12 THE COURIER SUN • AUGUST 8, 2013 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.couriersun.com s police beat COMPILED BY TONIA N. CIMINO, CRISTABELLE TUMOLA & LIAM LA GUERRE 103RD PRECINCT Downtown Jamaica Business District, Hollis Park Gardens, Hollis, Lakewood and Jamaica Fatal shooting leaves another injured One man is dead and another injured in a shooting in Jamaica. Police responded to the shooting at 89-32 163rd Street around 5:11 a.m. on Saturday, August 3. Upon arrival, officers found one Hispanic man with a gunshot wound to his chest and another Hispanic man with a gunshot wound to his ankle. EMS rushed both victims to Jamaica Hospital where the first man was pronounced dead; the second victim is in stable condition, authorities said. Cops have not arrested anyone in connection with the shooting yet and the investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers Cement & Brick Work Secreto moving on NYPD Chief to head Manhattan North command BY MAGGIE HAYES mhayes@queenscourier.com One head honcho Queens cop is moving out of the borough and heading up. Assistant Chief James Secreto finished his threeand a-half year post as commander of Patrol Borough Queens South on Wednesday, July 31. He now heads the Manhattan North command. “I really love Queens,” Secreto said. “I had a good team. It’s bittersweet.” Secreto, a former resident of Queens Village, took command of Patrol Borough Queens South in January 2010. He has previously headed the Queens narcotics unit and the NYPD’s School Safety Division. Manhattan North is Secreto’s 18th command in his 34-year career in the police department, he said. He has come full circle, returning to the department he started in as a rookie. “I’m coming back to where I started,” he said. “Manhattan is the mecca of the world. The police commissioner having confidence to put me here Old World Craftsmanship Cement & Brick Work CALL ARTIE Photo Courtesy the Queens Borough President’s Office Borough President Helen Marshall presented a certificate of appreciation to NYPD Assistant Chief James Secreto in recognition of his outstanding service as Commander of the NYPD’s Patrol Borough Queens South, a post he left on July 30 to take command of Patrol Borough Manhattan North. means a lot.” Secreto said the high-profile post will come with a lot of responsibility. His command oversees Washington Heights, Harlem, East Harlem, Central Park, the Upper East Side and the Upper West Side. “There are some great communities up there and some great people,” he said. “The commander I replaced was telling me this is a special place. I think I’ll see that in time.” Staten Island’s former command leader, Assistant Chief Kevin Ward, will take Secreto’s Queens post. 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The car was traveling east on Lansing Avenue to south on Conduit Avenue and was last seen heading east on Sunrise Highway. Cops found Brooklyn resident Jose Padilla-Argueta bleeding heavily from multiple injuries on August 1 at 230th Place and Lansing Avenue, where EMS pronounced him dead. Authorities believe Padilla-Argueta was struck by a vehicle after a medical examiner studied his body. Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-577-TIPS. 106TH PRECINCT Howard Beach, Ozone Park and South Ozone Park Suspect arrested for trying to rape woman at Howard Beach subway station A Brooklyn man has been arrested for the attempted rape of a woman at the Howard Beach-JFK Airport subway station after he allegedly stalked the victim during her commute. The 42-year-old victim first encountered the suspect, Melvin Adams, 37, when she boarded the subway at the Beach 90th Street stop around 2 a.m. Thursday August 1, said cops. He sat next to the woman and tried to chat with her, then followed her when she exited the train at the Broad Channel station. Police said he continued to pursue the victim as she waited for the northbound A train. He allegedly tried to put his arm around her, ignoring the victim when she told him to stop. Following her onto the A train, he asked her for money, but the victim told the suspect she didn’t have any. When she got off at the Howard Beach-JFK Airport stop, the suspect followed the victim onto the platform, grabbed her, threw her against the wall, then attacked her. Adams has been charged with attempted rape, robbery, a criminal sex act, sex abuse, forcible touching and harassment, according to police. 113TH PRECINCT St. Albans, Hollis, Springfield Gardens, South Ozone Park, South Jamaica, Addisleigh Park and Locust Manor Bank robber sought Police are looking for a man wanted in connection to a bank robbery that took place on July 27. 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