12 The Courier SUN • JANUARY 23, 2014 FOR Breaking news visit www.couriersun.com s police beat COMPILED BY TONIA N. CIMINO & crisabelt tualmo Cement & Brick Work $150K in counterfeit bills seized from woman’s baggage at JFK Old World Craftsmanship Cement & Brick Work CALL ARTIE Basement Water Proofing Specialist Serving Queens for 35 Years Serving Queens for 35 Years For more information contact Artie DiBiase Mason Contractor 718.767.0072 Licensed #808097 and Insured Licensed #808097 and Insured Old World Craftsmanship CALL ARTIE Basement Water Proofing Specialist Pavers and Exposed Aggregate Concrete For more information contact Artie DiBiase Mason Contractor 718.767.0072 PHOTOgraPHers WanTed! The Queens Courier is looking for a talented pair of eyes to join our team. experienced, knowledgeable Photographers should contact Toni Cimino at editorial@queenscourier.com 104th Precinct Maspeth, Middle Village, Glendale and Ridgewood Cops arrest Maspeth bank robbery suspect A man was arrested and charged with committing a bank robbery in Maspeth , police said. Jimmie Knight, 56, a Staten Island resident, walked into the Chase Bank at 66-02 Grand Ave. about 3:25 p.m. on Tuesday, January 14 and indicated that he had a weapon in his coat pocket, cops said. He then removed money from the bank and fled. Police searched the area until they found Knight, who was at the intersection of Grand Avenue and 64th Street. Knight was charged with robbery, menacing, criminal possession of stolen property and harassment, cops said. 109th Precinct Downtown Flushing, East Flushing, Queensboro Hill, College Point, Malba, Whitestone, Beechhurst and Bay Terrace Man arrested for stealing woman’s cell phone at Flushing store A man was arrested on Friday, January 17 after shoppers at a Flushing supermarket saw him take a customer’s cell phone, a police source said. Carlos Bengumea, 60, allegedly swiped the woman’s phone as she was shopping at the Chung Fat Supermarket, at 41-82 Main Street, about 7 p.m. Several shoppers observed him committing the crime, the police said, and he was arrested and charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property. Bengumea has a long criminal history dating back to 1986, according to police. 114th Precinct Astoria, Long Island City, Woodside and Jackson Heights Police seek two in connection with Astoria shooting Two suspects walked up to a man in Astoria on Monday and shot him before running away, cops said. The 37-year-old victim was standing on Steinway Street, near 35th Avenue, when the suspects approached him, then fired, striking him in the ankle, according to police. They then fled on foot. The victim was taken to Elmhurst Hospital for treatment, cops said. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS. Cops seek three in possible anti-gay assault at Astoria diner A verbal dispute at an Astoria diner that escalated into an assault is being investigated as a possible antigay hate crime and authorities are looking for three suspects in connection to the incident, police said. The victims, a 30-year-old woman and 32-year-old man, were inside of the Neptune Diner, located at 31-05 Astoria Boulevard about 5 a.m. on January 8, when they became involved in an argument, which involved anti-gay statements made towards them, the NYPD said. The three suspects then allegedly threw plates at the victims, police said. The victims were taken to a local hospital with lacerations to their heads, cops said. Investigators from the Hate Crimes Task Force are looking to question two women and one man depicted in surveillance photos police have released from the diner. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS. 115th Precinct East Elmhurst, North Corona and Jackson Heights Suspect wanted for groping teen on No. 7 train A 16-year-old riding a Queens subway train was inappropriately touched by a man who then fled, after groping her. The incident occurred about 8 a.m. on Thursday, January 16 on a Manhattanbound No. 7 train at the 74 Street-Broadway/ Roosevelt Avenue station in Jackson Heights. The suspect touched the teen over her clothing in her groin and buttocks area, then escaped on foot, police said. The victim did not sustain any physical injuries. Police describe the suspect as a Hispanic male, 30 to 35 years old and 5’ 9” inches tall. He was last seen wearing a tan baseball cap, a black hooded sweatshirt with a red turtleneck underneath and sunglasses. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS. A woman returning from Columbia was arrested last month after $150,000 in counterfeit U.S. bills was found in her luggage at John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). After arriving on a December 14 flight, Ciara Ryan, 38, was selected by CBP officers for a random baggage examination. They examined her first bag and found a strong odor of glue coming from it. Upon further inspection, the officers discovered alterations to its bottom, and within the alterations were several suspected counterfeit U.S. $100 bills, CBP said. A black leather satchel that she was also carrying was examined and officers found more suspected counterfeit bills concealed within its lining. Ryan was arrested and a total of 1,500 counterfeit $100 bills were seized, according to CBP. She will be prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the U.S. Eastern District Court of New York. Photo courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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