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THE FITNESS CONSULTANT Celebrating Our 24th Anniversary! 208-52 Cross Island Pkwy • Bayside 718.352.9075 2011 st www.tfc-gym.com FREE TRAINING SESSION CALL TODAY of the THE QUEENS QueensCourier.com Place 103RD PRECINCT Jamaica Business District, Hollis Park Gardens, Hollis, Lakewood and Jamaica Woman wanted in connection to homicide Police are looking for a woman in connection to the death of a missing woman whose body washed ashore on a Breezy Point beach in February. According to the NYPD, on Saturday, February 16 at approximately 8:40 a.m., offi cers responded to 149 Bayside Avenue in Breezy Point after a body was recovered from the beach. The body was later identifi ed as 24-year-old Marisha Cheong, who went missing from her Jamaica residence, where she was last seen at approximately 10:30 a.m. on December 19, 2012. According to reports, Cheong’s live-in boyfriend was supposed to pick her up at a Forest Hills subway station on the day she went missing, but she never showed up. There was no sign of the young woman until her remains washed up just across from 121 Bayside Avenue. In May, the Medical Examiner’s offi ce ruled Cheong’s death a homicide. There are no arrests and the NYPD is attempting to fi nd an unknown female that can be seen in a surveillance video leading Cheong from her home to an unknown location. Police have released the surveillance video. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS. 105TH PRECINCT Queens Village, Cambria Heights, Laurelton, Rosedale, Springfi eld Gardens, Bellerose, Glen Oaks, New Hyde Park and Floral Park Seek robbery suspect On October 8, a suspect forcibly entered Scratch Sports at 225-19 Linden Boulevard and took property. Police are asking anyone with information to call Detective Carl Shepherd at 718-990- 0280. 106TH PRECINCT Howard Beach, Ozone Park and South Ozone Park Two-alarm blaze Two fi refi ghters and three civilians were injured when a two-alarm blaze broke out in a home on 79th Street. According to FDNY offi cials, on Thursday, October 17, the fi re broke out at 8:23 a.m. on the second fl oor and cockloft of the residence. It was under control by 9:02 a.m. 108TH PRECINCT LIC, Sunnyside and Woodside Police put out new call for information in Sunnyside murder Nearly a year after Sunnyside resident Lou Rispoli was brutally killed police are renewing calls for clues in the case. Around midnight on October 20, 2012, Rispoli, 62, left his Sunnyside home for a late night walk as he sometimes did to quell his insomnia. At roughly 2 a.m. on 43rd Avenue between 41st and 42nd Street, two unidentifi ed men approached Rispoli, exchanging in a brief conversation before striking him over the head with a blunt object. He was taken to Elmhurst Hospital where he died from his injuries on October 25. According to an eyewitness, a third perpetrator acted as the getaway driver. Rispoli lived in Sunnyside with his husband for over 30 years. It was not clear if the victim’s sexual orientation had anything to do with the attack or whether or not he was robbed. The incident is being investigated by the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force as a possible bias crime, said police. In January, the NYPD released sketches of two suspects wanted in connection to the homicide. Authorities describe the suspects as a Hispanic male in his 30s and a white male in his 20s. The suspects possibly fl ed in a white or gray four-door sedan with a loud muffl er. A $22,000 reward has been offered for any information leading to the arrest and conviction for the persons responsible for Rispoli’s homicide. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS. 111TH PRECINCT Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck, Auburndale, Hollis Hills and Fresh Meadows Body found fl oating near Bayside Marina Police pulled a man’s body from Little Neck Bay in Bayside over the weekend. The body was discovered fl oating near the Bayside Marina around 8:20 a.m. on Saturday, October 19, authorities said. Cops responded to a call about the body and found the man, who appears to be in his 20s, dead. The medical examiner’s offi ce is currently investigating the body to determine the cause of death, offi cials said. The man’s identity had not been released as of Sunday 112TH PRECINCT Forest Hills and Rego Park Suspects distract, rob woman Police are asking for your help in identifying the suspects who duped a woman out of her money. On Wednesday, October 2, the victim, a 54-year-old woman, was exiting the Astoria Federal Savings Bank located at 63-72 108th Street when the two female suspects distracted the victim by talking about her baby while the third took an undetermined amount of money from the victim’s pocketbook. The suspects then fl ed the bank. There were no reported injuries. Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-577-TIPS. Police searching for suspect in string of south Queens bank robberies Police are looking for a man in connection with a string of bank robberies in South Richmond Hill and Jamaica. The incidents culminated with the robbery of the Astoria Federal Savings Bank on Hillside Avenue. The suspect entered the bank and passed a note to the teller demanding money, cops said. The teller handed him $3,300 and the man fl ed. Before that incident police said the man also attempted to rob a Chase Bank on Lefferts Boulevard and a Citibank on Liberty Avenue using a similar method, but the tellers didn’t comply in either situation. The suspect is described as a black male between 20-30 years old, about six feet tall and 185-200 pounds, authorities said. He was seen wearing black sunglasses, a tan shirt and a black lumberjack style hat in the Chase robbery. During the Citibank robbery police said he was wearing a red hooded sweatshirt, black lumberjack hat, black shoes and blue jeans. Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.
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