Nab Pair For Sex Sales On Border
Peddled Selves To Undercover Officer
by Robert Pozarycki
      Continuing their ongoing efforts to squash prostitution activities on the Brooklyn/Queens border in Ridgewood, police reportedly cuffed two alleged hookers who solicited an undercover officer early last Thursday morning, June 11.
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Woodhaven Writer Choked By Bandits
Murdered As He Slept In Vehicle
by Robert Pozarycki
      Two teenagers were arrested last week and charged in connection with the robbery and strangling death of a 49-yearold Woodhaven journalist who was killed while sleeping inside a double-parked car in Flushing, it was announced.
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Contract Workers Took MTA For A Ride, Stole And Sold Forklifts
Cashed In At Maspeth Scrap Metal Shop
      Three employees of a private contractor operating at a Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) warehouse in Maspeth have been charged with stealing equipment from the facility and selling it to a local junk dealer for their own profit,
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Glendale Bank Held Up For Second Time In Two Weeks
Crook Shows A Note To Cash In
by Robert Pozarycki
      For the second time this month, a Glendale bank branch has been held up by a note-carrying bandit, police reported. Law enforcement sources said a man swiped about $1,000 in cash from the Capital One bank located at 83-24 Woodhaven Blvd. at around 10 a.m. last Saturday morning, June 13.
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Infant Drowns In A Bucket Of Water At Babysitter's House
Nab Nanny For Leaving Child To Wander
by Robert Pozarycki
      Left unsupervised as his nanny slept in the living room, an 11-month-old boy reportedly fell into a bucket filled with water and drowned inside his babysitter's Richmond Hill home on Monday morning, June 15. Police said that infant James Farrior of 109th Street in Richmond Hill died from his injuries a short time later at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.
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Husband Slays Wife, Then Takes Own Life In Dispute
Say Their Son Walked In On Bloodshed
by Robert Pozarycki
      An apparent domestic dispute between a couple inside a Woodhaven apartment came to a violent end last Sunday night, June 14, when the husband fatally knifed his wife before turning the blade on himself, police said.
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Dry Cleaners Stored Toxin Illegally: Feds
Charge Owners Violated Deal With EPA
Robert Pozarycki
      The federal government is suing a Long Island City-based laundry company for allegedly failing to abide by an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the storage of hazardous waste on its site.
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Cops Catch Three Pushing Hot Motorcycles On R'Wood Street
Collared After Running Into Nearby Home
by Robert Pozarycki
      Two brothers and a friend on their Ridgewood block were cuffed by police early last Saturday morning, June 13, as they attempted to bring home a motorcycle they bought and which had been previously stolen, it was reported.
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Williamsburg Duo Takes 25 Years For Astoria Stabbing
Late-Night Incident Began Outside Club
      Two Williamsburg men have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for the stabbing death of one man and the wounding of another following a dispute outside the Clic nightclub in Astoria in July 2005, it was announced. Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown identified the defendants as Jonathan W.
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Kew Gardens Hills Baker Sexually Abused Boy, 10
Befriended Child Who Stopped In For Cookies
      The owner of Queens Kosher Pita in Kew Gardens Hills has pleaded guilty to sex abuse charges involving a 10-year-old boy who used to go to the bakery for cookies and whom he had befriended, it was announced. Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown identified the defendant as Issac Ebstein, 50, of Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg.
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104th Pct. Blotter
      Persons arrested in recent police actions as reported by the 104th Precinct included the following individuals: June 8: (Beat 2) Fausto Proano, at Woodbine Street, for assault, by P.O. Hopson. (Beat 2) Edison Proano, at Woodbine Street, for assault, by P.O. Hopson. (Beat 14) Tannia Cortez, at Metropolitan Avenue, for petit larceny, by P.O. Mendez.
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L.I.C. Fraudster Bilked $145K From Two Investors: Charges
Say He Solicited Cash With False Promises
      The chief executive officer of a printing company located in Long Island City has been indicted on charges of grand larceny and scheme to defraud for allegedly lying to two men in order to convince them to make substantial investments in his company,
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