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Crime & Cases December 15, 2011  RSS feed
GANGSTER BROTHERS
Guilty Of Taking Out Rival In Glendale
     Two Staten Island brothers who led an Albanian
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CAR HITS PEDESTRIAN NEAR EXPWY. RAMP
      A pedestrian suffered non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by a car near an entrance ramp to the Long Island Expressway in Elmhurst last Thursday afternoon, Dec. 8, FDNY sources said.
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Rig Roasted On Maspeth Strip
      Firefighters rushed to extinguish a truck that caught fire along Grand Avenue near Hamilton Place in Maspeth on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 11, Fire Department sources said. Members of Squad Co.
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Killed Over Fake Cash
Corona Man Cuffed For S.I. Murder
     What began as an argument over funny money
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INSPECTING AN OZ. PARK SCAM
Addabbo Rep Tells ONCA To Beware
     A scam in the Ozone Park area highlighted
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Cars At Their Doorstep In Ridgewood
      A child and two adults were hospitalized after a pair of cars lost control, mounted the sidewalk and crashed into a Ridgewood home’s fence early last Wednesday morning, Dec.
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‘DUMBFOUNDED’ THAT IT PASSED
Pol, Civic Stew Over Jailed Alien Bill
     Before breaking for some holiday cheer, members of
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A Bullet Takes His Life
Man Gunned Down In So. Oz. Pk.
     Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the
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They Slam Into Each Other On Slick St.
      Firefighters and police officers rushed to the aid of the drivers of a van and sedan that collided in Middle Village last Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 7, FDNY sources said.
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Resident Injured In Glendale Blaze
      Flames ripped through the basement of a Glendale home early last Friday morning, Dec. 9, leaving a resident with non-life-threatening injuries, Fire Department sources said.
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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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State Sen.’ s Aide Busted For Scam
Used Nonprofit To Funnel Funds
     Four people—including an aide to State Sen. Shirley Huntley— have been indicted for allegedly participating in a scheme involving a non-profit group set up by the lawmaker to pocket taxpayer dollars intended for public services in New York City.
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Astoria Teacher Was A Long Island Loanshark
Previously Pinched For Drug Possession
     A schoolteacher in Astoria has been charged with loansharking after he lent a third party $40,000 at an annual interest rate more than four times the legal limit, it was announced.
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Chimney Schemers Swept To Jail
Charged $$$ Without Doing Work
     Two Long Island brothers who pled guilty earlier this year to stealing more than $30,000 from three elderly Queens homeowners for chimney and roof work that was never done have been sentenced to jail time after their September re-arrest for similarly scamming another elderly woman out of $24,000.
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GUNMAN WANTED
     The man shown in the photo above, identified by the NYPD as 26-year-old Eladio Espejo, is wanted by police for a Saturday, Dec. 10 shooting outside a Woodside restaurant. According to police sources, Espejo entered into a dispute with a man inside the eatery at 47- 16 Greenpoint Ave. at 5:37 a.m. last Saturday, and left the location.
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Assaulted His Boss At Airport
Airline Employee Angry Over Beef
     A 34-year-old Long Island man who worked as a ramp agent for Southwest Airlines at LaGuardia Airport has pled guilty to second-degree assault for critically injuring his supervisor by repeatedly hitting him about the head and body with a metal bar this past August following a verbal argument the two men had several days earlier.
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Bandits Wanted
      The NYPD is seeking the public's assistance in locating and identifying the three individuals shown in this surveillance camera footage, who are wanted in connection with two robberies in Astoria on
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Cousins In Crime Guilty Of Stickups
Crew Robbed Banks, Post Office
     Following a two-week trial, a federal jury convicted last Thursday, Dec. 8, two South Ozone Park cousins who led a violent robbery crew on charges that they held up a post office and six banks located throughout Queens and Long Island.
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WANTED
     Police want to hear from anyone who knows or has seen the man pictured here, who is wanted in conneciton with a recent sexual assault in Ozone Park.
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Wanted For J.H. Heist
     The man shown in this photo is wanted by the NYPD for the Nov. 30 robbery of a TD Bank branch located at 73-14 37th St. in Jackson Heights. According to police sources, the man entered the branch at about 5:15 p.m. and passed the teller a note demanding cash.
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