What’s News, Breaking: Thursday, April 11, 2024

April 11, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

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13 CHARGED AFTER SYNAGOGUE TUNNEL SPECTACLE

CROWN HEIGHTS — THIRTEEN YOUNG MEN WERE CHARGED on Wednesday in the Brooklyn State Supreme Court over the now-infamous January incident in which fighting broke out between police and Chabad Lubavitch members at the group’s Crown Heights headquarters after the discovery of unpermitted digging work in the synagogue’s basement, reports the New York Times. Four other defendants are currently in Israel, according to their lawyer. The work was reportedly part of an internally divisive effort to enlarge the synagogue that some members believe was ordered by Chabad’s former leader Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who passed away in 1994; the diggers excavated a large area outside the synagogue and constructed a tunnel to a neighboring empty building before being discovered by Chabad leadership, who called construction crews to fill in the tunnels, sparking the confrontation that led to police being summoned.

Defendant Mendel Gerlitzky reportedly wore a shovel-shaped lapel pin to court, a signifier of support for the pro-construction “Expand 770” movement, which is opposed by Chabad leadership; all 13, several of whom are Israeli, were ordered to surrender their passports.

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BJORK TO HOLD CONCERT UNDER KOSCIUSZKO BRIDGE

GREENPOINT — ICELANDIC SINGER-SONGWRITER BJORK IS SET TO PERFORM on the banks of Newtown Creek next month, reports DJ Mag, at the Under the K Bridge Park event space, set beneath the Brooklyn side of the Kosciuszko Bridge section of the BQE. She will be headlining a DJ set alongside artists Jlin, Mun Sing, Shygirl, Eartheater and Sega Bodega; event organizers promise “live musical arrangements, digital technology, and stunning visuals” from the avant-garde artist, a one-time resident of Brooklyn Heights.

The event will take place on Friday, May 10, at 8 p.m.; tickets will go on sale on Friday, April 12, to the general public, and can be purchased online through AXS.

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MISSING TEEN IN BED STUY

BED-STUY —POLICE ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO HELP LOCATE missing man Kevin Heredia, age 19, who was last seen on the evening of April 10 leaving his Lexington Avenue residence near the Bedford-Nostrand G train stop. Kevin is described as Hispanic, 5’0″ and approximately 140 pounds, and was last seen wearing gray pants, a gray hoodie, black shoes and a blue durag.

Anyone with information regarding 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 tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website, or on X (Twitter) @NYPDTips.

Missing teen Kevin Heredia. All calls are strictly confidential.

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BROOKLYN MAN DIES AFTER HITTING CURB AND FALLING OFF MOTORCYCLE

CROWN HEIGHTS — A MAN RIDING A MOTORCYCLE ON ATLANTIC AVENUE last month who ran into a curb and fell, injuring his head, died on Wednesday, April 3, police reported. On Saturday, March 16, just after midnight, police responded to a 911 call of a single vehicle collision at Atlantic and Kingston avenues. The NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad determined that a 2024 Znen motorcycle operated by Rahmel McNair, 46, of East New York, was traveling eastbound on Atlantic Avenue when he struck the cement curb. McNair was transported by EMS to NYC Health and Hospital/Kings County in stable condition, but his condition deteriorated over time and he succumbed to his injuries.

There are no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing, police said.

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IN MEMORIAM:
MR. CEE, BELOVED DJ WHO HELPED LAUNCH
CAREERS OF LOCAL HIP-HOP ARTISTS

CITYWIDE — MISTER CEE, A DISC JOCKEY BORN IN BEDFORD-STUYVESANT WHO BECAME KEY TO THE BOOMING 1990s hip-hop scene, has died at age 57, reports the New York Times’ Orlando Mayorquín. Born as Calvin Lebrun in 1966, Mr. Cee was a leading DJ on New York City’s Hot 97 for more than 20 years. He was credited with discovering and launching or elevating the careers of the late Notorious B.I.G. and many local artists, and he was credited as an executive producer on Biggie’s legendary 1994 and now ironically-titled debut “Ready to Die.” Chris Green, a promoter at Capitol Musical Group had told the New York Times in 2014 (when Mr. Cee left Hot 97) that he “was the glue between the old and the new” on Hot 97.

