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Thomas Tracy
Courier-Life
Last Updated:
1:00 PM, December 24, 2009
Posted:
1:00 PM, December 24, 2009
Dentist run down
A Bay Ridge dentist was killed last week following a harrowing scene that put him in the path of two passing cars.
Officials said that 58-year-old Harry Lewner was paces away from his dental practice at 9 p.m. on December 17 when he crossed Fourth Avenue near 79th Street and was struck by a passing Kia.
The force of the impact sent him stumbling into a second vehicle, which also hit him, officials said.
The driver of the second vehicle remained at the scene as the Kia sped off into the night.
About 90 minutes later the driver of the Kia, identified as 21-year-old Karrissa McFaline of Bristol, Connecticut surrendered to cops in the 7th Precinct in Manhattan. She claimed that she knew she hit something, but didn’t realize she had hit a person until someone had told her about the accident.
Cops charged McFaline with leaving the scene of an accident. No charges were filed against the second driver.
Butcher blast
A worker at a 15th Avenue butcher shop was shot as a heartless thief raided the business last week.
Police said that the woman, the wife of the owner, was putting money in the register at Romeo Brothers Meats and Foods near 78th Street at 4:30 p.m. December 18 when the unidentified suspect burst in and started blasting away.
The thug shot the woman and then rifled through the register, taking an undisclosed amount of cash as his victim writhed in pain on the floor.
A few minutes later the owner of the store returned, finding his wounded wife.
Police said that the woman was rushed to Lutheran Medical Center where she was listed in stable condition after treatment.
Cops are asking anyone with information regarding this incident to come forward.
Calls can be made to the 62nd Precinct at (718) 236-2611. All calls will be kept confidential.
Burglar brawl
A would-be burglar wrestled with an 81st Street resident after he was caught breaking into the man’s home Thursday, police alleged.
Officials said that the resident returned to his home between Sixth Avenue and Gatling Place at 11:45 a.m. on December 17 when he found 40-year-old David Ortiz allegedly reaching into his abode through a shattered rear window.
Ortiz, who had a crowbar in one hand, was reaching into the window in an attempt to unlock the back door, officials alleged.
The victim surprised the middle-aged thief and chased him away, but Ortiz had a lot of fight left in him, police alleged.
After being chased down the block, Ortiz reportedly turned around and grappled with the victim.
Ortiz broke away after a few moments and ran off, but was soon in the hands of responding police officers who charged him with burglary in the second degree, criminal mischief and criminal trespass.
Dirty dating
A conniving couple was arrested last week after they were caught allegedly swiping a watch from the Century 21 on 86th Street.
Officials said that 24-year-old Sergey Smirnov and 25-year-old Ekaterina Timofeeva were perusing the aisles in the department store between Fourth and Fifth avenues at 8:18 p.m. December 15 when Smirnov allegedly picked up a watch.
He pulled the tag from the timepiece and promptly handed it over to his companion, who put the item into her purse – right in front of an employee, police alleged.
Workers grabbed the couple as they allegedly attempted to leave the store without paying for the watch.
Responding officers charged them with petit larceny and criminal possession of stolen property.
Tracked down
Cops didn’t need satellite navigation to track down a would-be thief nabbed for swiping a GPS device from a Toyota parked on Third Avenue.
Officials said that they were called shortly after 1 a.m. on December 9 after the owner of a 1992 Toyota Paseo returned to his parking spot near 72nd Street and saw Roberto Rios allegedly looming over the vehicle.
Realizing he was spotted, Rios dropped a metal rod and ran off, police alleged. The owner of the car soon discovered that his door had been scratched and dented. The portable GPS device he had left inside was missing.
Responding officers caught up with Rios a short time later, charging him with criminal possession of burglar’s tools, criminal mischief and petit larceny.
While the stolen GPS device wasn’t on Rios when he was collared, a gravity knife was, officials said.
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Barack Obama's Campaign Site: Where to vote tool
At www.barackobama.com, there's a handy where to vote tool on the right of the screen. You must enter your street address to be directed to your polling station. However, it is not necessary to give the site your name or email address for the where to vote tool to work. I can only assume that email addresses are being collected to remind voters to vote tomorrow, as it is not necessary information needed to determine where your polling place is located.
Typing in my address (sans email address) into the where to vote tool brought up a page which showed a map and a blue line to show the route to my polling place, along with a link to get directions if I needed them. In addition, the tool also displayed the names and addresses of 5 individuals in my neighborhood. I must confess, I was uncomfortable with this, as I feel that it violates privacy. The where to vote tool did not include a disclosure that your name and address would be shared with other users of the site. Still, if you recognized the name of a neighbor, you could help out the environment and share a ride to the polls.
Pros: Very easy to use, directions provided upon request
Cons: Privacy concerns. I really disliked the site displaying private citizens' names and addresses without permission.
John McCain's Campaign Site: Where to vote tool
John McCain's site, www.johnmccain.com, contains a tool to help supporters determine where to vote, based on their address. To be brutally honest, the McCain site lags behind Obama's in that the tool isn't handily available once the page loads. I spent a bit of time searching through the page for the where to vote tool and I had a difficult time locating it because it appeared only periodically versus being a fixed application that could be launched. In two tries, I had the where to vote tool appear in two different places: once as a bar across the top of the page and once on the left hand side when the page refreshed. If Mac wants voters to know where to go to vote, he should make this tool easier to find on his web page.
Like Barack Obama's where to vote tool, McCain's tool is very easy to use and only requires just your address to determine your polling information. You can avoid giving out your email and name and the tool will still work for you. However, the McCain where to vote tool displayed a map with the route highlighted and provided turn by turn directions displayed on the screen, along with an estimated time for the trip.
Pros: Turn by turn directions given without having to click on another link
Cons: Hard to locate the tool on the website, as it appears intermittently.
Sources:
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http://johnmccain.com
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