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Borough-Wide Blotter
COMPILED BY LIZ GOFF
109th Precinct

Hunt For Stickup Duo

Queens detectives are seeking help from the public to identify and locate two men who held up a Whitestone grocery store at gunpoint on July 8.

The suspects, both in their 20s, entered the Late Night store on Parsons Boulevard and 14th Avenue and threatened an employee with a gun. They then grabbed $1,200 from a store cash register and fled on foot in an unknown direction.

Anyone with information on the suspects is asked to call the CRIMESTOPPERS Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.

Clock's Ticking For Thieves

Police at the 109th Precinct are searching for a pair of bandits who snatched several watches from a Flushing department store on July 14.

According to police the pair walked into the Cosmos Department store at 150th Street and Northern Boulevard on Saturday morning where they smashed a glass display case and grabbed the watches.

The two men ran from the store and fled in an unknown direction. Anyone with information on the suspects is asked to call the CRIMESTOPPERS Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.

Auxiliary Cop Has Kid-Porn

An NYPD Auxiliary Police Officer who worked as a hospital guard at Elmhurst Hospital Center was busted on July 11 when police discovered some 30 child pornography still photographs and video images files on his home computer, law enforcement sources said.

Luis Ortiz, 27, of Elmhurst, could be sentenced to seven years in prison, if convicted.

115th Precinct 'Wannabe' Romeo Busted Police arrested a 43-year-old Jackson Heights man on July 11 after he forced his way into the home of a female acquaintance and assaulted the woman, police said.

Krzyfztof Wroblewski believed that he and the woman were lovers when he banged on the front door of her 90th Street home from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. on July 7.

The woman told investigators that she considered Wroblewski a mere acquaintance, and that they had never had any real relationship. She told police that when Wroblewski stopped knocking, she opened the door to make sure he was gone and he forced his way inside. When Wroblewski raised his hand to the woman she dialed 911 on her cellphone.

Wroblewski grabbed the phone and ran from the apartment, but cops tracked him down and arrested him on July 11. He was charged with burglary, robbery and assault.

Police said the woman was not seriously injured in the attack


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