New York State - Division of Criminal Justice Services

In 2009, members of the unit arrested eight individuals on charges involvingAltered or illegal vehicle identification numbers. These arrests were enhanced bymembers of the Auto Crime Division and the National Insurance Crime Division.In October 2009, a short-term investigation into an individual selling stolenmotorcycle parts on E-Bay was initiated with the assistance of the National InsuranceCrime Bureau and the Queens District Attorney’s Office. Parts from six motorcyclesstolen from Queens County were positively identified as having been sold or werecurrently for sale on E-Bay, and during the course of the investigation, the individual andthe persons to whom he sold the stolen property were identified. Parts for these stolenmotorcycles were shipped around the country from California to upstate New York.Local police agencies were able to positively identify and recover these stolen parts.During the course of the investigation, with the assistance of the Queens DistrictAttorney’s Office, subpoenas for records and a search warrant of the perpetrator’sresidence were obtained. The individual was arrested, the search warrant wasexecuted, and stolen motorcycle parts were recovered from his residence. It wasidentified that the perpetrator was selling or had sold other motorcycle parts that had notbeen identified.Another tool developed to enhance the efforts of motor vehicle crime preventionis the identification of individuals who are motor vehicle crime recidivists in the borough.Individuals are identified through analysis of arrests and debriefings of prisoners. Ineffort to further identify individuals who may be responsible for the auto related crimes inPatrol Borough Queens South, conferral is done with the city Department of Probation,the New York State Division of Parole, and the Auto Crime Division. Once individualsare identified, the intelligence is shared with the Queens South Precincts and theindividuals are monitored.Queens South Auto Larceny UnitPerformance Measure Total Performance Measure TotalMVT felony arrests 104 MVIF felony arrests 4MVT misdemeanor arrests 20 MVIF misdemeanor arrests 0MVT investigations initiated 18 MVIF investigations initiated 6Reported motor vehicle thefts 1,793 Investigations filed with SAFETNet 1Stolen parts recovered 8 Stolen vehicles recovered 58Queens North Auto Larceny UnitThe Queens North Auto Larceny Unit is deployed by Patrol Borough QueensNorth on a daily/weekly basis and is designed to provide additional support andexpertise to patrol precincts experiencing spikes in grand larceny auto and/or larcenyfrom an auto. Through the New York State Motor Vehicle Theft grant program, extendedpatrols can be done in problematic areas, current strategies can be enhanced, and newstrategies can be implemented in order to facilitate the continued reduction of vehiclerelatedcrime. Although Patrol Borough Queens North has consistently been in the topthree in volume of vehicles stolen, it fell to fourth for 2009 with 1,630 thefts for the year.The 104 th Precinct lead the Borough with 295 thefts for 2009, the 109 th Precinct wassecond with 287 thefts, and the 115 th Precinct was third with 233 thefts. Though thesheer volume of stolen vehicles is staggering, the crime reduction efforts of PatrolNYS DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES MVTIFP BOARD / ANNUAL REPORT 2009 Page 39