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Police impersonators carjacking motorists

10/23/2011

See the update below from Captain Cody about what the 104th has been doing in our area. Everyone please keep a lookout for the jeep in his FY #3 and be alert!
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FY #I - we had a successful Truck Operation on Grand Avenue the past couple days over 20 summonses and a couple tows-worked in conjunction with Boro and DOT

FYI #2 - we arrested a car break suspect last week and he gave up 3 breaks that he did in west Maspeth

FYI #3- a carjacking in vicinity of 69-71 and Grand Avenue on Thursday night-perps were in a Black Crown Victoria with Police lights pulled over Asian family and took a Black Jeep Grand Cherokee at gunpoint - fled north on Grand into 110 Precinct - be on Lookout Please! We would like to recover it for prints etc, also please be careful with anybody being "pulled over"- I feel its an isolated incident around here but ask all to keep eyes peeled and call on anything that's suspicious. It happened around midnight - if someone gets pulled over they should comply- be calm and respectfully request identification from officers in course of stop if doubt exists that they are Police.

Grand Avenue Cleanup Volunteers Needed 11/12/11

10/21/2011

Hi Everyone, We live in Maspeth because it's a great place. However, two Comet members brought up the issue of the tree pits along Grand Avenue. In case you haven't noticed, they're a disgrace! That being said, we think it's time we gave something back to the community in the way of a cleanup - of the tree pits which are full of weeds and debris. We want our commercial strip to look great for the upcoming holidays. If you can find some time to help out we'd love to have you. (If you're old like me you can always hold the trash bag open! lol) Let me know if you can make it. Pass this on to others who might be interested. See info below:

Groups involved: Maspeth Chamber, Comet, Maspeth Town Hall, Americorp and Council Member Crowley's office.
Date: Saturday, 11/12 with a raindate of Saturday, 11/19
Time: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm.
Location: We'll meet at Maspeth Memorial Plaza, 69th/Grand. We'll provide coffee, hot chocolate, donuts and divide the group into teams.
Area to be cleaned: Tree pits on Grand Avenue from 64th to 72nd Streets.
Other info: DSNY will provide us with tools and pick up the collected debris. We'll be providing other materials such as gloves, etc.
I spoke to Mike Terry, President of the Maspeth Chamber and told him we don't put ads in our Comet newsletter, but any business on Grand Avenue that helps out will be mentioned in our winter newsletter. They deserve the credit for supporting our neighborhood!

Beware of scam artist

10/7/2011

Beware! See the following message from Captain Cody, 104th Precinct. Please pass this on, particularly to your Hispanic neighbors/friends.
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There is a street scam you should know about vs elderly, mainly Hispanic females. A male and female approach and discuss lottery ticket winning and offer to split-standard con but sometimes with a twist - if the mark (victim) resists they will say they have a gun threaten to shoot and either tell mark to give up jewelry or walk them into residence and do same. It happened 2X in Ridgewood and Glendale over past month.

None thus far in Cometland but its a city wide pattern.

Again mark/vic is mainly Hispanic as the entire scam is based on lottery winnings and conducted in Spanish but I just want you to be aware they could target any elderly person.

New sanitation regulations

10/7/2011

FYI - Effective October 1st, residents may place their trash and recyclables out for collection at 4:00 pm. (The 5:00 pm regulation kicks in again on April 1st). Residential units must remove receptacles from their collection place by 9:00 pm on their collection day. If collection occurs after 4:00 pm, receptacles must be removed by 9:00 am the next day. Fine: $100-$300

Bicycle stolen - reward offered

10/5/2011

A Mathew Homes tenant's Black Giant Boulder Bicycle Serial # 32SBT72498GU 569 04/10/07 , purchased on 6/16/2007 for $271.00 from Grand Bicycle Center, Maspeth was stolen while parked with a lock on the 79th Street Block on Ankener Avenue. The bike owner called 911 and Police Officer Gayle #9008 took the Complaint this morning 10/5/11 @ 9:38am. The theft may have taken place sometime between 6pm Tuesday 10/4 and 7am Wednesday 10/5.

The owner, a Licensed Tax Consultant, is offering a reward of a two-hour tax/financial consultation to anyone who finds the bicycle or provides information leading to the recovery of the bicycle. Call 917-579-6550 and ask for Dudley - No Questions Asked

Updated crime stats

10/4/2011

For those of you who didn't come to our meeting last night, I'm listing the crime stat highlights. For those of you who DID attend, be advised that Captain Cody said we had two more car thefts. See below. 104th (Maspeth)

2 Grand Larcenies - the one that could have been prevented was a car window was broken on Hull Avenue and property was removed.
Car thefts (GLAs) - as of last night's meeting we had one stolen car on Clinton Avenue. As of today, we had two more - yesterday a 2010 Toyota as stolen from in front of 69 #'s on 53rd Avenue. The second was a 2004 Acura stolen this past Saturday from 66 #'s on Clinton Avenue.
Folks, especially in northern Maspeth and the Plateau, need to keep their eyes pealed - looks like we're being targeted!

110th Precinct (Elmhurst)

Robberies - one occurred on Woodhaven/Hoffman Drive at 2:00 am. The second one occurred on 85 #'s on 57th Avenue at 7:15 pm. A man had his chain stolen. Please folks, if you have anything valuable don't flaunt it. Keep expensive jewelry, cell phones, etc. out of sight!
Burglaries - one occurred on 58th/87 #s through the rear window. The second occurred on 83/54th through the rear window.
Car thefts (GLA) - one car was stolen in the vicinity of Seabury/57th Avenue. The second was stolen from QB/Albion which is the north side of QB but close to Cometland.
Folks, especially in the vicinity of 57th Avenue need to be careful and keep their eyes pealed! We don't usually have this much activity in that area.

108th Precinct (Woodside/Winfield) Captain Powers could not provide the statistics, but said there were no major crimes in our area. This DOES NOT mean to let your guard down. Crooks move around to avoid being caught!