12 The Courier SUN • DECEMber 11, 2014 FOR Breaking news visit www.couriersun.com police beat Compiled by Cristabelle Tumola and Angy Altamirano 103rd Precinct Hollis Park Gardens, Hollis, Lakewood and Jamaica Suspect wanted for forcibly touching 12-year-old in Jamaica Police are looking for a suspect they say forcibly touched a 12-year-old girl as she walked down the street in Jamaica. The victim was walking near 195th Street and Hillside Avenue about 8 p.m. on Dec. 7 when the suspect walked up behind her, pulled her toward him and made a comment about her body, cops said. The girl was able to pull away from the man and flee. There were no reported injuries. The suspected is described as a light-skinned man and about 20 years old. Police have released a surveillance video of the suspect before the incident. To view the video, visit www. queenscourier.com. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (8477). 107th Precinct Fresh Meadows, Cunningham Heights, Hilltop Village, Electchester and Pomonok 84-year-old man fatally struck crosing the street in Jamaica Estates A teen driver struck and killed an 84-year-old man as he was crossing the street in Jamaica Estates, police said. The elderly pedestrian, Ignascio Andal, was near 188th Street and Wicklow Place, less than 10 blocks from his home, just after 3 p.m. on Dec. 7 when he lost his life, cops said. The driver, a 17-year-old boy, was making a right turn onto Wicklow Place from 188th and struck Andal with his Mazda as the 84-year-old was walking across Wicklow, according to police. Andal was taken to New York Hospital Queens, where he was pronounced dead. Police said they were investigating, but there is currently no criminality suspected. 113th Precinct St. Albans, Hollis, Springfield Gardens, South Ozone Park, South Jamaica, Addisleigh Park and Locust Manor Shooting at Jamaica home leaves one dead, one injured One man was shot dead and a second was injured after a group of masked men forced themselves into a home in Jamaica on Dec. 5, police and reports said. Police found 21-year-old Taquane Clark with a gunshot wound to the head and another victim with a gunshot wound to the torso and right leg inside Clark’s home on 144th Street about 5:50 p.m., cops said. Clark was pronounced dead at the scene and the other victim, a 27-year-old man, was taken to Jamaica Hospital in stable condition. Police are looking for three men who forced their way into Clark’s apartment while wearing black masks, according to the New York Daily News. Surveillance footage was also being examined. As of press time, there have been no arrests and the investigation is still ongoing. 114th Precinct Astoria, Long Island City, Woodside and Jackson Heights 81-year-old Astoria woman scammed out of $3K: cops An Astoria senior citizen was the victim of a money scam after a pair of thieves tricked her into giving them $3,000 in cash, police said. The 81-year-old victim was in front of her 21st Street apartment about 8:45 a.m. on Dec. 1 when she was approached by a man and woman, both 35, cops said. The suspects then told her they had found a large amount of money and that she would be able to have $70,000 of it, as along as she proved to the bank that she had $3,000 in cash. The victim brought the female suspect to her apartment building and gave her the $3,000, with the suspect promising they would return with her $70,000, police said. But they never came back. The female suspect is described as 5 foot 5 inches tall and 160 pounds, and the male suspect is 5 feet tall and 200 pounds. Police have released a surveillance video of the female suspect. To view the video, visit www.queenscourier.com. Anyone with information in regards to this grand larceny is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (8477). Call Now & End Your Tax Nightmare! • Owe the IRS more than $10,000? • Being Audited? • Unfi led Tax Returns? • Wage & Bank Levies? Cement & Brick Work Old World Craftsmanship Cement & Co-Author of the best selling book “Breaking the Tax Code” Salvatore P. Candela, EA, ATA, ABA Enrolled Agent - Tax Advisor (T) 877-TAX-1040 (F) 718-894-4476 scandela@thetaxadvocategroup.com www.thetaxadvocategroup.com Screenshot via NYPD Screenshot via NYPD Ridgewood man gets 16-year prison sentence for pizza delivery robbery A Ridgewood man was sentenced on Dec. 3 to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to beating a pizza deliveryman with a baseball bat and stealing his cash and scooter in Jackson Heights, District Attorney Richard Brown said. Anardo Batista, 26, of 30-04 92nd St., pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery on Sept. 3, before Queens Supreme Court Justice Gregory Lasak, who handed down the sentence that also includes five years of supervision after his release from prison. “The defendant has plead guilty and has now been sentenced to a significant amount of time behind bars. The public can rest assured that the defendant is no longer a danger to society,” Brown said. Batista and co-defendant Jorge Paret attacked Victor Mehia, who was delivering a pizza to a 31st Avenue address in Jackson Heights in 2010. The victim was struck with a baseball bat and had both cash and his scooter taken by the pair. Paret was sentenced on Sept. 13 to 14 years in prison and five years’ post-release supervision, after pleading guilty to first-degree robbery. Seven JFK baggage handlers busted for stealing from passengers’ luggage Seven baggage handlers working at John F. Kennedy International Airport are accused of stealing more than $20,000 worth of electronics and jewelry from checked luggage and trying to sell the items, according to the Queens district attorney’s office. The airport workers are facing charges of grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, according to the district attorney’s office. They allegedly took the items, which included iPads, smartphones, tablets, laptops, and a pair of two-carat diamond and gold earrings, between March 2012 and June 2014. Most of the baggage handlers sold the items to a pawn shop or a “fence,” who was actually an uncover police officer, District Attorney Richard Brown said. They would steal the items from the suitcases of both national and international passengers, and set up meetings on or near airport grounds in order to sell the goods. 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