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AnimalLeague.org Like us on 516.883.7575 Home of the Mutt-i-gree® facebook.com/TheAnimalLeague 102ND PRECINCT Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven and Ozone Park Former cop charged with murder in shooting of wife in Ozone Park A former cop has been arrested for murder after allegedly shooting his wife during a domestic dispute in Ozone Park. Police responded to the 104th Street home at about 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 19, and found 40-year-old Jessica Canty shot multiple times in the chest, the NYPD said. The victim was taken to Jamaica Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival. Kevin Canty, 43, the victim’s husband, was caught shortly after the shooting and a fi rearm was also recovered, cops said. Canty is a former NYPD offi cer, according to published reports. He has been charged with second-degree murder and criminal use of a fi rearm, police said. Photo: NYPD Transit Bureau 106TH PRECINCT South central Queens Briarwood man fatally shot in Ozone Park A 20-year-old man was fatally shot in Ozone Park, according to the NYPD. Cops found Briarwood resident Branden Santiago unconscious at about 5 a.m. on Saturday, April 19, near 103rd Avenue and 108th Street, police said. Santiago was taken to Jamaica Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. After further investigation, Santiago was found to have sustained two gunshot wounds to his head, according to cops. Police have made no arrests as of press time and the investigation is still ongoing. 109TH PRECINCT Flushing, Queensboro Hill, College Point, Malba, Whitestone, Beechhurst and Bay Terrace Suspect sought in series of Flushing street thefts Police are looking for a suspect wanted in a string of street thefts across Flushing, dating back to last fall. In several of the robberies, the suspect punches the victim in the face before running off with the property, cops said. The first incident occurred on Nov. 12, 2012, near 31st Drive and 140th Street. The suspect approached the 58-year-old victim about 10:15 p.m. as he was walking down the street, slugged him and attempted to take his property, police said. The perpetrator then fl ed before taking anything. The suspect committed two more attempted robberies and six more thefts between Nov. 3, 2013, and March 17 of this year. Cops have released a photo connected to a Feb. 13 robbery near Maple Avenue and Main Street, where the suspect snatched a purse from a 40-year-old woman. The photo shows the suspect entering a CVS store at 157-05 Cross Bay Blvd., then using the victim’s credit card to purchase items, according to offi cials. Photo: NYPD 112TH PRECINCT Forest Hills and Rego Park Man stabbed at Kew Gardens subway station A man was stabbed in the face during a dispute at a Kew Gardens subway stop, cops said. The argument took place on the Union Turnpike station’s E train platform at about 2:15 p.m. on Sunday, April 20, according to police. After the suspect stabbed the man, he fl ed and boarded a bus. Police stopped the bus, but he took off again on foot, cops said. The NYPD, using its canine unit, was eventually able to track the 35-year-old suspect to a backyard and apprehend him. The 26-year-old victim was taken to Jamaica Hospital in stable condition, according to offi - cials. Photo: NYPD Transit Bureau A Long Island City taxi driver has been busted for evading more than $28,000 in tolls by “piggybacking” on cars through Robert F. Kennedy Bridge E-Z Pass lanes. The cabbie, 69-year-old Rodolfo Sanchez, is accused of crossing the bridge without paying the toll more than 3,000 times over a two-year period, between 2010 and 2012, District Attorney Richard Brown said. Sanchez was able to avoid the tolls by tailgating the vehicle in front of his yellow cab and letting both cars go through the bridge’s E-Z Pass lanes before the barrier came down, the district attorney said. He was eventually caught, according to Brown, when it was discovered that an E-Z Pass tag that was previously reported lost was regularly crossing the bridge’s toll plazas without making a payment. The pass had become invalid in 2011, but it was still emitting a signal to the E-Z Pass readers on the bridge, Brown said. Sanchez allegedly told investigators that he knew that the E-Z Pass was no good but he used it because he needed money for his family. Sanchez was arraigned on Thursday, April 17 and charged with grand larceny, theft of services and criminal possession of stolen property, prosecutors said. He faces up to seven years in prison if convicted. Photo: NYPD queenscourier.com
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