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Gunman threatens MTA bus driver who demanded he pay

A Queens fare-beater pulled a gun and hissed, “I should kill you” to an MTA bus driver — who dared to ask the scofflaw to pay, cops said Sunday.

The twisted transit rider, who was wearing a brightly colored hoodie, boarded a Q17 MTA bus at Horace Harding Expressway and Kissena Boulevard around 9:30 p.m.. on Dec. 23 without paying the fare, cops said.

A fare-beater on a Queens bus pulled a gun on the driver, who had only asked the man to pay.
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The 59-year-old bus driver asked the scofflaw to come over to him, at which point the man began arguing, prompting the operator to ask him to leave the vehicle.

As the fare-beater exited the bus, he snarled, “I should kill you” while pointing a firearm at the driver, cops said. 

Cameras capture gunman on bus.
The gunman was caught on surveillance camera on the Q17 bus.
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“The individual then walked in front of the bus and pointed the firearm at the bus operator again before fleeing to parts unknown,” police said in a news release containing photos of the suspect dressed in a colorful hoodie with letters on it. 

There were no injuries, cops said.

The gunman is described as approximately 5’7″ tall with a medium build. He was last seen wearing a black face mask, black bubble jacket with a light, multicolored hood, black pants and black sneakers.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

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Baby-faced suspect stabs, bites teen in NYC subway melee over vaping: cops

The city’s latest subway crimes include a teenager being bitten and stabbed by a baby-faced suspect when the victim confronted a group of people vaping on a Brooklyn platform, cops say.

Two days earlier, a trio of creeps also mugged a 21-year-old man of his cell phone as he waited for an F train in Queens, authorities said. 

The bitten 19-year-old victim had been waiting for a C train at Pennsylvania Avenue in East New York around 2:45 p.m. Wednesday when he clashed with six people who were vaping nearby, authorities said. 

The young-looking suspect, shown in surveillance images released by the NYPD on Sunday night, then knifed the victim in the torso and bit him on the forearm, cops said. 

A surveillance photo shows the baby-faced suspect in the attack on a 19-year-old victim inside the Pennsylvania Avenue station.
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The victim was taken to Interfaith Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition. 

Photos show the assailant wearing a black jacket over a red hoodie and black pants. 

Last month, three creeps mugged a man of his phone in Queens, authorities said. 

Video shows a trio mugging a 21-year-old man as he waited for an F train at Parsons Boulevard.
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That victim was standing on the platform at the Parsons Boulevard station in Jamaica Hills around 8 a.m. Nov. 21 when the group surrounded him, punched him in the face and grabbed his phone, video released by the NYPD shows. 

The victim refused medical attention, cops said. 

Police are still looking to track down the suspects. 

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NYC driver fatally strikes pedestrian crossing street in Queens

A pedestrian was hit and killed by the driver of a car while trying to cross a street in Queens Friday night, police said.

The 64-year-old man was struck near the intersection of Seagirt Avenue and Beach 30th Street in Far Rockaway at about 6:50 p.m., cops said.

A 26-year-old man driving a black Jeep Wrangler was heading eastbound on Seagirt Avenue when he hit the man, who police said was attempting to cross the street mid-block.

The 64-year-old man was struck around 6:50 p.m. last night.
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The pedestrian suffered severe trauma to his body and was transported by first responders to St. John’s Episcopal Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.

The driver remained at the scene. Police said the investigation is ongoing.

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Suspect in Queens triple homicide reveals grisly details on slays: sources

The Queens man accused of fatally stabbing three female relatives provided grisly details of the triple slaying while being grilled by NYPD detectives in Virginia — and now awaits extradition to the Big Apple, law-enforcement sources said Monday.

Jabari Burrell, 22, waived his Miranda Rights and gave cops specific details on how he killed each of his victims, including a 65-year-old woman who died futilely trying to shield her wheelchair-bound 26-year-old stepdaughter, sources said.

Burrell allegedly stole the older woman’s 2004 Toyota Sienna after the Springfield Garden murders Friday and drove to Virginia, where he was nabbed Sunday when the vehicle ran out of gas on I-95.

An NYPD spokesman said police have begun the process to bring Burrell back to Queens.

