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114th Precinct Serves 26th Search Warrant Of 2007
COMPILED BY LINDA J. WILSON

The 26th search warrant of 2007, issued by Civil Court Judge Peter O'Donoghue, for 9-01 40th Ave., was executed by police of the 114th Precinct on Friday, June 15 under the direct supervision of Commanding Officer Inspector Brian McCarthy. Three Hispanic males, two 42 years old and one 54 years old, were arrested for being in possession of stolen property.

114th Precinct Blotter Highlights

Sunday, June 17:

Father's Day 2007 was not a peaceful holiday in the 114th Precinct. At Broadway and 38th Street four Hispanic females, one 22 years old, two 23 years old and one 25 years old were charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct after they were found fighting in public. A 20-year-old Hispanic male was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct in the same incident.

+ A 43-year-old white female was charged with criminal contempt and reckless endangerment after she threw a glass bottle at a victim, thereby violating a valid order of protection. The incident occurred at Ditmars Boulevard and 31st Street.

+ A 43-year-old Hispanic female was charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon after she stabbed a victim with scissors at 32-15 30th St.

+ Two 17-year-old Hispanic males were charged with criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of marijuana after they were observed on Shore Boulevard between 12th Street and Astoria Park South in possession of marijuana and one of the two had a box cutter.

+ Two Hispanic females 17 and 18 years old were observed on Shore Boulevard between Astoria Park South and Ditmars Boulevard smoking marijuana and were in possession of cocaine, a razor and more marijuana. They were charged with criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal possession of marijuana.

+ A 36-year-old Hispanic male was charged with leaving the scene of an accident after he struck a bicyclist at Newtown Road and 45th Street and fled the scene.

+ A 33-year-old Hispanic female was charged with trademark counterfeiting after she was observed selling merchandise without a vendor's license at 22-58 Steinway St.

+ A 36-year-old male was charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property after he was found in possession of a stolen credit card and attempted to use it at 50-01 Northern Blvd.

+ A 39-year-old Hispanic male was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, possession of burglar's tools and misapplication of property after he was found in possession of a screwdriver and a stolen iPod at 11th Street and 40th Avenue.

+ A 39-year-old Hispanic male was arrested at the 114th Police Precinct station house at 34-16 Astoria Blvd. and provided a false name. When police learned his true identity, they found he was also wanted on an active warrant. The perpetrator was charged with obstructing governmental administration, bail jumping and false personation.

Saturday, June 16:

+ Three white females 16, 25 and 30 years old, a 32-year-old Hispanic female, two Hispanic males 32 and 41 years old and two white males 33 and 55 years old were observed entering the subway system without paying the required fare at the Broadway-31st Street station on the N and W elevated train line. All eight were charged with criminal trespass and theft of service.

+ At 34-26 Steinway St. a 35-year-old Hispanic male was observed robbing another person and pushed a victim. He was charged with robbery, assault, criminal mischief, resisting arrest and criminal trespass.

+ Four white males 20, 21, 22 and 24 years old were charged with criminal trespass after they were observed inside school property at 31-20 21st Ave. without permission or authority.

+ A 23-year-old Hispanic male was charged with aggravated harassment and disorderly conduct after he was observed at Ditmars Boulevard and 28th Street taking a photo of a victim without permission.

Friday, June 15:

+ At 25-20 21st St. a 53-year-old Asian male kicked a victim in the stomach and threatened to hit the victim with a baseball bat. He was charged with menacing, assault, criminal possession of a weapon and harassment.

+ A 28-year-old Hispanic male and a 24-year-old Hispanic female were observed attempting to gain access into 28-14 Steinway St., from which they had been evicted and became loud and disorderly. They were charged with obstructing governmental administration, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

+ At 24-15 28th St., a 49-year-old white male attempted to choke a victim and punched the victim in the face. He was charged with assault and harassment.

+ A 41-year-old Hispanic male was charged with having an open container of an alcoholic beverage in public and urinating in public after he was observed drinking beer in public and had urinated on a public sidewalk at the Brooklyn Queens Expressway and 30th Avenue.

+ A 20-year-old black male was observed operating a vehicle without the owner's consent. He fled in the vehicle and when he was stopped, fled the vehicle, resulting in a foot pursuit that ended at 41-04 Vernon Blvd. During the foot pursuit, he was observed in possession of a firearm. Marijuana was also found in his possession. He was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, reckless endangerment, criminal possession of drug paraphernalia, unauthorized use of a vehicle, criminal trespass and criminal possession of marijuana.

