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Drifting Racers Around Flushing Meadows Focus Of 110th Council Meet 104th Captain Touts Break In R’wood Gym Thefts -CONTINUED FROM PG. 1- IIff YYoouu SSeeee BBrreeaakkiinngg NNeewwss OOnn YYoouurr BBlloocckk...... CContaacct Thee Times Newsweekly CCall 1--718--821--7500 • EEmmail innfoo@timmeesnneewsweeeekkly.ccoomm TIMES, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2014 • 28 keeping it open.” The measure to cut them off from the area has been advanced at several meetings with officials from the Parks Department, he said. The noise from speaker trucks blasts into several communities that neighbor the park upsetting residents as well, he added. Through coordinated enforcement efforts, the precinct has “written hundreds of summons, literally hundreds,” he said. In one recent weekend enforcement detail, officers wrote over 150 summons to drivers at Flushing Meadows, Leyson said. Police have taken racers cars too, but he noted these get returned because the Queens District Attorney’s office can’t hold them indefinitely as evidence. “They can’t justify keeping it,” he said. “We’ll take it as evidence, but then it gets released Say R’wood Trash Truck Lot Stinks some of the rigs were as close to 12 feet away from neighboring homes, forcing residents to keep their windows closed. Information on the side of the trucks indicated the rigs belonged to LP Construction Company with an address located in upstate Marathon, a town located about 24 miles north of Binghamton. According to Billmar, workers have since begun converting what looks to be an empty trailer into a storage shed, with plywood and other construction materials resting atop of it. Board 5 became abreast of the situation and contacted the Department of Buildings and the Department of Sanitation seeking an investigation into the matter and, if deemed appropriate, corrective measures. “That’s not a typical commercial enterprise,” Board 5 District Manager Gary Giordano told the Times Newsweekly on Tuesday, Oct. 14. “While the storage of garbage trucks might be permitted in a manufacturing zone, I don’t believe it’s permitted in that commercial district.” “We don’t want that next to his home or to those who live on the other side of it,” he added. Board 5 advised the Times Newsweekly later on Tuesday that the Sanitation Department’s Enforcement Unit is investigating the situation. -CONTINUED FROM PG. 8- back to them ... There are times that I disagree vehemently with the district attorney.” Additionally, because they are mobile, the racers are hard to trap, use any and all exits and can be gone very quickly, Leyson stated. The deputy inspector said the precinct doesn’t have enough officers available to do the enforcement he would like. “It’s a very difficult thing to do enforcement wise,” he said. “It’s very time consuming and takes a lot of officers.” “It’s a very difficult task. It’s very difficult to address,” he added. Leyson said that calls to 311 help, but asked, if possible, residents leave their contact information so officers can call back and follow up. “It can take a couple of hours to get to a 311 complaint,” Leyson said. He advised that the precinct will follow up on all the calls and assured, “if you leave your information, you are going to hear from us personally.” “I’d rather you call anonymously than not call at all,” he added. A cafe by Meadow Lake has been broken into twice in the last week, but it is unclear whether any Drifters, or racing spectators were responsible, Leyson said. He told residents candy and sodas were stolen. Cops of the Month Police Officers Carlos Pacheco, Geoffrey Bosworth and Jonas Schwizer earned the recognition of their commanding officer for saving the life of coworker Thea Sevastos on Monday, Sept. 15. While working in the early morning hours that day, she collapsed after suffering a heart attack, Leyson said. Through the efforts of the three officers, she was defibrillated and rushed to the hospital where she was listed in stable condition, he said. Attending to receive the award with the officers were wives and children of the officers, Sevastos’ daughters and her husband. * * * The 110th Precinct Community Council generally meets on the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at Flanders Field VFW Post 150, located at 51-11 108th St. in Corona. For more info, call 1-718-476-9310. -CONTINUED FROM PG. 6- One of several private garbage trucks reportedly parked at a lot located at 61-20 Metropolitan Ave. in Ridgewood. From left, Police Officers Jonas Schwizer, Carlos Pacheco and Geoffrey Bosworth earned the recognition of their commanding officer, Deputy Inspector Ronald Leyson, second from left, and were awarded with Cop of the Month Plaques for saving the life of co-worker Thea Sevastos who suffered a heart attack while on duty. Leyson and the officers are pictured with Sevastos’ daughters, Athena and Mary, and Evelyn DeCoursey at the 110th Precinct Community Council meeting in Corona Thursday, Oct. 9. marijuana in their possession. Rios reportedly also had a gravity knife, while Cabrera also allegedly possessed a bolt cutter and the driver’s license and credit card of a victim who recently reported their wallet stolen from the Planet Fitness gym located at 329 Wyckoff Ave. In recent weeks, Manson stated, a slew of individuals reportedly had personal items removed from lockers at the location. Police said the locks on the lockers were breached with a tool such as a bolt cutter. Detectives are continuing to investigate the alleged link between Cabrera and the recent thefts. Further charges are pending the results of that inquiry, the commander noted. Meanwhile, Manson noted, Planet Fitness allegedly rebuffed police recommendations that they increase security in the locker room area, namely by hiring an attendant to patrol the location. Police suggest gym users leave their valuables at home or use the lockers near the gym’s front desk. The commander also highlighted a number of “good arrests” that 104th Precinct officers made in the past few weeks: • Vejall Guevarra, 34, of Woodside was arrested on Monday afternoon, Oct. 13, after getting into a dispute with a cab driver over fare payment at the corner of Eliot Avenue and 71st Street on the Maspeth/Middle Village border. Members of the 104th Precinct responded to the scene as the argument transpired. In questioning Guevarra, Manson stated, the officers found in his possession multiple credit cards and driver’s licenses from different people. Reportedly, the items were stolen from eight different individuals residing in the confines of both the 104th and 110th precincts. According to Manson, detectives believe Guevarra stole the items directly from the victims’ mailboxes or by going through their trash. Guevarra was subsequently booked on eight counts each of petit larceny and criminal possession of stolen property; additional charges are pending the results of an investigation by the NYPD Grand Larceny Division. • Roy Samuels, who is homeless, was picked up on Oct. 2 for allegedly breaking into the Alba Auto Wrecking facility located at 151 Woodward Ave. in Ridgewood. Reportedly, 104th Precinct officers observed Samuels climbing the fence into the establishment. Upon further investigation, Manson said, Samuels—who has a “significant history of arrests”—was linked to four other burglaries in the last month. • Four individuals—Henri Star, 19, of Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood; Daniel Atkinson, 21, of Mastic Beach, L.I.; Isuf Alla, 20, of Bordentown, N.J.; and Francesko Arapi, 19, of Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood—were allegedly collared early last Saturday morning, Oct. 11, for allegedly attempting to break into a Glendale apartment. According to Manson, a resident on 67th Place near Central Avenue called 911 after observing two individuals allegedly climbing through a front window. Officers responded to the scene and, during a search, picked up the four suspects in the vicinity of Myrtle Avenue and 70th Street.


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