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| Community Council President Maria Thomson, Deputy Inspector Armando DeLeon and Officer Jeff Strauber at the precinct meeting last week. PHOTO BY STEPHEN GEFFON |
Officer Jeff Strauber of the 102nd Precinct was honored with the Cop of the Month award at the community council meeting last Thursday for his arrest of four individuals who police say stole a cell phone from a young man.
Strauber was patrolling Jamaica Avenue near 130th Street in Richmond Hill on April 10 at 1:30 a.m. when he heard through the police radio transmission that four men had robbed a young man walking along the avenue.
Deputy Inspector Armando DeLeon, commanding officer of the 102nd Precinct, said the four individuals surrounded the victim and swiped his cell phone.
DeLeon said that Strauber canvassed the nearby area, where he spotted the suspects.
The commanding officer noted the thieves did not flee from Strauber when he approached them.
Strauber apprehended the alleged perpetrators, and no one was injured.
“That was great work by Officer Strauber,” said DeLeon.
Police said the suspects were all charged with armed robbery.
