12 The Courier SUN • APRIL 21, 2016 FOR Breaking news visit www.qns.com police beat COMPILED BY ANTHONY GIUDICE, KATARINA HYBENOVA AND ERICA SIUDZINSKI 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 106th Precinct Howard Beach, Ozone Park, Richmond Hill Maryland man dead in a South Ozone Park police-involved shooting An allegedly armed man was fatally shot by police following a pursuit in South Ozone Park early Sunday morning, authorities said. According to authorities, two plain-clothed officers were driving an unmarked police car southbound on 135th Street at 1:33 a.m. Sunday morning when they approached a double-parked SUV with a man standing next to it holding an open container of alcohol. When they approached the man-- identified in published reports as George Tillman of Maryland-- the officers observed a firearm in his waistband. When police attempted to engage Tillman, the 32-year-old man fled on foot, and the officers pursued him. As the suspect approached the corner of 135th Street and 116th Avenue, a second unmarked police car with three officers assigned to the 106th Precinct stopped Tillman. Police said Tillman then reached for a weapon in his waistband, causing four officers to discharge their weapons. Tillman was struck several times in the torso. Paramedics rushed to the scene and brought him to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The officers involved in the shooting were brought to Long Island Jewish Medical Center for treatment and evaluation. A .40-caliber Hi-Point firearm was recovered at the scene of the shooting. The investigation is ongoing. 113th Precinct Jamaica, Springfield Gardens Ex-firefighter dies in St. Albans fire A middle-aged man died after a house fire broke out in St. Albans on Monday morning. Twelve FDNY units responded to an emergency call at 9:16 a.m. on April 18. Upon arrival at 205-16 113th Rd., the emergency units observed heavy fire at the second floor of a two-story residential house. The blaze, which was classified as a onealarm fire, was put under control at 9:47 a.m., according to FDNY. A 52-year-old man was still inside of the burning house. After FDNY removed him from the blaze, he was in an unresponsive and unconscious condition. The man was transported to Queens Hospital Center in Jamaica, where he died on arrival. The name of the deceased is being withheld pending family notification. The Daily News reported that the victim was a retired firefighter who died rescuing his wife. FDNY reported one other minor injury. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation. Man shot to death in St. Albans Gunshots rang out early on Saturday morning in St. Albans, leaving one man dead, cops said. According to police, officers from the 113th Precinct rushed to a 911 call of a shooting in front of 189-03 Liberty Ave. at 5:56 a.m. on April 16. As police arrived on the scene they found a 32-year-old male, unconscious and unresponsive, with gunshot wounds to the torso, law enforcement agents said. EMS units brought the victim to Queens General Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. No arrests have been made as of yet and the investigation is ongoing. Woman was busted for smuggling $50K of cocaine in coffee bags at JFK Customs officers never know what they might find, and where. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at John F. Kennedy International Airport busted a woman entering the country Wednesday with 3 lbs. of powder cocaine hidden inside two plastic coffee bags, officials announced Thursday. Sherese Lee Ann Drake, a Jamaican citizen, was arriving from Montego Bay, Jamaica, when she presented herself and her suitcase for inspection. Upon examination, CBP officers found one coffee bag with white powder. Drake was then escorted to a private examination room where officers found the second bag with white power that tested positive for cocaine. The street value of the 3 lbs. of cocaine is estimated at more than $50,000. This is not the first, or even the most inventive, incident of drug smuggling at JFK. In 2014, a man attempted to smuggle 18 lbs. of cocaine, worth nearly $300,000, into JFK inside eight bags of powdered custard. There have also been multiple instances of individuals smuggling drugs inside sneakers, frozen meat, hair products and even in their underwear. “This seizure is another example of our CBP officers being ever vigilant in protecting the United States from the distribution of illicit drugs,” said Robert E. Perez, Director of DBP’s New York Field Operations. Drake was placed under arrest and turned over to the Port Authority Police Department. She now faces state narcotics smuggling charges.
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