Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Officer allegedly allowed drug dealers to use his bank account for money transfers.
A 111th Precinct officer has been accused of providing police intelligence to a Jamaica-based drug trafficking organization, the U.S. attorney for New York’s Eastern District said. Devon Daniels, 30, was arrested by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau and the Internal Revenue Service and arraigned Tuesday before Brooklyn Magistrate Roanne Mann. The officer, who works with the 111th Precinct, is alleged to have given an official NYPD parking placard to a drug distributor and relayed information about cops involved in narcotics investigations to drug traffickers, according to the criminal complaint. Investigators traced wire transfers of money from drug dealers in Wichita, Kan. that were allegedly …
Monday, May 14, 2012
Victim tells police that robber snatched plastic bags out of his hand in Little Neck.
Police are investigating the early morning robbery of an armored car driver on Northern Boulevard in Little Neck, a spokesman for the 111th Precinct said. The victim told police that he was exiting Little Neck’s Queens County Savings Bank Monday morning with two bags filled with $170,000 in cash. A man ran up behind him and stole the bags before fleeing westbound on Northern Boulevard in an SUV, the victim told the precinct. There was no struggle for the cash, the precinct’s spokesman said. No arrests have been made at this time. Police are also investigating three recent robberies in northeast Queens. One incident on May 7 and another on May 9 are being investigated as a pattern, the 111th Precinct’s spokesman said. During the first …
Friday, May 11, 2012
A man who had stabbed a woman, and himself was shot and killed by police last night.
An emotionally disturbed man was shot and killed by police on Thursday night after refusing to drop a knife he had used to stab himself and a woman, according to an NYPD spokesman. Police received a call at around 8:30p.m. to 61-47 223rd Place, just blocks from the Cardozo High School campus, about a suicidal man who was stabbing himself in a front courtyard. When officers arrived, they saw that a 51-year-old female victim had been stabbed in the neck and chest as well. Police told the suspect to drop the knife. When he refused, he was shot once in the chest. Both the victim and suspect were taken to North Shore Hospital, where an NYPD spokesman said the victim is in critical condition, and the suspect was pronounced dead on arrival.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Public advocate says tactic is causing tension between communities and law enforcement.
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has called on Mayor Michael Bloomberg to reduce the number of unwarranted "stop and frisk" searches by city police officers. During a speaking engagement at Astoria's Ravenswood Houses, de Blasio said he believed the tactic was creating distrust between some of the city's communities and law enforcement officials. "This starts and ends with the mayor," he said. "This police tactic has gotten out of control under his watch and it's his job to bring it under control. The path we are on is making this city less safe." The public advocate said NYPD officers made a total 680,000 stops in 2011 and that 87 percent of those stopped were black or Latino. He also said he planned to launch an online petition calling for…
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Items stolen from cars in buildings along Douglaston Parkway.
State Sen. Tony Avella, D-Bayside, said the 111th Precinct is investigating a series of car break-ins after residents living in two apartment buildings along Douglaston Parkway complained that thieves had smashed their windows early Tuesday morning. At least 12 vehicles had their passenger side windows smashed in and personal items stolen at some point between midnight and 4 a.m., Avella said. “I am pleased that the 111th Precinct will be launching a full investigation into this matter and hope that the perpetrators of this vandalism will be caught and prosecuted to the full extent of the law,” Avella said. The senator said he contacted the precinct’s captain, Jason Huerta, after hearing about the break-ins. The incidents are part of an …
There has been an increase in four of the seven major crime categories, but no murders so far this year.
Crime continues to remain up slightly in the 111th Precinct during the first four months of 2012 with slight increases in four of the seven major crime categories, according to police statistics. The precinct has reported no murders so far this year as opposed to one homicide at this time in 2011. There have been two rapes so far, whereas one had been reported at this point last year. The number of robberies is down significantly from 28 incidents at this time in 2011 to 14 so far this year. But there have been 17 felony assaults in the precinct in 2012. At the end of April last year, 16 had been reported. The number of burglaries is also slightly up from 58 incidents in 2011 at this time to 62 so far this year. Grand larceny has risen …
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
111th Precinct's Capt. Jason Huerta said a car with two children in the back was recently stolen.
Capt. Jason Huerta, of the 111th Precinct, said police may begin writing tickets to motorists who leave their car with the keys inside. "We’re going to be issuing very expensive summonses if you leave your keys in the car," said Huerta on Tuesday evening. He did give further details on how expensive the tickets would b, or when ticketing would be implemented. Huerta says three cars with keys left inside them were stolen within the precinct during the past month - one with two children still in the car. Luckily, Huerta said, the thief was intent on stealing cars, not chilren, so he abandoned both a few blocks from where he picked them up. Still, he said the precinct may begin an aggressive enforcement campaign to keep other car owners from …
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Charles Samuels gets five years probation, but must pay back Mets, state Department of Taxation and Finance.
The former Mets clubhouse manager accused of illegally possessing $2.3 million worth of Mets memorabilia and collectibles has been sentenced to five years probation, the Queens district attorney said. But Charles Samuels, 55, will be forced to pay back more than $75,000 in restitution for the stolen property, Queens DA Richard Brown said. Samuels, who lives in Arverne, was discovered to possess autographed jerseys, bats and baseballs and other memorabilia belonging to the Mets organization. He was also arrested on charges of evading city and state taxes, the DA said. “The defendant betrayed the trust of his longtime employers,” Brown said. “He had a baseball fan’s dream job, but allowed greed to get in his way. He’s now lost his job and …
Friday, March 30, 2012
The number of burglaries and grand larcenies are on the rise, according to police statistics.
Crime is up four percent in the 111th Precinct during the first three months of 2012 with slight increases in three of the seven major crime categories, according to police statistics. The precinct has reported no murders so far this year as opposed to one homicide at this time in 2011. But there have been two rapes so far, whereas none had been reported at this point last year. The number of robberies has dropped significantly from 24 incidents at this time in 2011 to nine so far this year. There have been nine felony assaults in the precinct in 2012. At the end of March last year, 10 had been reported. But the number of burglaries has risen from 38 incidents in 2011 to 46 so far this year. And grand larceny has gone up from 71 incidents …
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Senator sponsored legislation to increase penalties for criminals who steal a car with a child in it or stage accidents.
The State Senate has passed four bills sponsored by Sen. Tony Avella, D-Bayside, that will increase penalties for vehicular crimes. One bill, which was proposed by Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, R-Rockville Center, and co-sponsored by Avella, calls for tougher sentences for stealing a car when a child under the age of 16 is in the vehicle. “This type of crime can be extremely traumatizing and dangerous to all the parties involved, particularly when a child becomes trapped in a stolen vehicle,” Avella said. “These children can find themselves caught in a police chase, abandoned or harmed.” Another bill would establish a new crime of staging a motor-vehicle accident with the intent to commit insurance fraud. The legislation also calls …
Joyce
1:23 pm on Monday, May 14, 2012
I thought armored truck drivers were always supposed to go in and out of banks and markets in pairs.....how come this one was on his own??? Sounds suspicious to me. more ›