Read more news every day at Queens’ powerful news source QNS.com 50¢• VOL. 108, NO. 9 Former Ridgewood industrial site may become a rock venue. See page 4 BURGLARS HIT RIDGEWOOD AREA HARD SEE PAGE 4 Since 1908 NYC's Largest Real Estate Section TIMESNEWSWEEKLY.COM Since 1908 VOTE NOW! Abuse victim confronted by attacker in Glendale BY ROBERT POZARYCKI rpozarycki@ridgewoodtimes.com @robbpoz Currently facing sex abuse charges, a Howard Beach man allegedly confronted his 15-year-old female victim on a Glendale street this month and tried to coerce her into dropping the charges, prosecutors said. Michael Albertsen, 51, was arrested on Aug. 5 for allegedly sexually abusing the victim multiple times between Dec. 4, 2011 and Dec. 2, 2013 at an undisclosed location in south Queens. He was subsequently released on $75,000 bail. Law enforcement sources said Albertsen and the victim, who was 11 years old at the time of the rst assault, were known to each other, but declined to disclose their actual relationship. Between 8 and 9 a.m. on Sept. 14, according to the criminal complaint that the Queens District Attorney’s o ce provided, the victim was walking through Glendale on her way to school when Albertsen, while behind the wheel of a vehicle, allegedly pulled up alongside her and told her to get in. For the next 10 minutes, prosecutors said, Albertsen drove the victim through the area and ordered her to write a letter stating that nothing ever happened, and that police and prosecutors coerced her into ling charges against him. HIT & RUN Train operator in ery Maspeth crash disappears after incident: report See page 6 SEPTEMBER 29 - OCTOBER 5, 2016 SPECIAL SECTION: KIDS & EDUCATION SEE PAGE 14
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