12 The Courier SUN • FEBRUARY 26, 2015 FOR Breaking news visit www.couriersun.com police beat 101st Precinct Rockaway Peninsula Police looking for pair in Rockaway robbery Photo courtesy of NYPD They beat him for his Beats. Police are searching for two suspects who attacked a man in the Rockaways before stealing his pricey headphones and electronic gadgets. The pair approached the 33-year-old victim from behind at 5:25 p.m. on Feb. 4 inside of the Edgemere Houses on Beach Channel Drive and began kicking and punching him, authorities said. They then took his Samsung tablet, Beats headphones and Samsung cellphone before fleeing on foot. The victim was taken to St. John’s Episcopal Hospital where he was treated for minor injuries and released. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (8477). Compiled by Cristabelle Tumola and Salvatore Licata 102nd Precinct Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven and Ozone Park Hit-and-run in Richmond Hill leaves 63-year-old woman seriously injured Screenshot via NYPD Police are looking for the driver of an SUV who struck a 63-year-old woman in Richmond Hill before fleeing. The incident happened on 89th Avenue near Lefferts Boulevard about 8:45 a.m. on Feb. 22, police said. The driver was traveling eastbound on 89th Avenue when the car hit the woman. The victim was taken to Jamaica Hospital in serious condition, but is likely to survive. Authorities said the driver fled the scene eastbound on 89th Avenue. As of press time, they were searching for the vehicle, a 2013-15 dark gray Nissan Pathfinder SUV, and have released video footage of the car. To see the footage, visit www.queenscourier.com. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (8477). 113th Precinct St. Albans, Hollis, Springfield Gardens, South Ozone Park, Jamaica, Addisleigh Park and Locust Manor 63-year-old man dies trying to cross Belt Parkway A 63-year-old man was killed as he was attempting to cross the Belt Parkway near the Van Wyck Expressway, police said. The man was struck on the roadway, just west of Exit 19, at about 5 a.m. on Feb. 20. He was crossing from the south to north side of the parkway when an Acura sedan, which was traveling westbound in the left lane, hit him, police said. EMS transported the pedestrian to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The sedan’s driver remained on the scene. 115th Precinct East Elmhurst, Corona and Jackson Heights Suspect identified in deadly December stabbing of Jackson Heights man Police have identified a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a 25-year-old man who was killed just steps from his Jackson Heights apartment last year. Steven Shimabuku was murdered close to his 90th Street home, near 35th Avenue, at about 9:15 p.m. on Dec. 19, police Photo courtesy of NYPD said. He was able to make it back to his basement apartment, where his girlfriend called 911, according to the Daily News. Shimabuku had been stabbed in the torso after getting into an argument on the street, police said. He was taken to Elmhurst Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Detectives have identified William Avila as a suspect in Shimabuku’s murder, just over a month after police released a video and photo of a suspect. Avila is 22 years old, Hispanic, 5 feet 4 inches tall and 160 pounds. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (8477). 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Candela, EA, ATA, ABA Enrolled Agent - Tax Advisor (T) 877-TAX-1040 (F) 718-894-4476 [email protected] www.thetaxadvocategroup.com A Long Island man has been indicted on hate crime charges for calling a Sikh man “Osama” in Ozone Park last July and then intentionally running him over and dragging him several feet before fleeing, according to the district attorney’s office. Joseph Caleca, 55, of Setauket, N.Y., was arraigned on Feb. 18 on a nine-count indictment that included charges of second-degree attempted murder as a hate crime, assault as a hate crime, criminal possession of a weapon and leaving the scene without reporting, District Attorney Richard Brown said. Caleca, who was initially arrested in August, was remanded on continuing bail. The victim, 29-year-old Sandeep Singh, was standing at the intersection of 101st Avenue and 99th Street in Ozone Park with three friends just after midnight on July 30 when a pickup truck driven by Caleca drove up to the group. Caleca then said to them, according to Brown, “Move your expletive ass. You’re expletive slow, you expletive Osama. Go back to your country.” Caleca then allegedly parked his truck, got out and confronted Singh and his friends. After an argument, Caleca then returned to his truck and drove head-on into Singh, catching his body underneath the truck and then dragging Singh several feet until his body got out from under the vehicle, according to the district attorney. Caleca then fled the scene. Singh was taken to Jamaica Hospital with several abrasions, and back and abdominal injuries that required surgery and several staples to his stomach.
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