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Crime & Cases November 26, 2009  RSS feed
TARGETING GANGSTERS
Cops Urge Community To Do Their Part To Help Combat Street Gangs
      Residents of Corona and Elmhurst were given the lowdown on a recent spike in gang-related violence at the Monday, Nov. 16 110th Precinct Community Council meeting held at the Bethzatha Church of God in Elmhurst.
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Hate Crime Court For Woodside Pair
Say They Attacked Over Sex Orientation
      A grand jury has upgraded assault charges against two Woodside men as hate crimes for their alleged attack on a transgender female along a Jackson Heights street this summer, law enforcement sources said.
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Say Suspect Says Man ‘Inside Him’ Murdered His Wife, Child
Blames Split Personality For Bloodshed
      Claiming to be possessed by a murderous man “inside him,” a Corona man allegedly killed his 55-year-old wife and 14-year-old son last Friday, Nov.
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Suicidal Man Shoots Self In Chest, Lives To Be Arrested
      In an apparent failed attempt to take his own life inside his car parked on a Glendale street on Sunday night, Nov. 22, a man suffered a non-fatal gunshot wound to his chest and was later booked on weapons possession charges, it was reported.
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Crime Doesn’t Go On Holiday: Cops To 83rd Precinct Council
Bushwick Residents Put On Alert
      Keeping residents safe for the holidays was the top priority at last Tuesday, Nov. 17’s 83rd Precinct Community Council meeting at the Bushwick stationhouse.
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FDNY, NYPD Make Changes To 911 System After Fatal Blazes
Dispatchers To Assist On Emergency Calls
      Following a recent string of fatal blazes around the city in which firefighters were initially sent to incorrect locations, the Police and Fire departments have temporarily changed the Unified Call Taking (UCT) 911 system implemented earlier this year.
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He Used L.I.C. Co. To Defraud Friends
Judge Orders Repayment Of $145K
      The chief executive officer of a printing company located in Long Island City has admitted to defrauding two men of the $145,000 that they had invested in his company, it was announced.
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Swindled Elderly Alzheimer’s Patient Out Of Home
Straw Buyer Gets 30 Days, Community Service
      A 32-year-old Long Island woman who acted as a “straw buyer” to steal the Jamaica residence of a 93-year-old Alzheimer’s patient has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and five years’ probation, it was announced.
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