FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.couriersun.com AUGUST 27, 2015 • THE COURIER SUN 3 Sanitation workers help elderly man after home invasion BY ALINA SURIEL [email protected] @alinangelica Sanitation workers found a 76-year-old man after he was tied up in his Ozone Park apartment in a home invasion early in the morning of Aug. 22, according to police. The elderly man, identifi ed in media reports as Anthony Puzio, was fi rst confronted in his home at about 6:15 a.m. that morning after an attacker used a ladder propped up against the 101st Street building to get into his second fl oor window, authorities said. The robber then pistol-whipped the victim, tied him up and let in two accomplices, according to police. The accomplices — a man and a woman — were able to grab a television, cellphone and cash before all three of the crooks fl ed. In an interview with CBS2, Puzio said he doesn’t “take no crap from nobody” and tried to fi ght back, but there was nothing he could do. “He started punching, he hit me once over here with a gun and punched me on the side,” Puzio said. “What am I going to do? I’m a 76-year-old man, he’s about 30, maybe.” Two city sanitation workers, Joseph Felicetti and Michael Bermudez, who were collecting trash nearby, freed the victim’s tied hands when he came running out of his home, reports said. “His face was bleeding, his arms were bleeding, it was pretty bad,” Felicetti told the New York Post. “It was like something from a movie set.” The victim was taken to Jamaica Hospital with lacerations to the face and bruising. As of press time, there had been no arrests and the investigation was ongoing. Photos by Robert Stridiron Two sanitation workers helped an elderly man (insert) after he was tied up in a home invasion on Aug. 22. FDNY triumphs over NYPD at fi rst annual Resorts World cook-off Photos courtesy of Resorts World Casino FDNY fi refi ghter Khalid Baylor of Ladder 14 in East Harlem, pictured with his son, won the fi rst annual Battle of the Badges Cook-Off at Resorts World Casino. BY ANGY ALTAMIRANO [email protected]/@aaltamirano28 Mouths watered and cooking skills were put to the test this weekend as the city’s Finest and Bravest battled it out over the grill. Members of the FDNY and NYPD participated in the Battle of the Badges: FDNY vs. NYPD Cook-Off on Aug. 23 at Resorts World Casino, located at 110-00 Rockaway Blvd. The contest, which was hosted by former FDNY fi refi ghter and host of PBS’s “Firehouse Kitchen” Ray Cooney, featured dishes cooked by 10 members of each team. After going head to head and putting all their hard work on their individual dishes, one fi refi ghter came out the top dog in the competition. Khalid Baylor of Ladder 14 in East Harlem won the Battle of the Badges Cook-Off alongside his son after grilling up Tennessee apple smoked ribs, served with apple coleslaw and roasted sweet potato. Celebrity judges for the event included Queens Borough President Melinda Katz; Robert Clarke, CEO of Irie Jam Radio; Chef Bruno Egea, executive chef for Resorts World Casino; Cedric Dew, executive director of the Jamaica YMCA; entertainer George Lamond; and Deputy Inspector Matthew Galvin French, a Culinary Institute graduate who has appeared on shows with Bobby Flay and Rachael Ray. The contest was part of Resorts World Casino’s Community Fun Day fi lled with family-friendly activities.
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