The website for 94.7 The Block NYC reported that several colleagues, including co-host Shelly Wade, grew concerned when they couldn’t reach Mr. Cee, who hosted a show on that station Skip Dillard, the brand manager at WXBK 94.7 The Block NYC later confirmed Mr. Cee’s death.

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RETIREE GROUPS WILL RALLY, DEMANDING
END TO MEDICARE PRIVATIZATION

LOWER MANHATTAN — RETIREES FROM SEVERAL UNIONS AND PROFESSIONAL GROUPS PLAN a noon rally for Friday at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services in lower Manhattan to demand a stop to the privatization of Medicare and to deliver a letter to President Biden demanding instead an expansion of traditional coverage. The letter to Biden includes signatures from 19 retiree organizations, including several based in New York City, and some of which will have speakers: the Cross-union Retirees Organizing Committee, Retiree Advocate-UFT, New York City, Council of Municipal Retiree Organizations, New York Public Library Retirees Association, Retiree Chapter, Professional Staff Congress, and the National Alliance for Retiree Healthcare. The groups assert in the letter that retirees nationwide “are being forced into for-profit Medicare Advantage plans, without their consent.” They add “The National Bureau of Economic Research estimates that 10,000 Medicare Advantage patient lives could be saved every year if insurance companies did not delay and deny the care their doctor ordered as a method of increasing their profits.

Their letter to Biden also points out a finding from a study about “United Health’s use of AI to deny care for their Medicare Advantage enrollees.”

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CRYPTO-SCAMMER ‘SBF’ SEEKS TO STAY IN NOTORIOUS BROOKLYN PRISON PENDING APPEAL

SUNSET PARK — CONVICTED CRYPTO-CRIMINAL SAM BANKMAN-FRIED is seeking consent to stay at the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn as he appeals his conviction and 25-year sentence, Crypto News reports. Bankman-Fried was convicted of wire fraud, securities fraud, money laundering and other charges in relation to the multibillion dollar-collapse of FTX cryptocurrency exchange and the related Alameda Research scandal.

Bankman-Fried’s attorneys argue that remaining in Brooklyn would ease the coordination with his appeal lawyers. According to Forbes, the appeal could take years.

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REPORT CITES HISTORY OF PROBLEMS WITH
CHILDBIRTH FATALITIES AT WOODHULL HOSPITAL

BEDFORD STUYVESANT — THE DEATH OF A BABY WHILE BEING BORN, an unrelated mother’s death during childbirth two weeks later and the doctor involved with both are the focus on a report that state health investigators have released about Woodhull Medical Center, reports the New York Times. Part of the city’s public hospital system and formally known as NYC Health+Hospitals/Woodhull, this medical center has already exhibited problems on its labor and delivery floor. The doctor involved in both the aforementioned deaths, Ronald Daniel, was fired in December after the maternal childbirth death. However, the state health officials declared the hospital’s maternity department as being in “immediate jeopardy” — an administrative determination that a hospital poses a danger to patients.

The racial disparities involving safe and healthy childbirth were emphasized after the woman, who was Black, died. Her death and the ongoing problems ignited a demonstration in front of Woodhull Hospital.

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AVOID THE BQE IN BROOKLYN THIS WEEKEND, DOT WARNS

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — ALL QUEENS-BOUND LANES OF THE BROOKLYN-QUEENS EXPRESSWAY will be closed between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street (the Triple Cantilever on the Brooklyn Heights waterfront) from 2 a.m. on the morning of Saturday, April 13, to 4 a.m. on Monday, April 15, NYC DOT warns. Adding to expected traffic jams, eight Queens-bound entrance ramps will be closed, and one Staten Island-bound lane will also be closed during overnight hours. Traffic Enforcement Agents and pedestrian managers will be posted at key intersections, NYC DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said in a release.

