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NYPD Captain Joseph E. Cappelmann addresses the 112th Precinct Community Council on Wednesday night. (Patch screenshot)
FOREST HILLS, QUEENS New York City may have seen a spike in violent crime in 2020, but Forest Hills and Rego Park bucked the trend.
Crime levels in the neighborhood saw only a small uptick last year, thanks to a slight increase in burglaries, robberies and car thefts, according to NYPD Captain Joseph Cappelmann, the commanding officer of the 112th Precinct.
Overall, the precinct has continued averaging 12 crimes a week, he said.
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Officers started seeing more burglaries at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, mostly at chain pharmacies and retailers like CVS, Walgreens and Target, Cappelmann said during a 112th Precinct Community Council meeting Wednesday night.
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Jan. 21, 2021
The Connecticut Council of Small Towns (COST), which represents the state s smaller communities, presented this year s Town Crier Award to Martin Heft, Acting Undersecretary, Intergovernmental Policy and Planning Division, Office of Policy & Management.
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Each year, COST recognizes and honors those individuals who have distinguished themselves as outstanding advocates on behalf of Connecticut s smaller communities. COST is very pleased to present Martin Heft with this award in recognition of his tireless efforts to provide municipalities with critical information on state and federal grants and programs, respond to questions and concerns, and work with us to promote public policies to address issues facing our communities, said COST President Tom Dunn, Mayor of Wolcott.
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A Rancho Palos Verdes woman whose 2-year-old daughter died inside a car with the heater running will receive nearly 15 years in state prison. (Shutterstock)
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA A Rancho Palos Verdes mother whose 2-year-old daughter died after she left her in a car with the heater on in 2019 was sentenced to nearly 15 years in state prison, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney s Office.
Lacey Ana Mazzarella, 35, pleaded no contest on Oct. 20 to one count each of voluntary manslaughter, mayhem and child abuse resulting in death. Deputy District Attorney David Zygielbaum prosecuted the case.
On Sept. 22, 2019, just before midnight, Mazzarella left June Love Agosto in a car in West Carson.
Women More Likely To Die Of Nighttime Cardiac Arrest - Los Angeles, CA - A new study at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center found that women are much more likely than men to suffer fatal cardiac arrest at night.
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Researchers in Orange County are developing a pre-emptive vaccine for all strains of the coronavirus and a new method for vaccine delivery. (Shutterstock)
IRVINE, CA UC Irvine scientists are developing a vaccine to attack all strains of coronavirus, the university reported Thursday. Along with the vaccine, scientists say they have identified a potential breakthrough that if it works would solve many of the problems related to distributing the medicine to patients across the world, a UCI professor on the project says.
Professor Lbachir BenMohamed a UCI School of Medicine professor of Immunology and the founder of the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology at the University of California, Irvine says that his team is developing what they envision will be a vaccine that could work on all strains in the SARS-CoV-2 family.