108th Precinct crime stats

PO Youssef, Community Affairs from the 108th Precinct provided us with our crime stats for the past 28 days.  There's good and bad news.  Folks who live on the Maspeth/Woodside/Elmhurst border need to be aware.  I should have the stats for Maspeth and south Elmhurst by the beginning of next week.   0 murders; 0 rapes; 4 robberies; 1 felony assault (husband/wife); 1 car theft (GLA); 3 grand larcenies.  One incident was a bike that was chained on Calamus Ave/72nd St and was stolen on 6/26 at noontime.   Robberies

• Calamus Ave/69th St - on 7/16 a 16-year old male victim was punched in the face by 2 male black perpetrators at 10:00 pm. His iphone was stolen.
• 65th Place/Queens Blvd - on 7/5 a worker in a commercial establishment was punched in the face at 4:00 am and approx $4,000 was stolen.  Perpetrators were 2 male blacks.
• 69th St/49th Ave - a male Hispanic perpetrator attempted to rob the victim at 2:40 pm.
• 69th St/48th Ave - on 7/4 at 1:40 pm the victim left his keys in the car, came out and saw a male white perpetrator in vehicle - he tried to thwart the car theft by hanging on the side of the vehicle which caused injuries.

The commercial robbery aside, all 3 remaining robberies were crimes of opportunity.  Be alert to your surroundings and do not turn onto a side street if you think you're being followed.  Call 911 or go into a store.  And for heaven's sake don't leave your keys in your vehicle!  Please pass this along to your friends/family in the neighborhood.