12 The Courier SUN • OCTOBER 27, 2016 FOR Breaking news visit www.qns.com police beat Compiled by Liam Baker and Robert Pozarycki 102nd Precinct Kew Gardens, Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven This guy punched a woman sitting in her car and stole her stuff in Richmond Hill Cops are looking for a so-called tough guy who sucker punched a 68-year-old woman as she sat in her car and stole her belongings in Richmond Hill on Friday, Oct. 21. According to police, the victim was inside her vehicle in front of a business on Jamaica Avenue near 104th Street at 2:20 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19, when the suspect approached. Authorities said the perpetrator — described as a Hispanic male between 30 to 40 years of age, standing between 5 feet 10 inches and 6 feet tall, weighing between 220 and 250 pounds and wearing gray jeans and a dark blue hooded sweatshirt — suddenly punched the woman in the face and grabbed from her a cellphone, a pocketbook containing $500 in cash and jewelry. He took off in an unknown direction. Officers from the 102nd Precinct responded to the scene; the victim suffered minor facial injuries and refused medical attention. Anyone with information regarding the assault 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. 103rd Precinct Jamaica Convicted robber found guilty of fatally shooting his girlfriend’s ex at a Queens hotel Already serving a century in federal prison for a series of armed robberies, a former Long Island resident was convicted Monday, Oct. 24, of murdering his girlfriend’s former beau at a Jamaica hotel six years ago. Max Cagan, 52, fatally shot Edwin Vega Quinones on June 5, 2010, at the Par Central Motor Inn on Parsons Boulevard in Jamaica. Quinones had been lured to the motel by his former girlfriend, Arlene Molina, who was previously convicted of helping Cagan plot the murder. Cagan was convicted in 2012 on federal charges committing a series of seven armed robberies and shooting a police officer in New Jersey. He was sentenced to serve more than 100 years behind bars and now faces an additional 25 years to life in New York State prison for Quinones’ murder, according to Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown. The sentences would run concurrently. “Cagan and Molina cold bloodily sic set up the victim by luring him to a Queens motel and then shooting him in the face, killing him,” Brown said in a statement on Oct. 24. “This act of violence clearly demonstrates that Cagan is a danger to society and warrants a lengthy prison sentence in order to protect all law-abiding people.” According to trial testimony, Molina and Cagan plotted to ambush Quinones at the Par Central Motor Inn on June 5, 2010, to avenge Quinones previously assaulting Molina. When Quinones arrived at the motel, Molina allowed him into the room. Once inside, Cagan emerged and shot Quinones in the face with a loaded 9mm handgun. After the shooting, Cagan and Molina fled to New Jersey; they were subsequently arrested later that month. Molina is serving a 20-year prison sentence for her May 4, 2011, conviction on first-degree manslaughter charges. 106th Precinct Howard Beach, Ozone Park, Richmond Hill Gunmen swipe surgical supplies and drugs from a Richmond Hill pharmacy, cops say Police are on the lookout for two armed robbers who held up a pharmacy in Richmond Hill Monday, Oct 17. According to authorities, the two suspects entered A&J Pharmacy and Surgical Supplies, located at 131-08 Liberty Avenue at 7:21 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 17. The NYPD released images of the suspects on Monday night, Oct. 24. Law enforcement sources said one of the bandits brandished a handgun and took a 28-year-old male employee to the back of the store while the second suspect stole property off the store’s shelves. The perpetrators also stole an unknown amount of prescription medication. The suspects then exited the pharmacy and fled southbound on 131st Street. Officers from the 106th Precinct responded to the incident; there were no injuries reported. The first suspect is described as a black male between 18 and 20 years old who was last seen wearing a gray hooded sweater and black pants. His counterpart was described as a black male between 18 and 20 years of age who was observed wearing a black hooded sweater and black pants. Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls and messages are kept confidential. Photo courtesy of NYPD • Masonry “When Only The Best Will Do!” Great Quality, Fair Pricing! Photo via Twitter / @NYPD112Pct COPS FIND LAUNDRY BAGS FILLED WITH 10 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA AT REGO PARK APARTMENT Talk about pot luck. Officers responding to a domestic dispute at a Rego Park apartment building on Saturday night wound up seizing more than 10 pounds of marijuana discovered at the residence. The trouble began at about 10:40 p.m. on the night of Oct. 22, when officers assigned to the 112th Precinct arrived at an apartment house on Queens Boulevard near 65th Road after receiving a 911 call about an assault in one of the apartments. According to the criminal complaint provided by the Queens District Attorney’s office, Police Officer Nicole Atkinson arrived at the location and heard a man and woman arguing inside an apartment. The officer knocked on the door and identified herself as police, but the man inside the residence refused to open the door. Officer Atkinson then went an apartment one floor above the residence and climbed onto the fire escape, walking down to the unit where the argument was taking place. She found on the fire escape two large laundry bags and observed the arguing man — Richard Perreira, 27 — reach out the window and pull one of the bags inside. Law enforcement sources said the officer then observed Perreira as he walked to another window in the apartment and threw the bag out of it. The bag landed on the street near where Police Officer Kurt Anderson stood. Officer Anderson opened the bag and found several vacuum-sealed packs of marijuana and marijuana residue inside of it. Police recovered the second laundry bag, which also contained vacuum-sealed marijuana packs. In total, the marijuana seized had a street value of about $48,000. The 112th Precinct displayed the seized marijuana in a post on its Twitter account on Sunday night: Following questioning, Perreira was arrested on charges of criminal possession of marijuana; he was subsequently released on $5,000 cash bail, according to court records.
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