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VOL. 109, NO. 13 OCTOBER 26 — NOVEMBER 1, 2017
FRESH & READY
New Middle Village café owner
thinks outside the ‘bread box’
Crook in a clown
mask assists in
hotel heist
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
RPOZARYCKI@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@ROBBPOZ
Two armed bandits weren’t
clowning around when they
robbed a Maspeth hotel last
week, according to police.
Law enforcement sources said
the two male perpetrators walked
into the Comfort Inn hotel lobby
at 60-30 Maurice Ave. at 3:10 a.m.
on Oct. 19 and confronted two
employees.
Police said one of the suspects
– who wore a white clown mask, a
black jacket, gray jeans and white
sneakers – displayed a fi rearm, while
his accomplice wore a black hooded
sweatshirt and a red bandana over
his face while brandishing a knife.
The two thieves demanded cash
from the hotel workers, who provided
them with $300. The pair then
fl ed the scene on foot along Maurice
Avenue.
Offi cers from the 104th Precinct
responded to a 911 call about the
incident; no injuries were reported.
Captain John Mastronardi, the
104th Precinct’s commander, took
to Twitter on Oct. 20 and posted a
wanted fl yer featuring an image of
the mask-wearing suspect.
Anyone with information regarding
the incident should call
Detective Keith Ehrhart of the
104th Precinct Detective Squad at
718-386-2723 or Crime Stoppers
at 800-577-TIPS; all calls are kept
confi dential.
Photo: Anthony Giudice/RIDGEWOOD TIMES
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