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Crime & Cases October 14, 2010  RSS feed
Ex-Controller Admits To Taking Kickbacks From Investment Co.
Hevesi Got Trips For Investing Pension $
      Former State Comptroller Alan Hevesi admitted last Thursday, Oct. 7, to charges that he took nearly $1 million in illegal gifts while in office from an investment firm for doing business with the state.
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Shot To Death By Complex
Cops Search For Suspects In Slay
      Police are searching for the gunman who shot and killed a Woodside man outside a public housing complex in East Williamsburg early on Sunday morning, Oct.
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Biker Hit As Truck In E. Wmbg.
Cops: Rig’s Owner Didn’t Have License
      A 21-year-old woman was critically injured after she was struck by a turning tractor trailer while riding her bike through East Williamsburg last Friday morning, Oct. 8, police reported.
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Package Scare In Maspeth Leads To Impatient Locals
NYPD Explains Protocol To COMET
      A hazardous materials incident in Maspeth, a car service crackdown and the fate of Atlas Park were all hot topics at the Community of Maspeth and Elmhurst Together’s (COMET) meeting on Oct. 4 at Bethzatha Church of God in Elmhurst.
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Dead Body Found In A Burning Car
Victim’s Death May Be Murder
      The body of a pregnant woman was reportedly found dead inside a burning vehicle parked on a Richmond Hill street early last Saturday morning, Oct. 9, it was reported.
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104th Pct. Blotter
      Persons arrested in recent police actions as reported by the 104th Precinct included the following individuals:
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Wanted For Theft In Long Island City
     The man in this surveillance camera image is wanted by police for allegedly swiping a wallet from a man at a subway station in Long Island City last Sunday, Oct. 3.
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Thief Swiped Vans And Sold Them To A Junk Dealer: D.A.
Took Nine Vehicles In Two-Week Period
      A 25-year-old Far Rockaway man has been ordered held on $50,000 bail after being charged in connection with an alleged two-week crime wave during which he allegedly stole eight Ford vans and one short school bus, then sold them to a salvage dealer in Nassau County.
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He Was Shot By Childhood Friend
Gunman Faces 25 Years In Prison
      A 22-year old man has been convicted of the May 2007 murder of a 19-year-old man in Springfield Gardens who had been a childhood friend. The defendant faces up to life in prison.
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Subway Crook Wanted For East Wmbg. Theft
     Police are asking the public’s help in tracking down a man for allegedly swiping a wallet from a man on board a Manhattan-bound L train in Brooklyn during a recent grand larceny.
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