Once again, the men and women in blue were feted for their “excellent police work” by the members of the Jamaica Rotary.
Deputy Inspector Charles McEvoy, Commander of the 103rd Precinct honored Officers Jason Loesch and Gerrardo Perrone for nabbing a “career criminal” and closing out a robbery pattern.
On Thursday, April 21, the two responded to a robbery in progress at the Gulf gas station on 202nd Street and Hillside Avenue, which had been hit twice in the week prior. McEvoy said that the perp had his hand in his pocket, simulating a firearm, and made off with $1,000 in the latest incident. Loesch and Perrone canvassed the area and after a foot pursuit, apprehended the suspect, who was later tied to the recent robberies of another gas station as well as a Laundromat. The 47-year-old suspect had over 20 previous arrests, according to McEvoy.
CompStat – and good old police work – helped Officers Michael Ranolde, Thomas Scalise and Sergio Silva apprehend a man with a firearm.
Captain Thomas Pascale said that a CompStat meeting indicated drug activity in the 106th Precinct. “We drew up a zone to address this,” he said. On Wednesday, April 20, the officers observed a suspicious man, who then fled on 133rd Street to 117th Avenue. He hopped a fence and tossed away his gun; the 106, with help from the 102nd and 113th Precincts, set up a perimeter and found the suspect – who had ditched the red sweatshirt he was wearing – hiding under a car. Cops recovered a .45 semiautomatic from the scene.
The 102nd Precinct cracked a case that was actually then taken over by the FBI.
Executive Officer Captain Martin Briffa explained that Detectives Robert McCormick and Timothy Feehan of the 102 picked up a known criminal on a small charge; he gave up an address, and following an executed search, the 102 found guns, drugs and other paraphernalia. The FBI has taken on the case and “they are using the evidence against a major drug dealer in Queens.”
And, for their “work behind the scenes,” the 113th Precincts Domestic Violence Unit was honored by Inspector Kristel Johnson.
Johnson said that the unit, which recently held a seminar, “gets the resources out there.”
Jamaica Rotary president Joe Iaboni, who commended the NYPD for “doing a really great job,” also reminded those in attendance that the talent show will be May 26 at York College at 7 p.m., and the Queens Centers for Progress picnic will be held on June 8; additionally, the Jamaica Rotary dinner dance will be on June 11.
