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Wednesday, April 6, 2005

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Dead body found in Flushing

Police did not release information on the name, age and sex of the person found. No signs of trauma were discovered, and the medical examiner was asked to determine the cause of death.
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Flushing store employee arrested in ID theft

The worker, a 20-year-old man, was investigated by the NYPD identity theft task force prior to his arrest at the store last Thursday, the Post reported.

The suspect allegedly used an electronic device to steal the credit card numbers, according to
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Swastika symbols scrawled in Flushing

The anti-Semitic graffiti, according to the Post, was discovered at about 10 a.m. Saturday inside a building at 161-55 Jewel Ave. An investigation was continuing, according to the Post.

The police department could not confirm this report.
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Alleged JFK coke smuggling ring nabbed

In addition to the food facade, the gang also reputedly sent couriers carrying drugs on passenger planes, news reports said.

Law enforcement officials arrested 27 suspects after customs officials found some of the cocaine hidden inside crates of f
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S. Ozone Park man fatally shot at home

Robert Krinis was hit once in the chest, and he was later pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital, police said.

The suspected weapon was recovered at the scene, police said, and as of Tuesday the investigation was ongoing.
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Manhattan woman pleads guilty to ID theft, grand larceny

Adaeze Okeke of Manhattan pleaded guilty to identity theft, grand larceny and other charges, DA Richard Brown said. A judge indicated he would sentence Okeke to six months in jail and five months probation when she returns to court May 16, Brown said. She
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Far Rockaway woman indicted on money laundering

Margie Bryant, a former human resources compliance coordinator at the firm, Prospect Home Care, was also charged in federal court in Brooklyn with theft or bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds and health care fraud, Investigation Department
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South Jamaica man stabbed in his home: Cops

No arrests had been made as of Tuesday in the slaying of Charles Boyd, who lived on 116th Avenue near 144th Street, police said. Boyd’s home health aide told detectives that she had gone out for lunch Friday, then discovered Boyd’s front door
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Fake transit worker sentenced for Jamaica train theft try

McCollum, 39, who now lives in Manhattan, was in State Supreme Court in Kew Gardens after pleading guilty in February to attempted grand larceny, DA Richard Brown said.

He was arrested last year after trying to steal a new Long Island Rail Road lo

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