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Police Offi cer Brian Moore
The Boys & Girls Club of Metro Queens will be
accepting bids for their Child Adult Food Care Program
Sealed bids will be received at the Boys & Girls Club of Metro Queens office
located at 110-04 Atlantic Avenue, South Richmond Hill, NY 11419 from November
9th to December 8th, 2017 until 2pm for meal catering services at the Boys &
Girls Club of Metro Queens site. Qualified vendors must be able to deliver:
• Meals exclusively for children
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• No processed or packaged foods on the menu
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• Deliver 300 suppers AND snacks daily
All work will be conducted in strict accordance with bid specifications.
Bids will be opened and read on December 8th at 2pm.
109th Precinct
College Point, Flushing,
Whitestone
Pair fi red stolen gun
in Whitestone
Cops cuff ed two perpetrators and
confi scated knives and a stolen gun in
Whitestone last weekend aft er investigating
reports of shots being fi red in the
middle of the night.
On Nov. 11 at around 12:50 a.m., police
responded to a 911 call at 19th Avenue
and Parsons Boulevard and observed
Elvis Rodriguez, 32, of Brooklyn walking
away from a gray Nissan Sentra and
Alison Melendez-Soto, 25, of Woodhaven
standing at a bus stop near the vehicle.
Upon further investigation, each individual
was discovered to be in possession
of a knife, according to authorities.
Additionally, four shell casings were
recovered from the ground at the location.
Both individuals were subsequently
placed under arrest. Th ere were no
reported injuries.
Authorities later obtained a search warrant
for the Nissan Sentra and recovered
a stolen .380-caliber Bersa fi rearm, which
was in the trunk of the vehicle.
Rodriguez has been charged with criminal
possession of a weapon, reckless
endangerment and criminal possession
of stolen property. Melendez-Soto was
issued a criminal court summons.
An NYPD spokesperson could not provide
details on what direction the shots
were fi red in or if the incident stemmed
from a dispute.
Th e 109th Precinct‘s Anti-Crime and
Patrol units responded to the incident,
according to a Facebook post published
by the precinct.
112th Precinct
Forest Hills & Rego Park
Armed thief robs
senior in Rego Park
Police are looking for a man who is
connected to an armed robbery in the
lobby of a Rego Park apartment building.
According to police, at 11:45 a.m.
on Nov. 13, an unknown armed man
approached an elderly woman in the
lobby of 64-34 99th St. and robbed her.
Th e suspect is described as a white
male. Th e 112th Precinct posted a wanted
fl ier about the incident on its Twitter
page.
Anyone with information regarding
the incident can call Detective Anthony
Fallacaro of the 112th Precinct Detective
Squad at 718-520-9252; all calls are kept
confi dential.
113th Precinct
Cambria Heights, Laurelton, St.
Albans, Springfi eld Gardens
Man stabbed multiple
times in home
Detectives are seeking information
regarding the stabbing of a man inside
a South Jamaica home on the night of
Nov. 13.
Offi cers from the 113th Precinct
responded to a 911 call at the home
located on 116th Avenue between 147th
and 148th streets at 11:26 p.m. on Nov.
13.
Upon arriving at the location, authorities
said, the offi cers found the victim
— later identifi ed as Christopher Cody,
39, of Roosevelt Avenue in Flushing —
inside the residence with multiple stab
wounds to his torso. Paramedics later
pronounced him dead at the scene.
Th e New York Daily News, citing an
eyewitness’s account, reported that an
unidentifi ed male suspect came to the
home moments earlier and got into an
argument with Cody just before the violence
erupted.
Moments aft er the assault, it was
reported, the male suspect and two
women were observed fl eeing the scene.
Reportedly, nearby security cameras
recorded footage of the three individuals.
No arrests have been made at of press
time, and the investigation is ongoing,
police said.
Queens Village man
convicted of killing cop
Jurors found a Queens Village man
guilty of fatally shooting a police offi cer
during a traffi c stop two years ago.
Demetrius Blackwell, 37, of 212th
Place allegedly shot Police
Offi cer Brian Moore as
he and his partner, Police
Officer Erik Jansen,
approached him in their
unmarked police cruiser
on the night of May 2,
2015. Moore was struck in
the head and died two days
later at Jamaica Hospital
Medical Center.
On Nov. 9, a jury
returned a guilty verdict against
Blackwell on charges including fi rst-degree
murder, fi rst-degree attempted
murder and criminal possession
of a weapon. Jurors only spent two
hours over two days deliberating before
reaching their verdict, Queens District
Attorney Richard A. Brown said.
Queens Supreme Court Justice
Gregory Lasak is scheduled to sentence
Blackwell on Dec. 12; it’s very likely that
Blackwell will serve life in prison without
parole.
“Th e evidence of Blackwell’s guilt
presented at trial was truly overwhelming,”
Brown said in a statement. “Th e
jury fairly weighed all the evidence
off ered by both sides before concluding
— unanimously and beyond a reasonable
doubt — that the defendant deliberately
fi red a weapon at the two police
offi cers without provocation or warning,
killing one of them. It is likely that
he will never again taste another day of
freedom.”
Law enforcement sources said Moore
and Jansen approached Blackwell on
patrol at around 6:15 p.m.
on May 2, 2015. Th ey had
seen him adjusting his
waistband.
When they went to question
him, authorities said,
Blackwell pulled out a
handgun and started fi ring;
Moore was hit twice
in the head, while Jansen
managed to avoid being
injured.
Police located Blackwell hours later
aft er conducting a massive search of the
neighborhood.
“Th e murder of Detective Brian Moore
reminds us of the extraordinary danger
police offi cers face every day, protecting
this city,” Police Commissioner James
O’Neill said in a statement on Nov. 9.
“Brian chose this profession to protect
others, to do good, and to serve a cause
greater than himself. He was murdered
doing his job and in defense of every
New Yorker. I thank the investigators
and prosecutors who worked this case
successfully with personal commitment
and resolve. To the public who assisted
us along the way: thank you for your
help in ensuring that this career criminal
is removed from the community and
not given the opportunity to cause further
harm.”
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