10 OCTOBER 7, 2021 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Richmond Hill man indicted for running guns, ammo into Queens: DA
BY BILL PARRY
BPARRY@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
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A Richmond Hill man was indicted by a Queens grand jury for transporting
guns and ammunition into New York after a Pennsylvania
gun show purchase.
Richard McCormick, 42, of 85th Drive, was arraigned Friday, Oct. 1, before
Queens Supreme Court Justice Toni Cimino on a 120-count indictment
after he allegedly purchased a cache of high-capacity magazines, firearm
components and ammunition and drove to New York, where all are illegal
to possess, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.
Police also allegedly recovered a stockpile of illegal guns, high-capacity
magazines, silencers and ammo in the defendant’s Richmond Hill home.
As alleged, on the morning of Aug. 15, McCormick was allegedly observed
in Pennsylvania attending the Oaks Gun Show, where he allegedly
purchased numerous high-capacity magazines, firearm components and
ammunition, and loaded the items into a black 2021 Cadillac Escalade.
The defendant then drove through New Jersey and crossed the George
Washington Bridge into New York City where he was pulled over by members
of the Port Authority Police Department, who were assisting members
of the New York State Police, and seized the stockpile.
Police executed a court-ordered search warrant and allegedly recovered
$8,500 in cash and a stockpile of illegal guns, high-capacity magazines,
silencers and nearly 10,000 bullets for various calibers of weapons, including
9mm and .45-caliber firearms in the defendant’s Richmond Hill home
on 85th Drive, according to the charges.
“The proliferation of shootings in our city has caused grief and heartache,”
Katz said. “This indictment sends a clear message that those who
purchase and transport weapons illegally into our communities will be
held accountable. We can not allow weapons and gun violence to become
the norm here in Queens County.”
A Richmond Hill man is facing up to 20 years in prison for running guns
and ammunition into Queens after a Pennsylvania gun show purchase,
prosecutors said. Photo courtesy of Queens DA’s offi ce
Justice Cimino ordered McCormick to return to court on Oct. 29. If
convicted, McCormick faces up to 20 years in prison.
The 104th Precinct released
the following list of persons
arrested in recent police
actions.
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.
Sept. 20: (Middle Village)
Carl Davis, at Woodhaven
Boulevard and Metropolitan
Avenue, for aggravated
unlicensed operation, by P.O.
Albarati. (Ridgewood) Christopher
George, at Catalpa
Avenue, for assault, by Det.
Lodato. (Glendale) Oleksandr
Gavryluk, at 71st Street, for
criminal contempt, by P.O. May.
(Middle Village) Hector Chavez,
at Metropolitan Avenue, for
petit larceny, by P.O. Heinlein.
(Ridgewood) Travis Fallon, at
Woodbine Street, for criminal
contempt, by P.O. Villada.
(Ridgewood) Deigo Nunez, at
Forest Avenue, for assault, by
P.O. McMahon.
Sept. 21: (Ridgewood) Derrick
Delgado, at Catalpa Avenue,
for assault, by Det. Scrimenti.
(Ridgewood) Esai Lopez, at Catalpa
Avenue, for strangulation,
by Det. Rochford. (Ridgewood)
Josephine Lam, at Catalpa Avenue,
for criminal contempt, by
Det. Golden. (Middle Village)
Konrad Pielak, at 70th Street,
for robbery, by P.O. Lyubinksyy.
Sept. 22: (Glendale) Alexis
Bartolemey, at Vermont Place
and Cypress Avenue, for possession
of a forged instrument,
by P.O. Troia. (Ridgewood)
Matthew Miceli, at Catalpa Avenue,
for grand larceny, by Det.
Gerardi. (Ridgewood) Brandon
Corona, at Covert Avenue
Street and Wyckoff Avenue,
for criminal possession of a
weapon, by Det. Rivera.
Sept. 23: (Ridgewood) Charles
Ware, at Catalpa Avenue, for
assault, by Det. Scrimenti.
(Ridgewood) Ruben Vargas, at
Wyckoff Avenue, for criminal
obstruction of breathing, by
P.O. Campoverde. (Middle Village)
Peter Gallagher, at Eliot
Avenue and 84th Street, for aggravated
unlicensed operation,
by P.O. Christodoulou.
Sept. 24: (Ridgewood)
Jason Molano, at Catalpa Avenue,
for assault, by Sgt. Diaz.
(Ridgewood) Robert Johnson, at
Wyckoff Avenue, for petit larceny,
by Det. Wright. (Middle
Village) Tenzin Lama, at 63rd
Street and Eliot Avenue, for
strangulation, by P.O. Lamm.
(Ridgewood) Gianmarco Matute,
at Metropolitan Avenue
and Flushing Avenue, for possession
of a forged instrument,
by P.O. Gutierrez. (Maspeth)
Edison Ludizaca, at Maurice
Avenue and 53rd Drive, for
DWI, by P.O. Subbir.
Sept. 25: (Ridgewood) Diana
Cordero, at Wyckoff Avenue,
for assault, by P.O. Gonzalez.
(Ridgewood) Antonio Valiente,
at Himrod Avenue, for assault,
by P.O. Fasano. (Glendale) Aneiro
Brown, at Union Turnpike,
for operation of a motor vehicle
with .08 of 1% alcohol, by P.O.
Hilton. (Ridgewood) Susana Pin,
at Wyckoff Avenue, for assault,
by P.O. Gonzalez. (Ridgewood)
Matthew Miceli, at Myrtle Avenue,
for petit larceny, by Det.
Wright. (Ridgewood) Matthew
Miceli, at Catalpa Avenue, for
robbery, by Det. Freidrich.
(Glendale) George Fuchs, at
Union Turnpike, for assault,
by P.O. Iannuzzi. (Ridgewood)
Kevin Jones, at Wyckoff
Avenue, for petit larceny, by
P.O. Claybrooks. (Maspeth)
Matthew Bianchi, at opposite of
58th Avenue, for criminal mischief,
by P.O. Lee. (Ridgewood)
Kenroy Bennette, at Catalpa
Avenue, for false personification,
by P.O. Claybrooks.
Sept. 26: (Ridgewood) Torres
Bedford, at Cypress Avenue, for
criminal obstruction of breathing,
by P.O. Bertrand. (Maspeth)
Jose Ortega-Felize, at Maspeth
Avenue and Page Place, for aggravated
unlicensed operation,
by P.O. Jaswal. (Glendale) Kira
Johnson, at Myrtle Avenue, for
assault, by P.O. Incantalupo.
(Ridgewood) Carlos Rosado, at
Myrtle Avenue, for petit larceny,
by P.O. Laible. (Glendale)
Crystina Leon, at Vermont Place
and Cypress Avenue, for possession
of a forged instrument,
by P.O. Petito. (Ridgewood) Carlos
Rosado, at Myrtle Avenue,
for petit larceny, by P.O. Laible.
(Glendale) Igor Misicki, at 60th
Lane, for assault, by P.O. Whyte.
(Glendale) Marcus Smith, at
Cooper Avenue, for criminal
mischief, by P.O. Christodoulou.
104TH PRECINCT BLOTTER
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