SHB_p012

SC02162017

10  THE COURIER SUN  •  FEBRUARY 16, 2017 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com police beat COMPILED BY EMILY DAVENPORT AND ROBERT POZARYCKI 105th Precinct, Southeast Queens Bandit in sandals robs woman at gunpoint Police are searching for a sandal-wearing bandit who robbed a woman at gunpoint outside of her home in Queens Village. At 1:25 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1, an individual approached a 28-year-old woman outside of her home on 205th Place. The suspect grabbed the victim by the arm, held a gun to her head, and entered her home. After the suspect demanded money and threatened to shoot the victim, he removed $3,000 in cash. He then took off in an unknown direction. The suspect is described as a black male with facial hair, standing five feet, ten inches tall. He was last seen wearing a black jacket, and a black winter hat, and sandals with white socks. Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls and messages are kept confidential. 107th Precinct, Jamaica, Flushing, Fresh Meadows Creep masturbates on F train in Jamaica It couldn’t wait until he got home. Police are on the hunt for a man who took part in an act of public lewdness on a subway train in Jamaica. At 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 25, it was reported that an unidentified man was masturbating over of his pants in front of a 26-yearold female while they were on board the a southbound F Train at the Jamaica/179 Street station. Following the incident, the suspect exited the train at the 169 Street station and fled the scene. The suspect is described as a white or Hispanic male with a mustache believed to be 50-years-old, standing 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighing 175 pounds. He was last seen wearing beige pants, black footwear, a black jacket over a green hooded sweatshirt and a black ski cap. Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website, www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls and messages are kept confidential. • Masonry “When Only The Best Will Do!” Great Quality, Fair Pricing! Queens man pimped out teen for his own profit A South Ozone Park man who liked to be called “Daddy” forced a teenage girl to work for him as a prostitute and physically abused her for a two-year period, prosecutors announced. Shawn Hawkins, 23, of 122nd Street faces sex trafficking, promoting prostitution, rape and child endangerment charges for exploiting the victim, whom he met in August 2014 when she was just 16 years old, according to Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown. “The defendant took advantage of a young girl shortly after she turned sixteen to enslave her and force her to work as a prostitute and to turn all of her earnings over to him,” said District Attorney Brown. “Some would argue that prostitution is a ‘victimless’ crime, it is not. In this case, the victim’s repeated pleas to her alleged trafficker to stop prostituting herself were met by physical abuse and threats of death.” According to the charges, Hawkins coerced the victim to prostitute herself beginning in August of 2014, soon after the two had a sexual encounter at a Jamaica hotel. He allegedly placed an advertisement with backpage.com which included the victim’s photo. Between Aug. 14, 2014 and Feb. 2 of this year, prosecutors said, Hawkins allegedly took the victim to a number of Queens locations and forced her into sexual acts with male clients. She was forced to turn over all of her earnings to Hawkins, who demanded that she call him “Daddy.” Sometimes, when the victim was too tired to work, Hawkins allegedly forced her to take drugs including cocaine, mollie and Xanax, Brown said. When the victim tried to tell Hawkins that she no longer wanted to be a prostitute, law enforcement sources said, Hawkins assaulted her; in some instances, he threatened to kill her if she didn’t cooperate. He also seized her identification to prevent her from quitting. Hawkins was ordered held on $500,000 bond or $250,000 cash when he was arraigned on Feb. 2; he’s scheduled to return to court on March 21. If convicted, he could serve up to 25 years behind bars. Smuggler brought in $67K in cocaine hidden in shoes From boxes of beef patties to salad dressing bottles, smugglers have come up with all sorts of creative ways to try to walk through John F. Kennedy International Airport with narcotics. The latest alleged smuggler busted at the airport last week for trafficking is accused of hiding thousands of dollars in cocaine inside several pairs of shoes, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). On Thursday, Feb. 9, Amaziah Hohenkirk, a Guyanese citizen, arrived at JFK Airport on a flight from Georgetown, Guyana via Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Upon his arrival, he was stopped by CBP officers for an inspection. Over the course of the inspection, CBP officers found four pairs of sneakers and two pairs of shoes in Hohenkirk’s luggage that contained a white powder, which tested positive for cocaine. The amount of cocaine that was seized during the inspection weighed four pounds and has an estimated street value of $67,000. Hohenkirk was arrested for the importation of a controlled substance and was then turned over to Homeland Security Investigations. “This latest seizure demonstrates the vigilance of our CBP officers, and their excellence in detecting those who would try to smuggle these illegal substances,” said Robert E. Perez, Director, Field Operations New York. Hohenkirk faces federal narcotics smuggling charges and will be prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the U.S. Eastern District Court of New York.


SC02162017
To see the actual publication please follow the link above