The repairs focus on new concrete and reinforcing steel bars being added at spans near Clark Street and Grace Court as part of near-term work critical to continuing the structure’s lifespan. Traffic diversion maps for the weekend can be found on DOT’s BQE website.

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DEFENDANT WHO DROPPED GUN WHEN APPREHENDED
GETS 20 YEARS FOR MANSLAUGHTER

GOWANUS AND DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — A BROWNSVILLE MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS in prison for the fatal shooting in May 2020 of a romantic rival. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Thursday, April 11, that the defendant, whom he identified as 32-year-old Rudolph Riley, had dropped off a child that he shared with an ex-girlfriend living at the Gowanus Houses. When the woman’s current boyfriend tried to intervene, Riley shot him fatally with a 40-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun. The defendant left the child alone in the apartment and was apprehended when a detective from the 76th Precinct recognized his description from a radio alert. During that exchange, the defendant dropped a red bandana that had concealed the gun and was arrested on the scene. State Supreme Court Judge Vincent Del Giudice sentenced Riley, who had pleaded guilty to manslaughter in February.

A ballistics analysis later matched this weapon with the one used in the shooting.

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ROLLING CAR KILLS 87-YEAR-OLD AFTER MEDICAL EPISODE

GRAVESEND — POLICE DESCRIBED AN UNFORTUNATE SERIES OF EVENTS that led to the death of an elderly woman in Gravesend, Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon. Joan Behan, 87, pulled her 2013 Toyota Corolla into her driveway on West 10th Street just before 3 p.m., but opened the door before engaging the car’s gear selector in the parked position. As Behan started to exit the vehicle, she experienced an apparent medical episode, causing her to slump forward, police said. Subsequently, the car began to roll backward down the driveway, leading to Behan being ejected. She fell to the ground and was fatally struck by the front driver’s side wheel.

EMS transported her to Lutheran Medical Center, where she was pronounced deceased. The investigation remains ongoing by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad.

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FIVE INJURED WHEN ELDERLY DRIVER
LOSES CONTROL OF MERCEDES

DYKER HEIGHTS — SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE SURVIVED WITH ONLY INJURIES after an elderly man lost control of his Mercedes, plowing into them and pushing other vehicles onto the sidewalk in front of a store at 76th St. and 18th Ave. on Wednesday night, April 10. According to the Daily News, witnesses who asked to not be identified saw the 89-year-old driver hit a 20-year-old man on a scooter, then hit a parked taxi whose driver was in the store buying food. Among the injured was the female passenger of the Mercedes, who was trapped when her airbag was deployed.

The Daily News reported that the five victims were transported to local hospitals with injuries considered non-life threatening. The investigation is ongoing.

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FAMED FOOTBALL STAR LATER ACQUITTED OF MURDER,
O.J. SIMPSON DIES AT 76

LOS ANGELES — O.J. SIMPSON, THE FOOTBALL SUPERSTAR WHO PLAYED NINE OF HIS 11 NFL SEASONS with the Buffalo Bills before his fall from grace, has died at age 76, according to Associated Press and other media. Simpson’s family said the cause was cancer, with which he was diagnosed earlier this year. After his football career, Simpson gained notoriety for being a suspect in the 1994 knife slayings of his second wife Nicole Simpson, and Ronald Goldman, her friend. Although acquitted in 1995, he later had to pay the families’ penalties in a civil court case.

Simpson later got into an armed fight with sports memorabilia dealers and was convicted in a jury case of armed robbery and other felonies. He insisted that he was trying to retrieve sports memorabilia that originally belonged to him.

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FREE STRESS-BUSTING EVENT IN SUNSET PARK

SUNSET PARK — IT’S EASY TO GET STRESSED OUT in this fast-paced world. To help folks deal with it all, Maimonides Hospital, Councilmember Alexa Avilés and the Brooklyn Public Library’s Sunset Park branch are hosting a free “Mind your Mind Workshop” stress awareness event this Saturday, April 13, from noon to 3 p.m. The groups organized the event “to create a safe space for open discussions and learning about coping mechanisms to manage stress effectively,” Maimonides said in a statement. Participants will be able to learn about and share stressors, practice mechanisms to cope with stress, and engage therapeutic activities such as journaling and adult coloring.

