12 THE QUEENS COURIER • APRIL 13, 2017 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM police beat COMPILED BY EMILY DAVENPORT, SUZANNE MONTEVERDI, ANGELA MATUA AND ROBERT POZARYCKI WHEN ONLY THE BEST WILL DO. “Old World Craftsmanship”- With Over 40 Years of Reliable Service. Basement Waterproofing Brickwork Exposed "Aggregate Concrete” Pavers • Masonry For More Information Contact: Arthur DiBiase Mason Contractor 718-767-0072 Licensed (# 808097) & Insured. “When Only The Best Will Do!” Great Quality, Fair Pricing! Photo courtesy of Laconia Police Department ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������������������� New York City and the plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit agreed to a settlement that will change how NYPD offi cers operate when patrolling these buildings. The settlement does not include monetary payments to class members. Please visit www.nyclu.org/cleanhalls for details about this settlement, or write to the New York Civil Liberties Union, attn. TAP Settlement, 125 Broad St., 19th Floor, NY, NY 10004. There will be a hearing on JUNE 6, 2017, at 500 Pearl St, NYC for the court to determine whether the agreement is fair. ������������������������������������������������ 104th Precinct Ridgewood, Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village Serial burglar in Ridgewood & Sunnyside busted after trying to pawn off stolen stuff : DA Th e alleged burglar behind a dozen break-in attempts across Ridgewood and Sunnyside was apprehended this week as he tried to sell some of the stolen valuables to a Brooklyn pawn shop, prosecutors announced on Friday. Paul Rodriguez, 38, faces multiple counts of burglary, attempted burglary, criminal possession of stolen property, possession of burglar’s tools, criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminal mischief and petit larceny. According to Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, members of the NYPD Queens North Grand Larceny Squad collared Rodriguez on April 5 soon aft er he ransacked an apartment on 48th Street in Sunnyside. Th ey observed him entering and exiting the building, then followed him to a pawn shop on Knickerbocker Avenue in Bushwick, where Rodriguez was allegedly attempting to hock assorted jewelry that was stolen from the Sunnyside apartment. “Over the span of six months, Rodriguez is alleged to have brazenly busted through locked doors and windows to steal the property of others,” Brown said. “Good police work caught the alleged serial burglar in the act of trying to swap the jewelry he’d just stolen for cash at a Brooklyn pawn shop.” Most of the burglaries took place in the Ridgewood area, according to prosecutors. Th e incidents are as follows: - March 8 on Harman Street: Th e suspect removed an air conditioner from a window and got inside the home, ransacking it and removing $1,000 in cash as well as a cell phone. - March 12 on Himrod Street: Th e alleged burglar climbed up a fi re escape and pried open a rear window to get in and remove a ring valued at $500. - March 16 on Centre Street and Catalpa Avenue: Rodriguez allegedly made three diff erent burglary attempts, setting off an alarm at a Centre Street location and unsuccessfully attempting to pry open a door on Catalpa Avenue. He managed to get into a second home on Catalpa Avenue via the fi re escape and ransacked an apartment, but removed nothing. - March 23 on Seneca Avenue: Rodriguez allegedly climbed up the fi re escape and entered an apartment, removing $15,000 in valuables kept in a jewelry box and another $2,800 in cash. Law enforcement agents said that Rodriguez had attempted to break into four other residences on 48th Street in Sunnyside in additional to the one he ransacked on April 5. Prosecutors noted that Rodriguez’s DNA matched genetic evidence left on a screwdriver from a home on Harman Street in Ridgewood that was burglarized on Nov. 4, 2016. According to the Queens District Attorney’s offi ce, Rodriguez has been ordered held without bail and could spend up to 15 years behind bars if convicted. 107th Precinct Flushing, Fresh Meadows, Jamaica Reputed gang members lead cops on high-speed pursuit across Queens that ends with a crash Two men whom cops say are affi liated with local gangs are in custody aft er running a red light in a minivan in Corona , then leading cops on a chase that ended with a crash in Fresh Meadows early in the morning of Thursday, April 6, police said. On April 6 at approximately 1:20 a.m., one of the men was operating a 2005 Dodge Caravan with Pennsylvania license plates when he ran a red light at Roosevelt Avenue and 111th Street, within the confines of the 110th Precinct, according to police. The other man was a passenger in the vehicle. Authorities signaled for the vehicle to pull over when the duo took off, bolting at 20 mph over the posted speed limit. The attempt to flee ended when the duo crashed the minivan into a tree on the Clearview Expressway at Union Turnpike in Fresh Meadows. Officers from the 107th Precinct arrested the two individuals at the scene. No one was injured as a result of the incident. The two perpetrators were identified as Victor Tavarez, 28, of Elmhurst and Miguel Garcia, 23, of Corona; it is unclear who was driving the vehicle at this time, police said. Both men face charges of reckless endangerment, obstructing government administration, fleeing officers in a motor vehicle, reckless driving, operating an unregistered vehicle and failure to obey a traffic signal. 3 Queens men arrested in New Hampshire for stealing more than $7,000 in merchandise Th ree men from Queens were picked up in New Hampshire earlier this week for allegedly hoarding thousands of dollars worth of stolen merchandise and marijuana, according to a news report. Arturo Fabian Pineda-Otero, 30, of Flushing, Roger Bustos-Perez, 28, of Elmhurst, and Hernan Avendano- Martinez, 29, of Corona, were pulled over by police for a “minor vehicle violation”on April 4 at about 8:45 p.m. in Laconia, N.H., according to the Laconia Police Department. Th e car, which had South Carolina registration, was being driven by Pineda-Otero who had a suspended license. Pineda- Otero was taken into custody for the license and when he was searched, police found “several bags of vegetative matter consistent with marijuana” in his pockets. Bustos-Perez and Avendano-Martinez told police they had no license so the vehicle was towed. When police inspected the car they found a shopping bag under the front passenger seat covered in duct tape and aluminum foil. It resembled bags used to shield manufacturing retail security devices, police said. Aft er receiving a warrant, police found several bags in the trunk fi lled with clothing, cologne and perfume with retail tags still attached to them. Th e trunk also contained tools used to remove anti-theft devices. In total, the merchandise was worth about $7,500. Police said Bustos-Perez had an ankle bracelet monitoring device on him and told officers he was on bail out of Fairfax County, V.A on an unknown charge. Avendano-Martinez told officers a similar story. Laconia police contacted Immigration and Customs Enforcement who determined that Bustos-Perez and Avendano- Martinez were in the country illegally from Colombia. Th e three men were charged with organized retail crime enterprise and Pineda- Otero was additionally charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of a theft detection shielding device.
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