12 THE COURIER SUN • APRIL 14, 2016 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com police beat COMPILED BY ANTHONY GIUDICE, ROBERT POZARYCKI AND MIGUEL VASQUEZ Wet Basement? Call artie Basement Water Proofing Specialist Serving Queens for 35 Years For more information contact Artie DiBiase Mason Contractor 718.767.0072 Licensed #08097 and Insured North Shore Animal League America has HUNDREDS of puppies, kittens, dogs and cats to choose from! Mixed-breeds, purebreds, small breeds too! OPEN DAILY FOR ADOPTIONS SUN - THURS 10 AM - 9 PM FRI - SAT 10 AM - 10 PM 25 Davis Avenue, Port Washington, NY 516.883.7575 animalleague.org FOLLOW US: 104TH PRECINCT Ridgewood, Glendale, Maspeth and Middle Village School bus hits pedestrian in Maspeth A pedestrian was hospitalized after being hit by a school bus on Grand Avenue in Maspeth on April 11, police said. According to police, the 32-year-old woman was crossing east to west near the intersection of Grand Avenue and 74th Street at 9:22 on April 11 when she was struck by a mini yellow school bus. The bus driver remained at the scene. The 104th Precinct and EMS units responded to the location. Paramedics rushed the victim to Elmhurst Hospital in critical condition, police said. No charges have been fi led yet, and an investigation is ongoing. 106TH PRECINCT Howard Beach, Ozone Park, Richmond Hill Three wanted for Howard Beach attack The NYPD is looking for a man and two women who assaulted a 25-year-old male victim aboard the A train at the Howard Beach train station last month. It was reported to police that on March 19 at 3:35 a.m., the three suspects attacked this man after they had an argument. The victim was treated at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in Brooklyn for minor injuries. The alleged assailants are described as follows: The fi rst suspect is a black male in his 30s, 6 feet tall, and weighs approximately 200 pounds. He was last seen carrying a plastic bag while dressed in a multi-colored shirt, a blue jacket, light blue denim jeans and a light-colored baseball cap. The second suspect is a black female between 5 foot 7 inches and 5 foot 9 inches and weighs approximately 140 pounds. She has long, black hair and was last observed wearing a jacket made of black fur and blue jeans. The third suspect is a black female, 25 to 35 years old, between 5 foot 7 inches and 5 foot 9 inches and weighs approximately 110 pounds. She was last seen wearing a black hooded jacket in addition to a gray and pink scarf and white pants. Anyone with information related to this incident can call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 888-57-PISTA (74782). Information may also be submitted by logging on to www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls and messages are kept confi dential. Police collar alleged prolifi c thief accused of holding up 14 Queens businesses in 3 weeks BY ROBERT POZARYCKI rpozarycki@qns.com/@robbpoz From gas stations to fast food joints, this alleged crook robbed them all — including one gas station twice in the same day and stores down the block from each other in only minutes, police reported. Police announced on Friday that they had apprehended August Watkins, 30, in connection with the April 3 robbery of the Subway restaurant located at 25-34 Jackson Ave. He was located at his residence on 48th Street in Woodside. Additional charges are pending the results of the ongoing investigation into a robbery pattern in which 13 other businesses were held up at gunpoint in an area stretching from Long Island City to Ozone Park, as well as two related heists in northern Brooklyn. In each instance, authorities said, the gunman allegedly entered the establishment and simulated having a gun in his possession. He then proceeded to remove all the cash from the register before fl eeing in an unknown direction. Police said there were no injuries reported in any of the incidents. The most recent stickup took place on Tuesday night, April 5, when the bandit struck the Subway restaurant at 43-19 Queens Blvd. in Sunnyside. Authorities said the armed suspect allegedly struck the same Middle Village gas station — the BP at 60-90 Eliot Ave. — twice on March 28, hitting it fi rst at 1:58 a.m. and then returning for a refi ll at 1:25 p.m. The other locations connected to the robbery pattern are as follows: - the N&K Smart Mart at 79-23 Northern Blvd. in Jackson Heights at 6:40 a.m. on March 26; - the Stephen Deli at 61-25 Woodhaven Blvd. in Rego Park at 1:40 a.m. on March 29; - the 7-Eleven convenience store at 65-07 Woodhaven Blvd. in Rego Park at 1:57 a.m. on March 29; - the Ozone Convenience Store at 137-20 Cross Bay Blvd. in Ozone Park at 2:25 p.m. on March 30; - the Mobil gas station at 68-09 Queens Blvd. in Woodside at 3:40 a.m. on March 31; - the Subway restaurant at 102-06 Atlantic Ave. in Ozone Park at 8 a.m. on March 31; - the Rite Aid pharmacy at 58-01 Queens Blvd. in Woodside at 6:05 a.m. on April 1; - the 24 Food Mart at 110-35 Horace Harding Expressway in Corona at 12:35 p.m. on April 1; - the 99 Cent Paradise store at 42-06 Greenpoint Ave. in Sunnyside at 1:25 p.m. on April 2; and - the Choice Liquors store at 43-42 48th St. in Sunnyside at 1:32 p.m. on April 2. The suspect allegedly also robbed a Dunkin Donuts in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on March 31 and a Williamsburg, Brooklyn, cigar shop on April 3. Photo via Google Maps/Inset courtesy of NYPD Police say August Watkins (inset) robbed 16 locations in Queens and Brooklyn over the last three weeks, including this BP gas station Middle Village twice.
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