10 NOVEMBER 29, 2018 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
POLICE BEAT Compiled by Emily Davenport and Bill Parry
104TH PRECINCT
RIDGEWOOD
KNIFE-WIELDING CROOK
HOLDS UP DELI
Cops are looking for a knife-wielding
crook who recently assaulted a
Ridgewood corner store employee and
took off with cash from the register.
According to police, at 10:35 a.m. on
Nov. 19, the unidentifi ed suspect walked
into the Lucky Guy Deli and Grocery,
located at 72-20 Forest Ave. Once
inside, the perpetrator approached
the 48-year-old male employee, displayed
a knife and demanded money.
Law enforcement sources said the
crook then struck the victim in the
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.
Nov. 19: (Ridgewood) Mana Miller,
at Myrtle Avenue, for criminal mischief,
by P.O. Diaz. (Maspeth) Jaime
Confesser, at 69th Street, for assault,
by P.O. Gutierrez. (Ridgewood) Marcos
Vasquez, at Summerfi eld Street,
for criminal contempt, by P.O. Duran.
(Ridgewood) Maria Rivera, at 64-02
Catalpa Ave., for assault, by Det. Feldman.
(Maspeth) Sebastian Cuenca, at
Flushing Avenue and 60th Street, for
aggravated unlicensed operator, by
P.O. Shubella. (Ridgewood) Marialys
Almonte, at 64-02 Catalpa Ave., for
robbery, by P.O. Palminteri. (Glendale)
Michael Williamson, at Cypress Avenue
and Clover Place, for aggravated
unlicensed operator, by P.O. Ferrari.
Nov. 20: (Ridgewood) Stanley Dejesus
Cruz, at 64-02 Catalpa Ave., for petit
larceny, by Det. Lodato. (Ridgewood)
Robert Williams, at 64-02 Catalpa Ave.,
for criminal contempt, by P.O. Carr.
(Maspeth) Marquis Eoddy, at Grand
Avenue, for criminal mischief, by P.O.
Nardello. (Ridgewood) Eric Guadalupe
Rivera, at Putnam Avenue, for assault, by
P.O. Alvarez. (Ridgewood) Josiah Bryant,
at 64-02 Catalpa Ave., for grand larceny,
by Det. Gerardi. (Ridgewood) Chester
Cherry, at 64-02 Catalpa Ave., for grand
larceny, by Det. Gerardi. (Ridgewood)
Ahmed Moustafa, at Fresh Pond Road
and Metropolitan Avenue, for aggravated
unlicensed operator, by P.O. Hasan.
Nov. 21: (Middle Village) Joaquin
Cinto, at 74th Street, for assault, by
P.O. Vazquez. (Middle Village) Wilson
Pacheco-Lozano, at Admiral Avenue,
for acting in a manner injurious to
a child, by P.O. Rosalez. (Ridgewood)
Luis Monard, at Wyckoff Avenue, for
petit larceny, by P.O. Bartichek. (Glendale)
Brian K. Garrett, at Otto Road, for
criminal trespass, by P.O. Hendrick.
Nov. 22: (Ridgewood) Edmundo
Dominguez, at Onderdonk Avenue,
for assault, by P.O. Lamm.
Nov. 23: (Ridgewood) Hector S. Castillo,
at Onderdonk Avenue, for assault,
by P.O. Surto. (Glendale) Frank Trujillo,
at 74th Avenue, for aggravated harassment,
by Det. Rogers. (Maspeth)
Tiera L. Moore, at Eliot Avenue and
69th Street, for false personation, by
P.O. Lin.
Nov. 24: (Glendale) Joanna Polyak,
at 61st Street, for assault, by P.O.
Giordani. (Ridgewood) Sean P.
Steward, at Gates Avenue, for assault,
by P.O. Moise. (Ridgewood)
Ramon Ortega, at Gates Avenue,
for petit larceny, by P.O. Marinacci.
(Ridgewood) Rodel Lajara, at Myrtle
Avenue and Hancock Street, for
aggravated unlicensed operator, by
P.O. Oliva.
Nov. 25: (Maspeth) Thomas Major,
at Maurice Avenue, for assault, by
P.O. Quintanilla. (Ridgewood) Nestor
Sanchez, at Palmetto Street and Forest
Avenue, for petit larceny, by P.O.
Hynes. (Middle Village) Nelson Medina,
at 76th Street and Central Avenue,
for resisting arrest, by P.O. Russi.
(Ridgewood) Sebastian Felicjanik,
at Stephen Street, for menacing, by
P.O. Dick.
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face before taking $450 from the register.
The bandit then fl ed the store
on foot.
Offi cers from the 104th Precinct
responded to the incident. The store
employee refused medical attention.
On Nov. 27, the NYPD released images
of the suspect, who’s described
as a man with short, dark hair and a
medium build and a light complexion,
standing 5 feet, 7 inches tall. He was
last seen wearing a black hooded
sweatshirt, black sweatpants and grey
sneakers.
Anyone with information in regard
to this incident is asked to call Crime
Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS. All calls are
kept confi dential.
106TH PRECINCT
HOWARD BEACH
HUNG JURY IN VETRANO
MURDER TRIAL
With the jury solidly deadlocked, a
judge declared a mistrial on Nov. 20 in
the case of Chanel Lewis, the 22-yearold
Brooklyn man accused of killing
Howard Beach jogger Karina Vetrano
during a brutal assault in August 2016.
“The Queens District Attorney’s Offi
ce will retry the case,” a spokesman
for Queens DA Richard Brown said in
a short statement on Nov. 21. “The next
court date is Jan. 22, 2018.”
Deliberations took place for just
over 13 hours when the jury informed
Queens State Supreme Court Justice
Michael Aloise on Nov. 20 that they
were hopelessly split on whether Lewis
guilty of the murder and sexual assault
of Vetrano while she ran in Spring
Creek Park, not far from her home.
“It doesn’t seem like we’re making
progress,” the jury wrote to Aloise in
a note quoted in The Associated Press.
“We feel that we have exhausted all of
our options.”
During its deliberations, the jury
asked to review DNA evidence that
was found on the 30-year-old woman’s
cell phone, under her fi ngernails
and on her neck. They also wanted to
see Lewis’ videotaped confessions in
which he allegedly told detectives he
strangled and beat Vetrano because
he “just lost it” and beat and strangled
Vetrano but did not molest her.
Lewis’ Legal Aid Society defense
attorneys argued the videotaped
confession was wrongly obtained
and should not have been admissible
in the trial.