Police officers from the 5th Precinct were dispatched to an emergency call at 608 Wyngate Drive West at 11:13 p.m., detectives said. Upon arrival, police found Ricky Anthony Williams, 17, of Woodhaven, Queens, shot several times.
Williams was taken to Franklin Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 12:32 a.m., authorities said.
Detectives said the shooting took place after an altercation at the birthday party, which began at 8:30 p.m., when a group of 50-100 people had gathered in the backyard.
Girl robbed at
laundromat
A 14-year-old girl was robbed of her cell phone inside a laundromat early Saturday morning, police said.
The victim was inside a laundromat on Mill Road with two friends when three robbers wearing masks approached her. One robber demanded the victim's cell phone, while the second said he had a gun, which he never displayed. A third robber wore brass knuckles on his right hand, police
said.
The victim handed over her cell phone as the trio escaped in an awaiting vehicle driven by a fourth individual.
The first robber was described as an 18-to-20-year-old black man wearing black jean shorts and a black sweater. The second was an 18-to-20-year-old white man wearing a black sweater, black baseball hat and a white du-rag. The third was also an 18-to 20-year-old white man who wore blue jeans.
The getaway car was described as an older model, light tan, four-door sedan. The victim and her two male friends were not injured during the robbery, police said.
Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 244-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.
Burglary arrests
Two Valley Stream men were arrested Tuesday on separate burglary charges, one for the burglary of a church storage shed in Hewlett, the other a home in Valley Stream, police said.
In the Valley Stream burglary, Erik W. Boesch, 41, of 84 South Waldinger St. in Valley Stream, entered his neighbor's house Tuesday night through an unlocked door, police said. Boesch was in the process of taking a wallet and cash from the dining room when a resident of the home found him. The resident recovered his wallet and other personal items from Boesch's pockets and detained him until the police arrived, detectives said.
Boesch is charged with second-degree burglary and will be arraigned Wednesday in First District Court in Hempstead.
In the Hewlett burglary, Joseph Gorman, 26, of 57 Wilson Rd., Valley Stream, was arrested after an off-duty Nassau County police officer spotted him walking on Harris Avenue in Hewlett with a red motorized scooter that the officer later learned was stolen from a shed at St. John's Trinity church, police said.
The officer recognized Gorman from a previous arrest and after going on duty, was informed of a burglary call from a storage shed at the church at 1142 Broadway in Hewlett. It was learned that a red scooter was stolen from the shed.
After police got permission to search Gorman's home, the scooter was recovered and Gorman was placed under arrest at 10:35 a.m., police said.
Gorman will also be arraigned on Wednesday in First District Court in Hempstead.
