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Crime & Cases August 7, 2008  RSS feed
Find Bklyn. Man Knifed To Death In His Kitchen
Seek Suspects, Clues In Homicide
      Police are searching for the suspects who repeatedly stabbed a Bushwick man and left him for dead inside his home last Wednesday night, July 30, it was reported. The victim, identified by law enforcement sources as 38-yearold Espinao Plinio of Starr Street, succumbed to his injuries early the following morning.
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Juvenile, Man Are Nabbed For Pair Of Phone Muggings
Swiped From Victims In Ridgewood
      Stealing cell phones out of the hands of pedestrians in Ridgewood proved costly for three alleged bandits caught by police following two separate muggings last Friday, Aug. 1, it was reported.
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Fmr. Det., Woman Pimped Teen Girl
Forced Runaway To Sell Sex Acts
      A New York City police detective and a woman claiming to be his wife will both serve prison time for coercing a 13-year-old Brooklyn runaway to prostitute herself earlier this year, it was announced. Queens District Attorney Richard A.
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FDNY Employee Charged For Packing Heat On Job
Marshals Find Him With Loaded Firearm
      An investigator with the New York Fire Department was recently charged for allegedly bringing an unlicensed, loaded firearm to work with him, it was announced.
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HE'S CAUGHT FOR STICKUP
Maspeth Man Pinched For Role In Knifepoint Robbery
      A Maspeth man has been charged with a November 2007 armed robbery in Elmhurst, according to police. William Cairns, 22, of Caldwell Avenue, was arrested July 28 by the 104th Precinct for criminal possession of a weapon.
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Mob Capo Guilty In Illegal Betting Ring
Operation Took $10M In Sports Wagers
      A reputed Gambino organized crime family captain has admitted to operating a highly sophisticated illegal gambling enterprise in Queens County and elsewhere that booked nearly $10 million in wagers over a twoyear period on professional and college sporting events,
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104 BLOTTER
      Persons arrested in recent police actions as reported by the 104th Precinct included the following individuals: July 28: (Beat 1) Jenny Gongora, at Harman Street, for assault, by P.O. Ziman. (Beat 2) Valentin Dragan, at Cypress and Putnam avenues, for aggravated unlicensed operator, by P.O. Wernicki. (Beat 4) Bruce Wright, at Fresh Pond Road, for petit larceny, by P.O.
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