the 104th Precinct at
718-386-3004.
Aug. 20: (Beat 10) Cynthia A. Gilmartin,
at 60th Street, for menacing, by P.O.
Urrutia.
Aug. 21: (Beat 10) Michael Vazquez,
at Hamilton Place and Perry Avenue,
for petit larceny, by P.O. Sorto. (Beat
13) James Powles, at 54th Street, for
aggravated harassment, by Det.
Feldman. (Beat 13) Joseph Romano, at
55th Street, for criminal obstruction
of breathing, by P.O. Nardello. (Beat
5) Peter S. Levy, at Cypress Avenue
and Vermont Place, for driving while
ability impaired, by P.O. Gianesses.
(Beat 2) Jennifer A. Nuccio, at Gates
and Fairview avenues, for theft of
service, by P.O. Sheehan.
Aug. 22: (Beat 5) Enrique Sabzar, at
Vermont Place and Cypress Avenue,
for operating a motor vehicle while
under the infl uence of alcohol, by P.O.
Hopson. (Beat 10) Szyman Ciolek, at
60th Road, for petit larceny, by P.O.
Bertrand. (Beat 10) Lauren Vella,
at 57th Drive, for petit larceny, by
P.O. Coronado. (Beat 12) Krzysztof
Jacaszek, at 78th Street, for assault,
by Det. Feldman. (Beat 2) Shaun Williams,
at Madison Street, for criminal
contempt, by Det. Bazilio. (Beat 5)
Yaya Kone, at Cooper Avenue, for
aggravated unlicensed operator, by
P.O. Iannuzzi.
Aug. 23: (Beat 6) Cedrik Bouemboye,
at Grand Avenue, for petit larceny, by
P.O. Parke. (Beat 3) Deandre Braxton,
at Weirfield Street, for assault, by
P.O. Azo. (Beat 3) Karlena Hambila, at
Wyckoff and Myrtle avenues, for theft
of service, by P.O. Munoz. (Beat 15)
Francia Rondon, Jorge Martinez and
Miladys Galvan, at Greene Avenue, for
grand larceny, by Det. Huzar.
Aug. 24: (Beat 3) Francisco Torres, at
Norman Street and Cypress Avenue,
for possession of burglar’s tools, by
P.O. Finnerty. (Beat 13) Lulzim Kupi, at
56th Street and Metropolitan Avenue,
for driving with a suspended license,
by P.O. Lin. (Beat 4) Jerrell Edwards, at
71st Avenue, for petit larceny, by P.O.
Campoverde.
Aug. 25: Nothing to report.
Aug. 26: (Beat 15) Victor Cagcana, at
Menahan Street and Woodward Avenue,
for DWI, by P.O. Prizeman. (Beat
15) Nelson Perez, at 69th Avenue, for
criminal mischief, by P.O. Jaswal. (Beat
2) Klever Boconsaca, at Forest Avenue,
for DWI, by P.O. Moise.
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