“He’s waiting to be extradited, and charges remain pending at this point,” the rep said.

A representative for the Queens District Attorney’s Office said Burrell is facing three counts each of first-degree and second-degree murder and will also be charged with criminal possession of a weapon.

Burrell is accused of fatally stabbing Hyacinth Brown-Johnson, 65, her 47-year-old daughter, Latoya Gordon — who is the suspect’s aunt — and Brown-Johnson’s stepdaughter, Patrice Johnson, cops said.

Police said three women were stabbed to death in their Queens home Friday.
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Hyacinth Brown-Johnson, 65, was stabbed to death trying to shield her disabled stepdaughter, 26-year-old Patrice Johnson, from their attacker.
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Sources said the deadly rampage erupted after Burrell was smoking marijuana in the house and got into an argument — then snapped and turned on the women.

An alert was put out for the suspect after the crime, and Virginia State Police arrested him when his car conked out on the highway and notified the NYPD.

A rep for the Virginia State Police Department referred all questions about the case to the NYPD.

Three women were stabbed to death Friday at this 182nd Street home in Queens.
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Queens man Martin Motta pleads guilty to WWI vet cold-case slaying

A Queens man pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the killing and dismemberment of a World War I veteran more than 45 years ago.

Martin Motta, 75, entered a guilty plea Tuesday in the gruesome cold-case slaying of George Clarence Seitz, whose partial remains were discovered in the backyard of a Richmond Hill home in March 2019, the Queens District Attorney’s office announced.

Prosecutors said Motta fatally stabbed Seitz in the head after stealing approximately $7,000 to $8,000 from him in 1976.

Seitz’s body had been dismembered at the neck, shoulders and hips, according to the Queens DA’s office.

Investigators spent two years working to identify the skeletal remains — a pelvis and partial torso — that were buried under concrete before they were able to positively identify Seitz as a match through DNA tests with the help of the FBI.

George Clarence Seitz went missing on Dec. 10, 1976.
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“This long-cold case marks the first successful application in New York City of forensic genetic genealogy,” Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said. “No matter how much time has passed, we will use every tool at our disposal to achieve justice.”

Seitz, who was 81 at the time of his death, had gone missing on the morning of Dec. 10, 1976.

George Clarence Seitz’s remains, consisting of a pelvis and partial torso, are dug up.
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He was last seen leaving his home in Jamaica, Queens to go get a haircut. Investigators learned that Seitz was a regular customer of Motta at the barbershop and linked him to the murder through witness interviews and record searches across five states, according to the Queens DA.

Motta, of Jamaica, is expected to be given 20 years in prison at his sentencing on Nov. 7, according to the Queens DA.

“For the gruesome murder of a World War I veteran, the defendant eluded arrest for more than 46 years,” Katz said.  “Now he is headed to prison thanks to the collaboration between the NYPD and our Cold Case Unit.”

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Father of young Queens hit-and-run victim pleads with killer

The father of a 5-year-old Queens boy who was killed by a hit-and-run driver Thursday begged the suspect to surrender to police.

Richard Martinez made the plea in a Friday interview where he also remembered his son Jonathan Martinez as a “very happy child” who “loved God.”

The youngster was on his way home from the park with his father and three siblings when he was fatally hit by a white Dodge pickup truck at 100th Street in East Elmhurst at about 5:30 p.m., according to police.

The driver sped away after the fatal crash.

“We were crossing the street and a white truck wanted to turn,” Martinez recalled. “He looked at us, he saw us four there, it seemed like he wanted to hit us,” the heartbroken father said in Spanish.

“I pulled my other children back but didn’t get to my third child Johnathan in time. He was struck by the bumper and two wheels ran over him.”

Jonathan Martinez was on his way home from the park with his father and three siblings when he was fatally hit.
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The elder Martinez said he forgave the cowardly suspect as he called on the suspect to turn himself in.

“I forgive you, we are human. All I ask [is] turn yourself into authorities. Tell them it was you that it was a mistake, whatever,” Martinez said.

“You have taken a piece of my heart … my child was innocent and had a whole future ahead of him.”

The boy — who was only a block from his house when he was struck — was pronounced dead less than an hour after the accident from severe trauma, police said.

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