FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com AUGUST 4, 2016 • THE COURIER SUN 3 Ozone Park is getting new elementary school to help alleviate overcrowding SEARCH CONTINUES FOR A MAN WHO LURED A YOUNG GIRL INTO HIS CAR IN RICHMOND HILL By Robert Pozarycki rpozarycki@qns.com/@robbpoz Cops are still looking for a male driver who lured a 10-year-old girl off a street in Richmond Hill and took her for an hour-long ride through the area last week. Police released sketches and security camera footage on July 29 of the suspect and his vehicle involved in the July 27 child snatching, which took place at 6:55 a.m. in the area of 102nd Street and 88th Avenue. According to authorities, the driver — described as a black male between 19 and 21 years of age — pulled up inside a gray Acura and engaged the young girl in conversation. The girl reportedly told him that she was on her way to school, and the driver — claiming to be a friend of her family — offered her a lift. Law enforcement sources said the young girl entered the man’s vehicle. Her grandfather happened to witness her enter the car, which pulled away before he could get her away from the driver. About an hour later, WABC-TV reported, the suspect dropped the girl off at the corner of Jamaica Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard in Woodhaven. The youngster then walked to school and reported the incident to officials, who contacted her family and the 102nd Precinct. No injuries were reported. Anyone with information regarding the suspect’s whereabouts is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800- 577-TIPS, visit their website or send a text message to 274637 (CRIMES), then enter TIP577. All calls and messages are kept confidential. Photo courtesy of NYPD A sketch of the driver who took a 10-year-old girl off a street in Richmond Hill on July 27. By Alec Posner editorial@qns.com/@QNS A new elementary school, P.S. 335, is set to open in Centerville at the beginning of the 2017 academic year for students in Ozone Park. To be built at the corner of Albert Road and Raleigh Street, the new school will hopefully help to alleviate the overcrowding in nearby schools by giving Ozone Park students a school for themselves, said state Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. “As I visit schools throughout my district, I have personally seen that schools in this area are bursting at the seams, which ultimately leads to overcrowding in surrounding neighborhoods like Howard Beach. P.S. 146, for example, is overflowing with students who live in the Ozone Park area because this is their closest available option. P.S. 335 could also alleviate overcrowding in P.S. 63 and P.S. 108,” he said. Addabbo Jr. told The Courier that Howard Beach parents complain to him that their kids can’t go to school in Howard Beach because Ozone Park students are enrolled instead. He went on to say that there are even situations where two siblings go to different schools because there isn’t enough room for both of them in one. “We’re not blessed with land in Queens. We’re living on top of each other so to find a place like this one, it may not be the optimal size, but it will address the issue of quality education in a crowded environment. It’s much needed and we can work with Photo: Google Maps it,” he went on to say.
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