12 The Courier SUN • APRIL 30, 2015 FOR Breaking news visit www.couriersun.com police beat Compiled by Cristabelle Tumola 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 JFK Airport cleaner busted for stealing $10K worth of mini-liquor bottles THINKING OF SELLING? DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR HOUSE IS WORTH? PLEASE CALL FOR A FREE APPRAISAL – No Obligation If you are looking for an experienced efficient realtor that has been helping buyers and sellers for over 20 years. call: Sonia Johnson at 516-406-9647 email: [email protected] Milestone Realty Screenshot via NYPD Photo courtesy of NYPD 103rd Precinct Hollis Park Gardens, Hollis, Lakewood and Jamaica Suspects sought in deadly Hollis stabbing Police have released surveillance footage of two suspects in connection to the murder of a 39-year-old man who they say was stabbed to death on a Hollis street corner during a dispute. Officers found Otto Emilio Ajpacaja-Cua at 184th Street and Jamaica Avenue just before 4:30 a.m. on April 19, according to authorities. He had been stabbed in the chest and thigh after an argument had turned violent outside a restaurant on the corner, reports said. It wasn’t clear what sparked the confrontation. EMS took Ajpacaja-Cua to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (8477). To see the video footage, visit www.queenscourier.com. Police looking for pair in Hollis barbershop stickup Two armed robbers busted into a Hollis barbershop, firing a gun before taking $1,600, gold jewelry and cellphones, according to police. The holdup, which was captured on surveillance video, took place at the Strickly Skillz Barbershop just before 2 a.m. on April 12 on Hollis Avenue, near 191st Street, law enforcement sources said. The duo reportedly entered the business while pointing their guns at three men inside — a 33-year-old, a 29-year-old and a 23-year-old. The suspects then rifled through the victims’ pockets and took $1,600, three cellphones, gold chains and a driver’s license. While searching the victims, one of the suspects fired off his weapon but did not injure them. After grabbing the victims’ property, the suspects then fled southbound on Hollis Avenue, according to authorities. Police describe both suspects as black men in their 30s. One of the men was last seen wearing black pants, a black jacket and a black hat with a white symbol on the front. The second perpetrator was last seen wearing a ski mask with gloves and had long dreadlocks tied in a bunch. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (8477). 106th Precinct South central Queens Ridgewood man arrested in Ozone Park hit-and-run A Ridgewood driver was apprehended shortly after hitting a man on a scooter with his SUV in Ozone Park and fleeing the scene, police said. The 35-year-old victim was riding his scooter southbound on Woodhaven Boulevard just after 10 p.m. on April 26 when an SUV that was traveling northbound on Woodhaven struck him as it was making a turn at Rockaway Boulevard, cops said. The vehicle then fled. Police took the suspect, Darren Roach, 47, into custody near his home at Onderdonk and 70th avenues a short time later. Roach has been charged with leaving the scene and criminal possession of a weapon for having a stun gun, according to police. The scooter rider was taken to Jamaica Hospital with a right leg injury. 113th Precinct St. Albans, Hollis, Springfield Gardens, South Ozone Park, Jamaica, Addisleigh Park and Locust Manor Richmond Hill man charged in fatal shooting of Queens grandmother Detectives slapped the cuffs on a Richmond Hill man for fatally shooting a 71-year-old grandmother at her Jamaica home last month, authorities said. Julian Douglas, 22, was arraigned on April 25 on second degree murder and weapons possession charges for the March 31 killing of Leta Webb at her 119th Avenue home. According to the district attorney’s office, Webb answered a knock at her front door just before 2 a.m. that morning and, after opening it, was shot in the head and left arm. Officers from the 113th Precinct and EMS units responded to the scene. Webb was pronounced dead later that morning at Jamaica Hospital. Police reportedly believe that Webb was not the intended target of the shooting and that the incident may have been gang-related. Douglas, who was remanded into custody, faces up to 25 years to life in prison. Photos courtesy of NYPD Screenshot via NYPD Photo via Twitter/@NYPD106Pct A Brooklyn woman stole $10,000 worth of miniliquor bottles over a three-year period while she cleaned planes at JFK Airport, prosecutors said. Juanette Cullum, 48, was arraigned on April 24 in Queens Criminal Court on charges of thirddegree grand larceny and third-degree criminal possession of stolen property, according to the district attorney’s office. She was released on her own recognizance and ordered to return to court on May 21. Police were tipped off to Cullum’s alleged theft and visited her home, where she confessed to taking the liquor and other miscellaneous items over a three-year period, prosecutors said. Cops found nearly 1,500 mini-bottles inside a closet in her home. Cullum, who is employed by Air Service Cleaning at JFK Airport and is responsible for cleaning American Airlines planes in Terminal 8, allegedly took about $10,000 in stolen liquor. If convicted, she faces up to seven years in prison. This was not the first big bust involving miniature drinks. Back in 2012, authorities collared 18 airport workers who allegedly pilfered thousands of mini-liquor bottles and duty-free items from JFK Airport.
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