Police released photos (above) of three men whom detectives want to interview, but stopped short of calling them suspects.
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Police released photos (above) of three men whom detectives want to interview, but stopped short of calling them suspects.
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Police released photos (above) of three men whom detectives want to interview, but stopped short of calling them suspects.. (
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Queens
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Police are investigating the deaths of a man and a woman whose bodies were found in a Ridgewood home, police said.
Franco Motoya, 21, and Beatrice Morris, 28, were discovered unconscious with head trauma at about 9:30 p.m. Monday in the Flushing Avenue residence, cops said.
EMS pronounced them dead at the scene.
There were no signs of forced entry, police said.
Sources said there had been a lot of drug activity in the residence.
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Cops released photos of a man suspected of robbing a Little Caesars Pizza in St. Albans last week.
The suspect entered the store on Sutphin Boulevard near Linden Boulevard at about 4 p.m. on May 28, cops said.
He pulled a gun and fled with an unknown sum of cash, police added.
The suspect is believed to be in his early 20s, about 6-foot-4 and 210 pounds.
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A 170-pound brute was arrested yesterday on charges of killing a 4-month-old dog in Soundview, authorities said.
Dwayne Gentles, 28, whose lengthy rap sheet includes an April arrest for trying to stab his girlfriend with a screwdriver, began beating the brown and black pit bull two months after its birth, law-enforcement sources said.
Gentles took the female pup to a vet right before Christmas but the tiny animal could not be saved and had to be put down, sources added.
An autopsy showed that the pup had suffered 14 rib fractures, two broken legs, swelling on the brain, broken teeth, cuts to the mouth and other signs of chronic abuse, said ASPCA spokesman Joe Pentangelo.
Gentles was charged yesterday with aggravated animal cruelty, a felony that can bring up to two years’ imprisonment.
He also faces charges of menacing, weapons possession and harassment in an April 13 attack on his girlfriend, sources said.
Brooklyn
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A Crips member with more than 20 arrests, including for rape and a ritual gang assault that left a 15-year-old burned and beaten, was shot dead in Crown Heights Monday, police sources said.
Joseph Belmar, 30, was shot several times at about 5:35 p.m. at Rutland Road and Kingston Avenue, according to cops.
He had suffered gunshot wounds to the arm, neck and chest and was pronounced dead by EMS, police added.
Belmar made headlines 13 years ago as the alleged ringleader when Crips members beat, burned and robbed a mildly retarded boy in a Brooklyn group home.
The victim was also forced to drink shampoo and eat soiled underpants, police said at the time.
A motive in Belmar’s slaying wasn’t immediately clear, sources said.
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A sicko held a woman captive in his Crown Heights apartment for more than a day, authorities said.
The 41-year-old victim had gone to a Union Street apartment near Rogers Avenue to borrow money from the girlfriend of alleged assailant Allen Boone, 50, to buy crack at about 7 a.m. last Thursday, law-enforcement sources said.
She fell asleep, and woke up in Boone’s bedroom, sources said.
He then allegedly tied her legs together, grabbed her by the hair and dragged her into the closet, forcing her to perform a sex act on him, sources said.
Boone allegedly held her captive until 6 a.m. Saturday, sources added.
The victim called police, and Boone was arrested at his home shortly before 8 a.m. Saturday, sources added.
He was hit with a slew of charges, including first-degree sexual abuse, criminal sexual assault and unlawful imprisonment.
Manhattan
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Cops want to talk to eight men seen in video surveillance footage near the scene of a vicious homophobic assault in Midtown.
The group shouted homophobic slurs at two pals, then assaulted them on Eighth Avenue outside Penn Station at about 6:45 p.m. on May 5, cops said.
The suspects shoved the 22-year-old man and his 28-year-old pal to the ground and left one victim with a broken nose, police added.
The second victim suffered bruises.
Both men were treated at Bellevue Hospital, according to cops.
Police released photos of three men whom detectives want to interview, but stopped short of calling them suspects..