FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com november 24, 2016 • The Courier sun 3 TACO BELL BEATDOWN Group sought for attacking employees in Woodhaven 102nd Precinct cracks down on illegally parked trucks By Robert Pozarycki [email protected] @robbpoz There’s no such thing as free parking for commercial trucks on the streets of the 102nd Precinct. The Richmond Hill-based command towed away four trucks, booted nine others and issued 29 total summonses to the owners of illegally parked rigs around Kew Gardens, Ozone Park, Richmond Hill and Woodhaven during an overnight sweep on Nov. 15-16, police reported. According to law enforcement sources, this was the latest in a series of “heavy tow” operations that the 102nd Precinct has conducted this year. During these sweeps, the NYPD uses a special large tow truck made available on a periodic basis which can move large tractor-trailers found. Trucks and commercial vans are forbidden from parking on New York City streets between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. It’s a chronic problem in the 102nd Precinct that residents often raise to police officials attending the meetings of local civic groups and the 102nd Precinct Community Council. Police said the four towed rigs were removed from three specific spots: the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard on the Woodhaven/Ozone Park border; a portion of Atlantic Avenue between 125th and 127th streets in Richmond Hill; and along Austin Street in Kew Gardens. The operators of the impounded and booted vehicles face some hefty penalties. According to the Department of Finance, owners of towed vehicles are charged a $135 towing fee and a $67.50 dispatch fee. Owners of booted vehicles must pay $159 to have the immobilization device removed, plus another $80 execution fee. The boot must be removed and returned to the city within 24 hours, or the owner will be charged an additional $25 fee for every day the boot stays on the vehicle. These fees are on top of the fines issued for the illegally parked commercial vehicles, which is $265 for the first offense and $515 for every offense thereafter, according to the Finance Department. Photo via Google Maps/ Insets courtesy of NYPD The suspects behind a brutal beating at this Taco Bell restaurant in Woodhaven. BY ROBERT POZARYCKI [email protected]/@robbpoz Detectives are asking for the public’s help in finding four individuals involved in the bloody assault of two workers at a Taco Bell restaurant in Woodhaven last month. The NYPD released on Wednesday, Nov. 16, security camera images of the suspects wanted for the attack that took place at 9:45 p.m. on the night of Oct. 16 inside the Taco Bell located at 97-01 Atlantic Ave. on the Woodhaven/Ozone Park border. According to law enforcement sources, the trouble began when two male employees, ages 22 and 21, directed the group of individuals and a fifth suspect — Erickson Cepeda, 25, of 124th Street in Richmond Hill — not to sit on the counters. Police said the group then went on the attack, stabbing the 22-year-old worker twice in his torso and assaulting the 21-year-old male about the face and body. They were observed moments later entering a black SUV taxi traveling eastbound on Atlantic Avenue; upon further investigation, police determined that the group was dropped off in the area of Jamaica Avenue and 132nd Street. Officers from the 102nd Precinct and EMS units responded to the assault. The 22-year-old worker was taken to Jamaica Hospital in serious but stable condition; the 21-year-old worker was treated for minor injuries. Police apprehended Cepeda on Oct. 26 and charged him with gang assault and assault, but his cohorts remain at large. One of the four individuals is described by police as a Hispanic female between 22 and 28 years of age who was last observed wearing a black sweater, blue jeans and black sneakers. The other three suspects are Hispanic males between 22 and 28 years of age. The first of the male suspects wore a dark-colored baseball cap, a black hooded sweatshirt, black pants and white sneakers; a second male perpetrator wore a white baseball cap, a black sweater, a red shirt, black pants and black sneakers; and the third assailant wore a black-and-white baseball cap, a black sweater, black pants and white sneakers. The third individual is a male, Hispanic, 22 to 28 years old, last seen wearing a white baseball cap, a black sweater, a red shirt, black pants and black sneakers. The fourth individual is a male, Hispanic, 22 to 28 years old, last seen wearing a black and white baseball cap, a black sweater, black pants and white sneakers. Anyone with information regarding the suspects’ whereabouts 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. Photo via Twitter/@NYPD102Pct The NYPD’s heavy tow truck was busy removing illegally parked trucks in the 102nd Precinct on Nov. 15.
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