16 THE QUEENS COURIER • OCTOBER 25, 2018 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM
F.H. bank robber strikes again in Elmhurst
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
edavenport@qns.com
@QNS
A bandit who tried to rob two Forest
Hills banks just minutes apart last week
struck again in Elmhurst on Monday.
According to police, at nearly 1 p.m.
Oct. 22, the suspect entered the local
Chase Bank, located at 79-06 Broadway,
and approached the teller. Th e crook
then passed a note demanding money to
the teller.
Th e teller complied and handed over
an undetermined amount of cash to the
thief, who then fl ed the scene. Police
sources familiar with the investigation
indicated that several thousand dollars
were handed over in the robbery.
Police say that the suspect is also connected
to two bank robbery attempts in
Forest Hills. Police say that at 2:39 p.m.
on Oct. 18, the suspect entered a New
York Community Bank, located at 107-
40 Queens Blvd., and attempted to pass
a note demanding money from the teller.
When the teller walked away from the
counter, the perpetrator fl ed the scene
empty-handed.
Just fi ve minutes later, the suspect
entered a Chase Bank, located at 107-
36 Queens Blvd., and passed a note to
the teller demanding money. Th e teller
handed over an undetermined amount
of cash.
Th e bandit then fl ed the scene in
an unknown direction, though police
believe that he may have fl ed into the
71-Continental Avenues subway station.
Cops described the suspect as a white
man between 40 and 50 years of age,
standing between 6 feet, 1 inch and 6
feet, 3 inches tall. He was last seen wearing
eyeglasses, a blue baseball cap, a
gray hooded sweatshirt, and black Adidas
pants.
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, send a direct message
to the Crime Stoppers Twitter page (@
NYPDTips) or send a text message to
274637 (CRIMES), then enter TIP577.
All calls and messages are kept confi -
dential.
Sanitation will
collect leaves
in Qns. twice
this autumn
BY ALEJANDRA O’CONNELLDOMENECH
adomenech@qns.com
@AODNewz
Now all of Queens will receive free
leaf collections, for at least two days,
this fall.
The Department of Sanitation
(DSNY) is off ering free leaf pickup services
for Queens neighborhoods that
do not normally receive organic collection.
Th e fi rst pick up date will be on
Friday, Nov. 24 and the second will
take place on Saturday, Dec. 8. Leaves
must be put into plastic trash containers
or paper lawn and leaf bags and
then set out on the curb aft er 4 p.m. All
leaves collected will be not be thrown
out with regular thrash, but instead
used for composting.
Th ere is one catch: leaves that have
been gathered by someone for pay
will not be collected by the DSNY.
Gardeners or landscapers must dispose
of collected leaves at a composting
facility.
If leaves are put into plastic bags,
they will not be picked up. For a full
map showing the neighborhoods that
receive the service and where to get
free leaf bags, visit https://www1.nyc.
gov/assets/dsny/site/services/foodscraps
and-yard-waste-page/leaf-collection.
College Point murder suspects collared in Florida
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
rpozarycki@qns.com
@robbpoz
Two men allegedly connected to a deadly
shooting in College Point earlier this
month were apprehended on Monday in
Florida aft er a wild, rush-hour police pursuit,
it was reported.
Krishon Hedge and Brandon Lee, both
23, are accused of participating in the Oct.
1 murder of Jaquan Campbell, 25, near
the College Point Multiplex on Ulmer
Street. Th e Brooklyn resident was reportedly
gunned down shortly aft er being
involved in a dispute at the nearby Angels
strip club in Flushing.
According to published reports, Hedge
and Lee were identifi ed as members of a
drug organization. Th e U.S. Marshals and
the NYPD Regional Fugitive Task Force
received a tip that both men were in South
Florida and traveled there to search.
Just before 5 p.m. on Oct. 22, it was
reported, U.S. Marshals located Hedge
and Lee in Miami Beach and called for
backup assistance. Hedge and Lee, along
with two other unidentifi ed men, then
took off in a BMW and led police on a
high-speed pursuit through local streets
and highways from Miami Beach into the
city of Miami.
Law enforcement agents eventually
stopped the vehicle and apprehended
The body of Jaquan Campbell lies in the street in College Point on Oct. 1.
Hedge and Lee; the two unidentifi ed
individuals who went along for a ride
with them were not charged, according
to WPLG-TV.
Regarding the homicide, Campbell and
his girlfriend were driving along Ulmer
Street near the College Point Multiplex
at 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 1 where their vehicle
was struck from behind aft er another.
Aft er the two vehicles stopped, authorities
said, four masked perpetrators exited
from the second car and confronted
Campbell. One of the suspects then
Photo by Robert Stridiron
pulled out a gun and fi red multiple shots,
striking Campbell about the torso.
Police said they then pulled the wounded
Campbell and his unharmed girlfriend
from the car and took off . Both cars were
ditched nearby and later located by police.
Offi cers from the 109th Precinct and
EMS units responded to the shooting.
Campbell was pronounced dead at the
scene.
Hedge and Lee are awaiting extradition
back to Queens and potentially face murder
charges. Th e investigation is ongoing.
Photo via Google Maps/Inset courtesy of NYPD
This Chase bank in Elmhurst was robbed by the same guy who tried to rob two Forest Hills banks last week, police reported.
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