12 The Courier SUN • juLY 3, 2014 FOR Breaking news visit www.couriersun.com s police beat COMPILED BY CRISTABELLE TUMOLA, LIAM LA GUERRE AND JANAE HUNTER Father charged with murder in 8-year-old son’s death 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 View More Neighborhood News EARN EXTRA INCOME TELEPHONE SALESCLASSIFIED AD SALES Experience necessary, but will train. Part-time, flexible hours 5 days a week, 4 hour shifts Qualifications: reliable, punctual, excellent phone and people skills BAYSIDE, QUEENS LOCATION CLOSE TO LIRR SALARY + COMMISSION CALL FOR INTERVIEW 718.224.5863 ext. 228 101st PRECINCT Rockaway Peninsula Suspects take $4K from Far Rockaway woman: cops A Queens woman lost $4,000 after a group of thieves followed her from a Long Island bank and stole the money from inside her home while she was distracted, police said. The 38-year-old victim had just left a Bank of America in Lawrence, N.Y., during the afternoon of May 1 when the suspects, two women and two men, started trailing the woman to her Far Rockaway home located around Cedar Hill Road, cops said. One of the female suspects then knocked on the woman’s door and told her she dropped some money near her car. While the victim and the two female suspects gathered the money from around the vehicle, one of the male suspects went into the her home and took an envelope containing $4,000 from her purse, according to officials. All four of the suspects then fled in a white Chrysler Pacifica. Police have released a surveillance photo of one of the female suspects taken at the bank located at 400 Central Ave., and describe her as Hispanic, in her mid- 20s and 5 feet 4 inches tall. She was wearing a black North Face jacket and blue jeans. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (8477). 105TH PRECINCT Queens Village, Cambria Heights, Laurelton, Rosedale, Springfield Gardens, Bellerose, Glen Oaks, New Hyde Park and Floral Park Bronx man found fatally shot in Cambria Heights A man was shot and killed in Cambria Heights, police said. Cops responded to a 9-1-1 call at about 10:20 p.m. on June 28 and discovered 33-year-old Jason Bragg of the Bronx unconscious with a wound to his head. EMS pronounced the man dead at the scene and the medical examiner’s office later determined the man died from a gunshot injury. As of press time, the investigation was ongoing. 106th Precinct South central Queens Suspects wanted for stealing from vehicles in Ozone Park Cops are looking for two men who allegedly stole electronics and other personal property from vehicles sitting in Ozone Park driveways. Additional items taken from the cars included clothing, checkbooks, sunglasses, a debit card and an airline ticket, officials said. Police have released a photo from the first theft, which took place on June 12 at about 10 p.m. The two men struck three more times, once on June 14 and twice on June 17, according to officials. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (8477). Photo courtesy of NYPD Photo courtesy of NYPD A Fresh Meadows 8-year-old was found dead in his home after his father strangled the boy then attempted suicide, according to officials. Officers arrived at the Underhill Avenue apartment around 10:10 p.m. on June 29 after receiving a 9-1-1 call from the father, Boujeke Kenmoe, 41, requesting an ambulance for himself and his son, Jerry Kenmoe, prosecutors said. Inside, they discovered Kenmoe on the floor with self-inflicted cuts to his wrist and his son unconscious in a bed with marks on his neck, officials said. The child was pronounced dead at the scene and Kenmoe was taken to Queens Hospital Center in stable condition, police said. As of press time, Kenmoe, was still in the hospital and awaiting arraignment in Queens Criminal Court on a seconddegree murder charge, according to the district attorney’s office. If convicted, he faces up to 25 years to life in prison. Kenmoe allegedly confessed to authorities that he had choked his son before trying to kill himself, prosecutors said. A preliminary report by the medical examiner’s office found that the boy had petechial hemorrhaging in his eyes, which is consistent with being strangled, officials said. The medical examiner later ruled the child’s cause of death was homicide from neck compression. Woman scammed Queens residents out of thousands of dollars: AG A woman has been arrested and indicted after running a longtime scheme to steal from Queens residents, according to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. Sonia Vertucci, 42, of New Rochelle has been charged with scheme to defraud, grand larceny and petit larceny after failing to deliver on promises she gave predominantly to immigrant clients, Schneiderman said on June 26. The attorney general’s investigation revealed that Vertucci, who recently moved from Queens, collected $38,000 in upfront cash payments for services she did not deliver on between 2012 and 2013. Some of Vertucci’s services included providing Social Security cards and obtaining legal residency status for immigrants, and clearing tickets and license suspensions for truck drivers to help them return to work. If convicted, Vertucci faces up to seven years or more in prison. Anyone who believes they have been a victim of Vertucci should call the attorney general’s immigration fraud hotline at 866-390-2992. queenscourier.com
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