12 The Courier SUN • DECEMber 25, 2014 FOR Breaking news visit www.couriersun.com Compiled by Cristabelle Tumola 106th Precinct South central Queens Burglar wanted for stealing $5K in jewelry from Ozone Park home A man stole thousands Photo courtesy of NYPD police beat 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. 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Pair sought in armed robery of South Ozone Park laundromat Police are looking for two robbers who they say held up a South Ozone Park laundromat at gunpoint before getting away with just $216 in cash. The two suspects entered the laundromat at 35-13 Lefferts Blvd. about 4 a.m. on Dec. 10 and forced a 19-yearold employee to the back of the business, cops said. One of the suspects then took a driver’s license and $20 from the employee while the other suspect grabbed $196 from the register. The pair then fled northbound on Lefferts Boulevard and got into a white sedan, police said. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (8477). 113th Precinct St. Albans, Hollis, Springfield Gardens, South Ozone Park, South Jamaica, Addisleigh Park and Locust Manor Suspect arrested in attempted rape of teen in St. Albans Police have arrested a man in the strangulation and attempted rape of a 15-year-old girl in St. Albans earlier this year, authorities said. Tafari Pottinger, 35, of St. Albans, has been charged with attempted rape, assault and strangulation in the July 12 attack, cops said. The arrest comes just days after police released a video of the suspect. The victim and the suspect were having a conversation near 109th Road and Farmers Boulevard about 11 p.m. when he started choking the girl until she passed out, police said. He then attempted to rape her before fleeing. Arrest made in 2012 Queens murder of Long Island man An arrest has been made more than two years after the shooting death of a 22-year-old Long Island man in Jamaica, police said. Christian Euton was gunned down at 156th Street and 111th Avenue just after 11 p.m. on June 13, 2012, cops said. The Valley Stream resident and LaGuardia Community College student had gotten out of his car to check for damage after running over a pothole when he was shot, relatives and police told Newsday at the time. His brother, who was in the car, told family that he saw two groups arguing nearby. One man in the group opened fire, and his brother was struck twice in the torso. Lamell Ford, 33, of Jamaica, has been charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon in Euton’s death, police said. Manhattan man faces 11 years in prison for robbing three elderly Queens women A Manhattan man will soon be sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to two separate Queens home invasions, involving three women, one as old as 97, according to the district attorney’s office. “One’s home is their castle and should be a place of refuge and safety, not a crime scene,” District Attorney Richard Brown said. “In robbing his victims inside their homes, the defendant stole more than just money and personal property—he stole his victims’ security.” Salvador Morales, 59, pleaded guilty on Dec. 15, to first- and second-degree burglary before Queens Supreme Court Justice Elise Koenderman, prosecutors said. The judge indicated she would sentence Morales to 11 years in prison on Jan. 23. Morales, in pleading guilty, admitted to the two home invasions, where he targeted three women, ages 72, 73 and 97. On April 5, he followed the two younger victims from a HSBC bank branch on Kissena Boulevard to their Flushing apartment, according to the district attorney. Morales, who was wearing a yellow construction helmet, white surgical mask and white surgical tape on several fingers, entered their apartment and pushed them to the floor. He then fled with the 72-year-old woman’s handbag, which contained more than $1,000 that had just been withdrawn from the bank. The other woman was taken to the hospital with a fractured leg. Morales targeted his third victim on April 19 by also following the 97-year-old woman into her building, Brown said. Wearing a surgical mask, Morales entered her Sunnyside apartment by pretending he had been sent by the landlord to check for leaks. Once inside, he got her to take out a large envelope full of cash by asking if she had change for a $100 bill, and then convinced her to take off her rings while checking the faucet. While she wasn’t looking, he fled the apartment with the rings and the envelope, which contained $700 in cash. Photos courtesy of NYPD Photo courtesy of NYPD
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