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Crime & Cases January 15, 2009  RSS feed
SHOCKED TO DEATH
Launch Murder Probe After Rob Victim Has Fatal Attack
      An employee of a Woodside gas station died shortly after an armed gunman robbed the location on Thursday, Jan. 8, according to law enforcement sources. The victim was identified by the NYPD as Noor Khan, 42, of 58th Street in Woodside.
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IMMIGRANTS WERE DUPED
Say Swindler Sold Fake Green Cards, Papers To New Arrivals
      Profiting on empty promises proved costly for a Ozone Park man charged last Thursday, Jan. 8 with allegedly swindling thousands of dollars from local immigrants in a forgery scheme, it was announced. The suspect, identified by the Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown as 36-year-old Nazim (a.k.a.
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Muggers Muscle Man For His Property On A Ridgewood St.
Seek Crooks In Early-Morning Holdup
      An early morning walk along a Ridgewood street proved costly for a man who was assaulted and mugged by a trio of thieves on Sunday, Jan. 11, police reported. Law enforcement sources said the attack took place at around 4:30 a.m. in the vicinity of Seneca Avenue and Grove Street.
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HIGH NOTE IS LOW CRIME
Capt.:104th Pct. Wrapped Up 2008 With Fewer Felonies
      Local police brought down the curtain on 2008 with an over two-percent decrease in crime, the 104th Precinct's executive officer stated at last Wednesday's Glendale/104th Precinct Civilian Observation Patrol meeting.
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Driver Jailed For Fatal Hit-And-Run
Child Killed Crossing Atlantic Avenue
      A mechanic from Richmond Hill who ran down and killed a 12-year-old boy at a local intersection in 2006 was sentenced last Thursday, Jan. 8 to spend up to the next nine years in prison, it was announced. Juan Franjul, 48, of 124th Street was ordered by Queens Supreme Court Justice Richard L.
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Homeless Man Stole From JFK Duty-Free
Took Over $1,500 Of Scotch, Cigs
      The 43-year-old homeless man who was caught red-handed in front of a terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in September selling items that he had stolen from an airport duty-free shop has pleaded guilty,
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Music Man Booked In Child Porn Case
Allegedly Offered Boy $ For Pics
      A Flushing resident employed at private music schools in Queens and Manhattan has been arraigned on felony sex crimes involving an 11-year-old male student. Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown identified the defendant as Amos Duque, 24, of Horace Harding Expressway in Flushing.
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Cops Trap H.S. Teacher In Online Underage Sex Sting
Det. Posed As Girl To Catch Perp
      A 26-year-old Brooklyn high school teacher has been arraigned on charges of attempting to meet for sexual relations a person he had met online and who he believed to be a 14-year-old girl. The alleged victim was actually a New York City Police Department undercover detective assigned to its Vice Enforcement Division.
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Woman To Judge: I Killed My Baby
Gets 15 Years For Manslaughter
      A Bronx mother has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the suffocation death of her newborn son on New Year's Eve 2006, reportedly admitting to leaving the body in a Dumpster in Queens. Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown identified the defendant as Lucila Rojas, 27, of Cross Bronx Expressway. Rojas pleaded guilty on Thursday, Jan.
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Sex Predators Too Close To Local Ys
Seek Fed Cash To Secure Centers
      One week after the reported discovery that an alleged sex offender still had access to the Boro Park YMHA where he had previously molested a child, a citywide study found that other sex offenders are living near youth centers.
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