12 THE QUEENS COURIER • DECEMBER 7, 2017 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM
police beat COMPILED BY EMILY DAVENPORT, SUZANNE MONTEVERDI AND ROBERT POZARYCKI
103rd Precinct
Jamaica
Shooting suspects cuff ed
Police have arrested two Jamaica men
in connection to a botched robbery
attempt that led to the shooting of a
Hollis man last month.
Donte Frasier, 23, of 111th Avenue and
Avery Mitchell, 22, of 160th Street were
booked Dec. 5 for the Nov. 19 shooting
that took place on 197th Street.
At around 2:40 p.m. that aft ernoon,
police said, an unknown man holding
a package walked up to a residence on
197th Street while two other men hid
behind the front fence. When a 12-yearold
boy answered the door, the suspect
stated that he had a package.
A 50-year-old man then approached
the door from the inside and the suspect
tried to push his way into the house.
When the victim attempted to fi ght back
by pushing the suspect out of his house,
one of the men who was hiding behind
the fence pulled out a gun and fi red
toward the victim, who was struck in the
thigh.
Th e suspects then fl ed southbound on
197th Street. Th e victim was taken to
Jamaica Hospital in stable condition and
has since been released.
Frasier was charged with two counts of
attempted robbery, one count of assault,
one count of reckless endangerment and
one count criminal possession of a weapon.
Mitchell was charged with two counts
of attempted criminal possession of a
weapon.
Th e investigation is ongoing.
WHEN ONLY THE BEST WILL DO.
“Old World Craftsmanship”- With Over 40 Years of Reliable Service.
Basement Waterproofing Brickwork
Exposed "Aggregate Concrete”
Pavers • Masonry
For More Information Contact: Arthur DiBiase��
��������������Mason Contractor 718-767-0072��
Licensed (# 808097) & Insured.
������������������������
109th Precinct
College Point, Flushing,
Whitestone
Flushing hate crimes
suspect cops plea
A 35-year-old Flushing resident has
pleaded guilty to robbing and assaulting
two Chinese women in violent attacks
that were classifi ed as hate crimes,
according to prosecutors.
Key S. Lee, 35, of Hawthorne Avenue
pleaded guilty on Dec. 1 to two counts of
second-degree robbery as a hate crime,
Queens District Attorney Richard A.
Brown announced. Sentencing is scheduled
for Dec. 18, and Lee faces fi ve
years in prison, followed by fi ve years of
post-release supervision.
According to the charges, Lee, who
is Korean, approached two Chinese
women who were alone in public on separate
occasions and assaulted and robbed
them.
Th e fi rst victim told investigators that,
on Jan. 27, 2016, she was cleaning snow
from her vehicle following a snowstorm
when she spotted Lee standing on a
nearby corner smoking a cigarette. She
continued removing snow from her car
when Lee suddenly rushed over, pushed
her into the back seat, covered her body
with his and closed the door behind him,
prosecutors said.
The defendant began repeatedly
punching the victim and grabbed her
purse, which contained a credit card,
identifi cation and $2,000 in cash. He
then fl ed the scene.
Aft er being shown surveillance footage
of the incident by authorities, Lee
admitted that he was the attacker, prosecutors
said. He told investigators that he
was angry following an argument with
his wife and that he used to be a cab
driver; the majority of his customers, he
claimed, were Chinese.
In the second incident, according to
prosecutors, Lee assaulted and robbed
another female victim on Feb. 10, 2016.
Th e defendant told prosecutors that he
was driving home when the victim cut
him off in traffi c and failed to signal.
He then proceeded to follow the victim,
who parked her car and began walking
toward her apartment building.
Lee followed her on foot and pounced
on her, punching her in the face and
running off with her handbag, which
contained credit cards, I.D. and $2,000,
according to Brown.
“In pleading guilty, the defendant has
now admitted to attacking the two Asian
women because of his hatred for Chinese
people,” Brown said. “Th is kind of bigotry
and hate are not acceptable in a civilized
society and will not be tolerated in
Queens County. Th e defendant’s guilty
plea is another example of our refusal to
accept this type of behavior.”
114th Precinct
Astoria and Long Island City
Astoria burglars get
their kicks at gym
Police are looking for three individuals
in connection to a burglary that took
place in an Astoria gym last month.
At 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 1, authorities said,
an employee of an iLoveKickboxing.com
gym, located at 32-43 Steinway St., found
that there was damage to the rear door
establishment showing apparent forced
entry.
It was later discovered that approximately
$1,250 worth of clothing items
and cash had been taken from the building.
Detectives determined that at 4:15 a.m.
that morning, three unknown individuals
were seen in proximity to the location.
Law enforcement agents described the
suspects as Hispanic males in their 20s.
Th e fi rst suspect was last seen wearing
a green vest, long sleeve shirt, torn gray
pants and dark shoes. Th e second perpetrator
was last seen wearing a red vest,
tan pants and black sneakers. Th e third
individual was last seen wearing a green
jacket, black pants and black shoes.
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). Th e public can also submit their
tips by logging onto nypdcrimestoppers.
com or by texting their tips to 274637
(CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls
and messages are kept confi dential.
110th Precinct
Corona and Elmhurst
Traffi c stop turns to
pot bust in Elmhurst
A routine traffi c stop in Elmhurst last
week turned into a major drug bust that
ended with two New Jersey men behind
bars.
Members of the 110th Precinct Anti-
Crime Unit were on patrol in the area
of Broadway and 45th Avenue at 6:11
p.m. on Nov. 28 when they observed a
white BMW traveling with an obstructed
license plate.
Upon stopping the vehicle, law
enforcement sources said, the offi -
cers approached it and met the driver,
Gerard Franco, 51, of Carteret, NJ, and
a rear passenger, Romeo Sombillo, 28,
of Edison, NJ.
During questioning, police noted, the
offi cers spotted a joint as well as loose
marijuana in plain sight.
According to the criminal complaint
that the Queens District Attorney’s
offi ce provided, the offi cers conducted
a further investigation and found inside
of the vehicle several laundry bags containing
a combined 15 pounds of marijuana.
Th ey also recovered, from the
vehicle and the suspects, quantities of
methamphetamine, concentrated cannabis
compound and assorted pills, and
$3,991 in cash.
Sombillo and Franco were taken into
custody on charges of criminal possession
of a controlled substance and
criminal possession of marijuana. Court
records indicated that Sombillo was
ordered held on $20,000 bond, while
Franco’s bail was set at $7,500 cash or
$5,000 bond. Th ey are due back in court
on Dec. 13.