The event takes place at Sunset Park Library, 5108 4th Ave., ground floor, room A/B.

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STATE REPORT ON MAYORAL CONTROL OF NYC SCHOOLS IS INCONCLUSIVE

CITYWIDE — AMID ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS IN ALBANY about extending Mayor Eric Adams’ control of NYC schools, the state Education Department, on Tuesday, released a 300-page study on school governance. The report is ultimately inconclusive on the issue of mayoral control, education publication Chalkbeat reported. David Bloomfield, a professor of education at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center, called the report “a mild reprimand of the current system.” Still, “the three-word summary of the report is: ‘We want change,’” he told Chalkbeat. “What that change is, is left out.”

The Adams administration claimed the study ignored the progress city schools have made on standardized tests compared to other NYS cities. He took “particular issue” with the involvement of the CUNY School of Law, Chalkbeat said, suggesting the school was biased against him “due to an incident last year when graduates turned their backs on him during a commencement speech.”

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EPA FINALIZES FIRST-EVER NATIONAL DRINKING WATER STANDARD

NATIONWIDE — THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) FINALIZED THE FIRST-EVER NATIONAL DRINKING WATER STANDARD for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances(PFAS), a step that U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) applauded on Wednesday, April 10. This final rule, representing a significant step forward in the fight to combat PFAS pollution, establishes legally enforceable limits, called maximum contaminant levels, for PFAS in drinking water. The maximum contaminant levels published on April 10 reflect those called for in Sen. Gillibrand’s Protect Drinking Water from PFAS Act, which would have required EPA to establish a national standard for PFAS in drinking water, as well as maximum contaminant levels for certain PFAS chemicals. Sen. Gillibrand also thanked EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan and President Joe Biden for making nearly $1 billion in funding available to help communities comply with the rule’s requirements.

PFAS have been known to harm the liver and the immune system and to reduce the efficacy of certain vaccines.

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EID COMES TO BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM WITH DANCE, SONG AND PUPPETS

CROWN HEIGHTS — Brooklyn Children’s Museum will Celebrate Eid al-Fitr with a Festival on Sunday, April 14, thanks to City Councilmember Shahana Hanif — the first Muslim woman elected to the New York City Council — and other cultural organizations. Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan and the month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting, usually begins the day after the sighting of the new crescent moon, which marks the end of Ramadan and the onset of the month of Shawwal, the tenth of the Islamic Hijri calendar. Children’s Museum visitors to this ticketed event will learn the story of Eid al-Fitr from the Culture Tree’s puppet show; enjoy hands-on activities; experience the intricate rhythmic patterns of Indian classical dance with the Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts; hear Turkish, Kurdish and Islamic classical music performed by the Wahab Orchestra; and learn Sufi-inspired songs at an interactive drumming circle led by Brother Mustafa.

Celebrate Eid al-Fitr is presented in partnership with Council Member Shahana Hanif, Turkish Cultural Center, The Culture Tree and Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts.

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DEVELOPER BUYS BERGEN ST. SITE FOR RESIDENCES

BOERUM HILL — A LARGE FORMER INDUSTRIAL SITE ON BERGEN STREET IN BOERUM HILL HAS BEEN SNATCHED UP FOR DEVELOPMENT, reports Crain’s New York Business. The property records that were made public on Wednesday, April 10 identify Yitzchok Katz as the buyer. He is chief executive of Goose Property Management, although a well-known search company PropertyShark does not list him yet, instead showing Joseph Ulano as the owner since 2018. The site, at 268 Bergen St., in ZIP code 11217, currently consists of three buildings on a block bounded by Bergen and Wyckoff streets, Nevins Street and Third Avenue. Katz is reportedly cleared to create a four-building development on the site, which will have the address 280 Bergen St., and will build 300 units, 90 of which will be affordable. A zoning resolution that City Council passed in 2022 mandates that units be affordable or offered at reduced rents for those in certain income tiers.

