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police beat COMPLIED BY EMILY DAVENPORT
109th Precinct
Flushing, College Point,
Whitestone
Suspect wanted for robbing a
senior man twice in Flushing
An unknown man who recently broke
into a senior man’s Flushing apartment
and attacked the victim for his cellphone
came back to the victim’s home
this weekend for another robbery, police
reported.
According to law enforcement sources
said, at 11:20 a.m. on July 7, the suspect
entered a 63-year-old man’s apartment
located in the vicinity of Kissena
Boulevard and Beech Avenue. When he
was confronted by the victim, the bandit
threw him to the ground and cut him in
the arm with a knife.
Th e suspect then took the victim’s wallet,
which contained personal identifi cation
cards and no money, and fl ed the
scene on foot in an unknown direction.
Police said the crook had fi rst invaded
the man’s apartment at 4 p.m. on
June 21. During that caper, the suspect
pushed the victim to the ground and
took his cellphone before fl eeing the
scene westbound on Beech Avenue.
Th e NYPD described the suspect as a
black man between 19 and 22-years-old,
standing 6 feet tall with a slim build. He
was last seen wearing a white cover on
his head, dark-colored pants and whiteand
black shoes. Police noted that the
suspect was shirtless at the time of the
fi rst robbery.
Th e suspect was also seen carrying a
black drawstring bag with the words
“Jimmy Jazz” affi xed to the front.
Anyone with information regarding
the suspect’s whereabouts can call
Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for
Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA), visit the
Crime Stoppers website or send a text
message to 274637 (CRIMES), then
enter TIP577. All calls and messages are
kept confi dential.
113th Precinct
Jamaica
Private investigator pleads
guilty to bribing a witness
in a Jamaica gun case
A private investigator from the Bronx
admitted to paying off a witness in a gun
case and attempting to coerce the victims
in the gun case into silence, prosecutors
announced on Tuesday.
Charles Gallman, 55, pleaded guilty
to bribing a witness before Queens
Supreme Court Justice Joseph Zayas,
who indicated that he will sentence
Gallman to one to three years in prison.
According to charges in the underlying
gun case, on Jan. 30, 2013, Frederick
Freeman, 30, went with his girlfriend
Raneisha Williams, then 23, went to
Williams’ brother’s apartment on Guy
R. Brewer Boulevard in Jamaica. When
they arrived, they knocked on the door
and Williams’ brother refused to open
the door.
Th e brother looked through the peephole
of his apartment door and saw
Freeman with his hand in his waistband
and decided to open the door. Freeman
then pulled out a silver fi rearm, pointed
it at the brother and told him to
back up so that he and Williams could
enter. However, the young man quickly
closed the door instead, locked it and
called 911.
When offi cers arrived, they found
Freeman and Williams in an apartment
three fl oors below and recovered
Williams’ black handbag, which contained
a defaced silver .380 caliber pistol
loaded with one cartridge in the chamber
and two in the magazine.
Freeman and Williams were arrested
and charged with second- and third-degree
criminal possession of a weapon.
Williams pleaded guilty to second-degree
criminal possession of a weapon on
May 14, 2014 and was sentenced to three
and one-half years in prison.
While his criminal case was pending,
prosecutors said, Freeman began working
with Gallman, who purported himself
as a private investigator. Between
Feb. 1, 2013, and April 1, 2015, Gallman
allegedly worked to bribe, intimidate
and tamper with witnesses who were
set to testify against Freeman in the gun
case.
Over the course of a long-term investigation,
authorities utilized techniques
such as court-authorized eavesdropping,
controlled telephone calls, the subpoenaing
of telephone records and listening
to recorded phone conversations
from Rikers Island. During the aforementioned
time period, Freeman and
Gallman engaged in acts intended to
instill fear in the victim and his family
members, implying that they would be
physically injured if he or any of them
testifi ed in the case.
Charges go on to say that Freeman
contacted witnesses and members of
the witnesses’ family and spoke with
Gallman by phone from Rikers Island
about off ering bribes and tampering and
intimidating witnesses. Gallman also
contacted the victim and a member of
his family in person and over the phone
in an eff ort to tamper with, bribe and/or
intimidate the two.
Freeman pleaded guilty to the original
gun case as well as the witness tampering
charge in May 2016. He was sentenced
to nine and a half years in prison
on Sept. 12, 2016.
“Witnesses of crimes must be protected
from outside interference that might
aff ect their testimony,” said District
Attorney Richard A. Brown. “My offi ce
will not tolerate the intimidation of, or
tampering with, witnesses and is committed
to the vigorous prosecution of
those who engage in such conduct.”
115th Precinct
Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst,
North Corona
Woman in custody for
allegedly knifing her
boyfriend to death during
argument in East Elmhurst
Charges are pending against a woman
who allegedly stabbed her boyfriend to
death during a domestic dispute in East
Elmhurst early on Wednesday morning.
According to police, at 1:21 a.m. on
July 11, offi cers from the 115th Precinct
responded to a 911 call regarding an
assault in progress on the second fl oor
of a home on 93rd Street near Astoria
Boulevard.
Sources familiar with the investigation
said that a 35-year-old woman got
into a verbal dispute with a 43-year-old
man, which quickly turned physical.
Th ey had been in a relationship.
When police arrived at the scene,
they found the 43-year-old man with
stab wounds to the abdomen and the
35-year-old female with bruising to the
face. A knife believed to have been used
in the stabbing was found at the home.
EMS units responded to the location
and transported the man and woman
to Elmhurst Hospital, where the man
was pronounced dead. His identity was
withheld pending family notifi cation.
Th e woman, who was listed in stable
condition with non-life-threatening
injuries, was taken into custody for
further questioning; charges against her
have not yet been announced.
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Little Neck man who teaches
on Long Island allegedly
abused campers upstate
A Little Neck man remains locked up
aft er being arrested last week on charges
that he sexually abused fi ve boys at an
upstate camp.
Dylan Stolz, 51, was arrested by New
York State Police troopers and members
of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation
in Queensbury on July 4 and charged
with fi ve counts of fi rst-degree sexual
abuse.
According to authorities, the investigation
began on June 28 aft er offi cials
received complaints from Brant Lake
Camp in Brant Lake, NY, where Stolz
had been a camp counselor for the past
33 years. He is also currently a teacher in
the Hewlett-Woodmere school district
in Nassau County.
Stolz was arraigned on July 5 before
the city of Glens Falls Court and has
been remanded to Warren County Jail
for not being able to post bail of $50,000
or $100,000 secure bond. NBC New
York reported that Stolz was placed
on administrative reassignment by the
school district.
Anyone who has information regarding
Stolz’s arrest and crimes that he may
have committed are encouraged to contact
the Bureau of Criminal Investigation
in Queensbury at 518-745-1035.