12 The Courier SUN • OCTOBER 29, 2015 FOR Breaking news visit www.qns.com police beat Compiled by Angy Altamirano and Robert Pozarycki WHEN ONLY THE BEST WILL DO. �������������������������������������������������� - With Over 40 Years of Reliable Service. Basement Waterproofing Brickwork ������������������������������������������������������������ Pavers For More Information Contact: Arthur DiBiase Mason Contractor 718-767-0072 Licensed (# 808097) & Insured. $$Top Cash Paid$$ HIGH END ANTIQUES HIGH CASH PAID Oil Paintings, Mid-Century Accessories 1950s/60s, Porcelain, Costume Jewelry, Sterling Silver, Gold, Furniture, Objects of Art, etc. 1 Pc. or entire estates Damaged Quality Pieces also wanted Premium prices paid for Tiffany, Meissen Porcelain, Bronzes, Marble, etc. CALL JOSEPH OR RUTH 718-598-3045 or 516-270-2128 Family Business for over 40 years AntiqueAssets.com Buying and Selling over 40 Years / Member New England Appraisers Association 102nd Precinct Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, Ozone Park Three wanted for taking close to $14K in items from Richmond Hill phone store Police are asking for the public’s help in finding three suspects wanted for breaking into a TMobile store in Richmond Hill last month and fleeing with about $14,000 in merchandise. On Sept. 30 at 4:30 a.m., the three men entered the store, located at 91-62 120th St., by gaining access to an adjacent utility room after breaking the lock on the roll down gate, authorities said. Once they were inside, the suspects then cut a hole in the sheetrock and went into the store where they took about $14,000 worth of various electronic equipment before fleeing the scene. Police have released surveillance images of the three suspects. Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. Photo courtesy of NYPD Jamaica teen shot to death outside Brooklyn restaurant A 16-year-old from Jamaica was fatally shot on Oct. 26 after a dispute outside a restaurant in Brooklyn, according to police. Armani Hankins of Sutphin Boulevard and an unidentified 18-year-old male friend were wounded in the shooting that occurred at 6:09 p.m. near the Applebee’s restaurant at the corner of Flatbush Avenue Extension and DeKalb Avenue on the border of Fort Greene and Downtown Brooklyn. According to police, Hankins was with a group of friends outside the restaurant when an unidentified group of teenagers approached and engaged them in a verbal dispute. Hankins and his friends were running from the scene when, authorities said, a black male in the second group pulled out a gun and began firing. Hankins was shot in the head, while the 18-year-old male victim was hit in the left ankle. The shooter and the other suspects fled the scene in an unknown direction. Officers from the 88th Precinct and EMS units responded to the incident. Hankins was brought to Brooklyn Hospital, where he was pronounced dead; the 18-year-old male victim was taken to Methodist Hospital and listed in stable condition. QUEENS RESIDENTS CHARGED WITH SELLING FAKE DESIGNER GOODS IN OVER $1M SEIZURE A trio’s knockoff days are over after they were charged following the confiscation of more than $1 million in fake designer goods from seven Ridgewood storage units, according to authorities. Hai Yan “Ya-Ya” Yang, 40, of Bayside; Jaing J. Nan, 42, of College Point; and Brooklyn resident Guo X. Zhen, 55, were arraigned on Oct. 16 in Queens Criminal Court on a charge of first-degree trademark counterfeiting. According to Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, a search warrant was executed on Oct. 15 at Cubesmart Self Storage on Wyckoff Avenue in Ridgewood. Yang, Nan and Zhen were arrested at the storage facility where more than $1 million worth of counterfeit items in about 100 boxes were found. The trip was allegedly selling the items — which included knockoff handbags, belts, hats, jackets, sneakers and boots from designers such as Louis Vuitton, Coach, Gucci, Michael Kors, North Face, UGG, Burberry, Hermes, Prada and others — from the Ridgewood location. “One may argue that buying fake designer goods is a victimless crime, but counterfeit operations like this one fuel an underground economy that benefits only the alleged criminals,” Brown said. “Their transactions are cash-only and therefore rob both city and state municipalities of much-needed tax revenue. There products — inferior in material and quality— also damage the reputation and brand of the designers they copy.” Bail was set at $20,000 each and the three were ordered to return to court on Nov. 10. If convicted, Yang, Nan and Zhen face up to five years in prison. Photo courtesy of Queens District Attorney Richard Brown
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