The new developer has applied to the Department of Buildings for demolition permits, although city records don’t yet show they’ve approved, PropertyShark shows the approval as of April 1, 2024.

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BK HEIGHTS TOWNHOUSE SELLS FOR $6.5M

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – A FIVE-STORY GARDEN PLACE TOWNHOUSE WAS the most expensive property sold in Brooklyn last week, reports the Real Deal, for $6.5 million. The house, built in 1885, has six bedrooms and four baths, as well as a garden and wood-burning fireplaces. Luxury home sales rates have been rising in Brooklyn during the spring, with 24 homes selling for more than $2 million in the last week.

The second-most- expensive sale was the penthouse apartment at 57-story 11 Hoyt Street in Downtown Brooklyn, a three-bedroom, three-bathroom condo, for $5.5 million.

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DORMITORY AUTHORITY’S NEWLY-APPOINTED CEO IS CURREN NY SECRETARY OF STATE RODRIGUEZ

STATEWIDE — THE DORMITORY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS APPOINTED ROBERT J. RODRIGUEZ, currently New York’s 68th secretary of state, as acting president and chief executive officer, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Wednesday. The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY) is, according to its website, “a public benefit corporation authorized to finance and build higher education, health care, mental health, court and other public purpose facilities across New York State. DASNY has played a vital role in supporting the state’s economic development and infrastructure since 1944.” The agency’s clients have included schools, hospitals, primary care facilities, psychiatric centers, laboratories, medical research facilities, nursing homes, adult homes, libraries and performing arts centers.

Rodriguez, who will begin his new role on May 8, will serve as acting president & CEO until confirmed by the state Senate.

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FORD SUV MODELS RECALLED FOR FUEL INJECTOR LEAK, BUT SAFETY REGULATORS SAY THAT ISN’T ENOUGH

NATIONWIDE — FORD MOTOR COMPANY RECALLS ALMOST 43,000 SMALL SUV models because of gasoline fuel injector leaks and will not provide the actual repairs of the leaks in its remedy, reported the Associated Press on Wednesday, April 10. Following reports of five under-hood fires and 14 warranty replacements of fuel injectors, Ford indicated in documents filed with U.S. safety regulators that fuel injectors can crack, and gasoline or vapor can accumulate near ignition sources, possibly touching off fires. Ford’s remedy will allow dealers to install a tube to let gasoline flow away from hot surfaces to the ground below the vehicle and to update engine control software to detect a pressure drop in the fuel injection system.

However, consumer safety advocates like Michael Brooks, executive director of the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety, described Ford’s remedy as a “Band Aid-type recall,” asserting that the company is trying to avoid the cost of repairing the fuel injectors for what it considers a low 1% of affected vehicles. Brooks calls on Ford and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to ensure that root causes are addressed and fixed to avoid potential crashes when a vehicle’s engine control software activates.

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NEW MULTILINGUAL VIDEO SERIES HELPS DEMYSTIFY MEDICAL MEMBERSHIP CARD

CITYWIDE — NYC Health + Hospitals’ NYC Care program has released a video series focused on the NYC Care card and ways to utilize one’s membership benefits. The videos aim to demystify the process of using the NYC Care card and to encourage both NYC Care-eligible New Yorkers and existing members alike to utilize the benefits, starting with primary care. The videos — which are dubbed and subtitled in 15 languages: Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, English, French, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Korean, Mandarin, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Urdu — feature NYC Care Executive Director Jonathan Jiménez, MD, MPH, alongside colorful animations, as a voice-over highlights the membership card’s various components.

The NYC Care Card includes information on the renewal date, primary care provider, and fee structure for medical services.