Thursday, June 14:

+ A 26-year-old white male was observed urinating in public at 31st Avenue and 31st Street and could not produce valid identification. He was charged with public urination

+ A 33-year-old Hispanic male was observed looking into vehicles and pulling on various door handles at 30-55 31st St. Upon further investigation, he was found to be in possession of a screwdriver and a syringe. He was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, possession of burglar's tools and possession of a hypodermic instrument.

+ Two Hispanic males 9 and 10 years old and a 10-year-old black male wrote graffiti on a victim's vehicle at 36-36 10th St. and were charged with criminal mischief and making graffiti.

+ A 46-year-old Hispanic female was charged with violation of a local law after she was observed selling food without a valid vendor's license at Vernon Boulevard and 41st Avenue.

+ A 17-year-old Hispanic female and a 19-yearold Hispanic male were charged with obstructing governmental administration, resisting arrest, criminal trespass and disorderly conduct after they refused to leave 36-41 28th St., a location that was under investigation.

+ A 57-year-old white male was charged with assault after he punched a victim and grabbed the victim by the throat at Astoria Boulevard and 34th Street.

+ A 16-year-old white male was charged with criminal mischief after he threw a victim's property around 24-39 38th St., causing damage.

+ An 18-year-old white male was charged with assault and disorderly conduct after he struck a victim in the face numerous times at 35-53 35th St.

Wednesday, June 13:

+ A 20-year-old Hispanic male was parked in the Astoria Park parking area at Hoyt Avenue North and 19th Street after 9 p.m. A police officer from the 114th Precinct saw six Ziploc bags of cocaine in plain view in the middle console of the suspect's vehicle. The suspect was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal trespass.

+ At 46th Street and 31st Avenue a 21-year-old black male put a victim in a chokehold and physically removed property. He was charged with robbery and criminal possession of stolen property.

+ A 50-year-old white male got in his vehicle and pulled out of a parking spot at Hoyt Avenue South and 31st Street while a traffic agent was writing him a summons. The perpetrator struck the victim on his right knee, causing substantial pain, and was charged with obstructing governmental administration and assault.

+ The alarm sounded at a business when a 19- year-old Asian male entered and passed security. The suspect fled and entered another building at 41-01 Broadway without permission or authority. He was charged with criminal possession of stolen property, petit larceny and criminal trespass.

+ A 47-year-old Asian male pulled out of a parking spot at 48th Street and Northern Boulevard and hit a complainant's vehicle. He then exited his vehicle and kicked and punched the complainant whose vehicle he hit, causing substantial pain and swelling. He was charged with assault.

Tuesday, June 12:

+ A 16-year-old Hispanic male, along with three other unapprehended males, at 37th Street and Broadway took a victim's Sidekick phone by punching the victim in the face with a closed fist, causing a cut and swelling. He was charged with robbery.

+ A 33-year-old white male was charged with violation of a local law after he was observed drinking from an open container of an alcoholic beverage in public at 31st Street and 24th Road.

+ One white male 15 years old and three Hispanic males, one 17 and two 18 years old, during a large dispute at 31st Street and Hoyt Avenue North, struck victims with closed fists, causing minor lacerations. The four were charged with misdemeanor assault and harassment. During the same dispute, a 15-year-old Hispanic male was charged with felony assault after he jabbed a victim in the lower back with a sharp object, causing injuries.

+ A 46-year-old Hispanic male was observed inside 46-11 31st Ave. without permission or authority. A search incidental to his arrest revealed he was in possession of a bag of marijuana. He was charged with criminal trespass and criminal possession of marijuana.

+ Two black females 15 and 16 years old entered a Conway Store at 34-37 48th St. after being told by the manager on a previous occasion not to return. They began yelling and pushing employees, causing a dangerous condition, and were charged with criminal trespass, harassment and disorderly conduct.

Monday, June 11:

+ A 35-year-old black male was charged with false report of emergency after he called 911 twice within two hours when there was no emergency warranting the calls. The calls originated from 40-13 12th St.

