Police arrested 141 individuals – 21 in Queens – purchasing what they believed was stolen electronics during an undercover operation throughout the city.
Undercover officers targeted locations that were suspected of receiving stolen merchandise in the past and offered Apple iPhone 4s and iPad 2s that the merchants believed to be stolen for vast discounts, according to police.
“This was a two-prong approach to apprehend both thieves and receivers of stolen property,” Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said. “Suspects at both ends of the equation are learning the hard way that ‘victims’ and ‘sellers’ may in fact be undercover police officers.”
Convenience stores, newsstands, delis, barber shops and other commercial establishments were targeted in the sting.
In Queens arrests were made at the following locations:
101ST PRECINCT (2 arrests)
- A Line Deli Inc (21-15 Mott Avenue) – 1 arrest
- Genesis Deli (25-11 Far Rockaway Blvd) – 1 arrest
106TH PRECINCT (2 arrests)
- TMJ Grocery (104-05 Liberty Avenue) – 1 arrest
- Liberty Avenue Deli (105-31 Liberty Avenue) – 1 arrest
108TH PRECINCT (3 arrests)
- Juan Grocery (64-21 Broadway) – 1 arrest
- El Rey Del Taco (49-06 43 Avenue) – 1 arrest
- Scorpion Bar (69-08 Roosevelt Avenue) – 1 arrest
109TH PRECINCT (2 arrests)
- Kingnet Technology Inc. (37-02 Main Street) – 1 arrest
- Main Street Computer Shop (41-46 Main Street) – 1 arrest
110TH PRECINCT (7 arrests)
- 40-36 75 Street – 1 arrest
- 81-14 Roosevelt Avenue – 3 arrests
- 97-09 Roosevelt Avenue – 1 arrest
- 84-26 Roosevelt Avenue – 1 arrest
- 80-06 Roosevelt Avenue – 1 arrest
114TH PRECINCT (1 arrest, 0 prior incidents)
- Beauty & Nail Salon (29-25 23 Avenue) – 1 arrest
115TH PRECINCT (4 arrests
- Dancar (93-04B 37 Avenue) – 1 arrest
- ABC Wireless NY Inc (37-65A 74 Street) – 1 arrest
- Envios a Equador (102-05 Roosevelt Avenue) – 1 arrest
- Livery Cab (f/o 103-17 Roosevelt Avenue) – 1 arrest
