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Crime & Cases September 11, 2008  RSS feed
STOP SHOP WITH SLOTS
Cops Bust Five Employees For Tax, Gaming Violations
      Five employees of a Maspeth grocery store were taken into custody by police last Friday, Sept. 5 after a number of untaxed cigarettes and illegal gaming devices were found inside the shop during a routine inspection, it was reported.
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'GESTAPO TACTICS'
Vets At L.I.C. Shelter Decry DHS Treatment
      A late-night raid on the Borden Avenue Veterans Residence was condemned by veterans living at the shelter at Community Board 2's Thursday, Sept. 4 meeting at Sunnyside Community Services.
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Say Man Pummeled To Death While Trying To Aid Neighbor
Nab L.I.C. Shelter Resident For Attack
      Coming to the assistance of a neighbor in need proved to be a fatal decision for a Long Island City man who was allegedly punched and kicked to death by a resident of a local homeless shelter last Wednesday evening, Sept.
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City: Baby Deaths On Downturn
Mortality Rate Reaches Lows In Forest Hills, Rego Pk. Area
      While reporting that the infant mortality rate in New York City fell to an all-time low last year, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced that Forest Hills and Rego Park tallied the fewest infant deaths in Queens
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A Scourge Removed
Civic Group Hails Cops, Member Who Caught Vandals
      The arrest of two alleged graffiti vandals who had scarred the Ozone Park area with their tags was the focus of the Sept. 3 meeting of the Our Neighbors Civic Association of Ozone Park at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church parish center.
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Homeless Man Beat Woman In Money Dispute
Busted For Murder In Woodside Fight
      An apparent fight over a sum of money became a deadly encounter after a homeless man allegedly beat a 45-year-old woman to death in Woodside last Saturday night, Sept. 6, according to police. Law enforcement sources identified the suspect as 45-year-old Michael Bohan, whose last residence was not known.
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104 BLOTTER
     Persons arrested in recent police actions as reported by the 104th Precinct included the following individuals: Sept. 1: (Beat 2) Mercedes Sandoval, at Woodbine Street, for assault, by P.O. Friedrich. (Beat 14) Edgar Mota, at 60th Avenue, for assault, by P.O. McCarren. (Beat 10) Ryzzard Lomotowski, at 60th Place, for assault, by P.O. Barberio.
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F.H. Woman Killed Crossing Roadway
      Only a block away from her home, a Forest Hills woman was struck and killed by an oncoming vehicle while trying to cross Queens Boulevard last Friday night, Sept. 5, police reported. The victim was identified by law enforcement sources as Shellie Paris, 81, of 72nd Avenue.
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Corona Teen Pleads Guilty In Flushing Meadows Slay
Faces 25 Years To Life In Prison
      A Corona teenager charged in connection with a series of robberies in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in 2006 that resulted in the death of one victim and the near-fatal killing of another has pleaded guilty to murder and attempted
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Teen Arrested For Bomb Scare Hoax
USTA Employee Faces Seven Yrs. In Jail
      A teenage employee at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park has been charged with making a series of phone calls to the venue last Wednesday, Sept. 3—while at work—claiming that a bomb had been planted at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
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