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LUNCHABLES’ CAFETERIA VERSION CONTAINS EXCESSIVE SODIUM, WARNS CONSUMER PROTECTION GROUP

NATIONWIDE — LUNCHABLES KITS PROVIDED IN SCHOOL CAFETERIAS CONTAIN DANGEROUS LEVELS of sodium and should be removed, the national watchdog group Consumer Reports told CNN and the media this week. After last year’s rollout of two new versions of the popular Lunchables snack kit, Consumer Reports conducted a probe that found even higher levels of sodium than the Lunchables kits consumers can buy in stores. Tests of the product revealed a range of 460 to 740 milligrams per serving. The group found that sodium levels in the turkey and cheddar school versions of Lunchables contained as much as 930 mg of sodium compared to 740 mg in the store-bought version. Consumer Reports is urging the USDA to remove these Lunchables from the school lunch programs.

Moreover, high sodium levels and traces of cadmium and lead that are known to cause health issues such as kidney failure were also found in several brands, including Armour LunchMakers, Good & Gather, Greenfield Natural Meat Co. and Oscar Mayer. These elements commonly found in soil have increased due to metal elements in pesticides.

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LISTERIA OUTBREAK IN COTIJA CHEESES HAS ENDED, SAY FDA, CDC

NATIONWIDE — THE US FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION HAS CLOSED ITS INVESTIGATION OF A LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES OUTBREAK IN QUESO FRESCO and cotija cheese products distributed across the United States over multiple years, following the Center for Disease Control’s April 9 announcement that the outbreak is over. The FDA, collaborating with the CDC and partners on the state and local levels, investigated illnesses in a multi-year, multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections linked to queso fresco and cotija cheeses manufactured by Rizo Lopez Foods, Inc., of Modesto, California. The CDC indicated a total of 26 cases in 11 states, with a total of 23 hospitalizations, with the last illness onset on Dec. 10, 2023, and two reported deaths. The FDA has developed a prevention strategy aiming to reduce outbreaks and illnesses of listeriosis associated with soft, fresh queso fresco cheeses.

Consumer Reports indicated in February that, after last December’s outbreak, the FDA’s on-site inspection of the plant found the same strain of listeria in a container that stores cheese before packaging, which caused the outbreak.

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US HOUSE KILLS FISA LEGISLATION TO EXTEND WARRANTLESS SURVEILLANCE

CAPITOL HILL — THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 VOTED 193-228 AGAINST A RULE VOTE THAT WOULD HAVE ADVANCED THE FISA (Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act) reauthorization, which would have extended for five years the government’s authority to conduct investigations without warrants that are mandated in the U.S. Constitution, report CNN and other media. The vote, which was a defeat for House Speaker Mike Johnon (R-LA), underscored the rancor among House Republicans, particularly among those who support the bill. Joining all Democrats in the “nay” vote were 19 Republicans. FISA’s current standing (extended through April 19) authorizes the intelligence community to gather communications for foreign persons but also for Americans, the latter provision being dictated by procedures but also with loopholes that could jeopardize citizens’ civil liberties.

Former president and current presidential frontrunner Donald Trump was calling for Congress to “Kill FISA.”

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BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN CROWN HEIGHTS: POLICE

CROWN HEIGHTS — AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS WOUNDED ON Tuesday by a gun found by a group of children at a Howard Avenue NYCHA building, reports CBS News. Police say that the kids were playing with the firearm when it suddenly fired, striking the boy in the arm and alerting adults, who phoned paramedics to transport him to the hospital. It was unclear who owned the gun and how it was discharged. Police were speaking to those present during the shooting.

Anyone with information regarding the 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 CrimeStoppers website at or on X (Twitter).

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MISSING MAN IN BUSHWICK

BUSHWICK – POLICE ARE ASKING FOR HELP LOCATING JAVIER Martinez, age 33, who was last seen on the night of Thursday, April 4, leaving his residence on Wilson Avenue near Maria Hernandez Park in Bushwick. Martinez is described as Hispanic, approximately 6’0″ and 180 pounds, and was last seen wearing a blue coat and gray pants.

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 CrimeStoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, or on X (Twitter) @NYPDTips.