+ At 38-16 10th St. a 50-year-old black female struck a victim in the face with a closed fist, causing substantial pain and bruising. A search incidental to arrest revealed her to be in possession of a glass pipe containing white residue. She was charged with misdemeanor assault and criminal possession of a controlled substance

+ A 39-year-old Hispanic male was observed drinking from an open container of an alcoholic beverage in public at 35th Avenue and 35th Street. He was also in possession of a bottle containing methadone and was found to have two active warrants. He was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance.

COMPILED BY LIZ GOFF

109th Precinct

Police Seek Answer To Shooting

A city building contractor who owed money to the mob remains on life support this week after he was shot twice in the head, execution-style, in the driveway of his Whitestone home on June 12 at about 7:15 a.m.

Police recovered four .25-caliber shell casings at the scene of the shooting. Theysaid the would-be assassin shot Boris Grzic as he was getting into his BMW outside his home at 145-48 17th Rd. Grzic is listed in critical condition at New York Hospital of Queens.

Law enforcement sources said the Croatian native started his $50 million business out of his garage in 1983. Since then, the Whitestone Construction Corporation has won numerous contracts with New York City and New York state, and currently employs 250 people.

Detectives are trying to determine if the shooting was related to a long-running dispute Grzic had with a local roofer.

Car Rams Bank In Flushing

An elderly woman lost control of her car and careened through the front window of a Flushing bank on June 11, ramming a counter and sending bank tellers running.

Police said Olympia Miglietti, 85, was sitting in her 1999 Toyota Camry outside the Ridgewood Savings Bank on Parsons Boulevard at about 3 p.m. when she stepped on the gas instead of the brake, losing control of her vehicle.

Miglietti and an injured customer were taken to New York Hospital of Queens, where both were treated and released with non-life threatening injuries, police said.

Miglietti was not charged in the incident. 111th Precinct

Beware Flat Tire 'Scam'

Police said Francisco Rodriguez, 65, and Donald Fernandez, 35, approached a motorist with a flat tire on Northern Boulevard and the Douglaston Parkway in Bayside on June 11 and offered to help the man, they then stole $2,000 from the victim.

The suspects allegedly used a flat tire-ruse to snare the victim, then jumped in, grabbed his cash and fled the scene.

Police caught Rodriguez and Fernandez a short while later and charged them with assault and robbery. Detectives are still searching for a third suspect.

Auxiliary Cop Waves Gun,

Gets Busted

Police arrested an off-duty NYPD Auxiliary police officer on June 9 after he pulled over a motorist for talking on a cellphone and threatened the man with a gun.

Police said Yong Jeon, 33, assigned to the 115th Precinct Auxiliary Unit pulled the motorist over, showed the driver his badge and shouted, "Get the f*** off the phone, I'm a cop," raising his shirt to reveal a gun.

According to sources Jeon spotted Yuan Lee, 30, talking on his cellphone in his Lexus GS 450 while waiting for a red light to change at Northern Boulevard and the Clearview Expressway. When Lee asked Jeon for his name and shield number, Jeon left the scene.

tracked Jeon down and arrested him on June 10. Jeon was charged with criminal impersonation, menacing and harassment and was released without bail at his arraignment at Queens Criminal Court.

115th Precinct

Body Dumpers Bagged

Police arrested a Corona landlord after he and acquaintances dumped the body of a man who died in an apparent drug overdose outside a Corona hotel.

Laureano Serrano, 45, and others allegedly rolled the body in carpeting and dragged it from an apartment in a building Serrano owns at 108-43 38th Avenue at about 7 a.m. on June 12. Serrano then allegedly helped stuff the unidentified man into a shopping cart. His accomplices left the dead man in the parking lot at a Holiday Inn on 38th Avenue and 114th Street. Hotel employees discovered the body and alerted police, who traced the corpse to Serrano.

According to police Serrano was arrested later the same night. Investigators believe the body is that of a man who died several days earlier.

Fingerprint Nails Burglar

A fingerprint led cops to a man who allegedly burglarized an East Elmhurst home on April 23.

Junior Hernandez, 18, pried-open a side door to enter a basement apartment at a home on 112th Street and Astoria Boulevard, where he stole two iPods, $800 in cash and a digital camera. When he tried, and failed to gain access to the first floor of the home he fled, leaving his fingerprints behind in the basement, police said.

Crime scene investigators found the prints and matched them to Hernandez, who was arrested on June 12 and charged with burglary.


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