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i'--: Vf 9 --V't Sex Crimes unit and from He also one was vicious -Queens Robbery flew to San Juan ping some frightening yesterday and will accompany Rodri- others with a silver-colored 9-mm. guez back to New York, where he will handgun. He fired the gun at eight of beplacedinseveralpolicelineups. his victims, but apparently for effect Rodriguez is suspected in a string only. No one was wounded.

of 30 robberies and three rapes in He committed at least 20 robberies Queens Bince April 16. One. of the before his first rape on Aug. 6. pattern criminal, this suspect would; drop out of Bight for up to six weeks -before the robbery and rapes reXfe said.

yy A If '-That was the stumbling blodc to i the the detective Then, on Sepk-12, the robber mafc: 'what would turn out to be a critical ARREST from Page 3 iff the hopes of capturing the suspect. Yeeterday, the net dropped on Roi-grignez, whb was charged with one count each of first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, first-degree robbery, second-degree burglary, and first-degree criminal use of a firearm. The charges stem from the Sept. 12 robbery of a lingerie store hi Bay-side, in whicha female employee was raped by an assailant who wore a red motorcycle helmet After newspaper reports of the attack appeared, several witnesses recalled seeing the flashy bike the assailant fled onthat day and called police. Detectives credit community response wifh helping them break the case.

-'V- About a week ago, detectives we were on the right the detective said Things' started to go Everything' pointed' to Puerto Rico, Rodriguez had apparently arrived a day or two after the latest spree in Bqyriide. Rodriguez was arraigned in San robbenes occurred in Thesuctrmed two wmnmithat mistake. On that one day, healleged-rA Stalking his victims in remote park-? day, attacking the first victim in her-y ty committed five robberies and onemii mg stores and offices, the home and later raping an-t pe ugWa 1989 white KawassS pect brandwhed a snyeMxdored otherman and leaving her at av motorefo trimmed with red that? mm. gun before taking their watches, Longldand City cemetery. 1hiee befc cash and In one he Rodriguez has a prior criminal rec- Manhattan escaped with in cashyHeofd, but convictions for sex of- v- x-a-AiVj hi seemed to prefer watches, however, Hn an aw litMirf-hodo type PW, arid onedetective.

Ifcoogyii for a Nty Ni'Stoto to' the locations were very unorthodox changed addresses often. 5 .77 out-of-the-way offices. Detectives think-Rodriiriiex hrid fr? Bay Terrace Shopping 'Center, The spree actually began with sev- been living with his companion. Eve-' en robberies in Cheat Neck, L.L. be- lyn Flores, and their son in 1 ginning at the end of February.Yauco, but not for any extended peri- fc-j" shortly after Rodriguez was paroled 1 od.

We feel he did the robberies and and A PfBeb; went down there and spent time with 4 themonty i TALL from Page 2 cant sell them until he conies through with the studio. Its doubtfiil he could sell them now anyway. Not being able to round up buyers in general-is central to Eichners financial problems, said his attorney, Howard Hornstein, who esti- -mates that 50 of CitySpires 340 units-remain unsold, along with 20 percent of the Mmniwrriiil space. Eidiner is havmg very sensitive ne- gotiations with bis lender, the European American Bank, Hornstein said yesterday. We're hanging in.

Howev- .1 height issue. was halted build his tower' so' much' higher than A er, no new target date has been setTC1 negotiations ensued, and in many others in According to CStySpire was ruled 14 feet tod tall in 1989, the Board of Estimate jproved, the city, Birhww ha done much of by the City Planning 6-5, a deal allowing him to keep the il- work, but still owes some electrical and. Commission, Eichner had misreported legal footage, if he did some alterations other improvements. Moreover, tiles on the curb thus underestimat-' and built a dance studio in the narrow the adjacent theaters domed roof were x. ing the actual building height by three space adjoining the City Center.

Voting damaged by CitySpire construction arid and had added 11 feet of cement against the deal was then-Manhattan remain unrepaired, the agency saitL- -throughout the structure, to. hold Borough-Ptesident David -Liters to Hornstein in Mayand down its sway, thereby creating the ad- studio was to be built by Septem-; r' June requesting 'information ori the- ditional.14 feet Too YaU Bruce he ber, 1989. work have'; gone unanswered, said waa dubbed. The separate Imprnvwnmmte raqiiirait 't. Charmaine Jefferson, acting commie-.

Public fury erupted in August 1988, to be made to the City Center Theater sioner for Cultiual Affairs. when he continued final touches to the. stemmed from a 1986 deal Eichner Hornstein said the. delays were building without resolving the illegal involving the purchase of air rights to caused by both sides wanting to do the best job It was a long process! hesaid.v:;..;:.''.'.';.- eiffhborhoodsFear estimated by the city to be more than i $100,000 as minor compared "with 1 tion to the wife of the owner of Harrys- Shewasglad, 9. tot? her-words.

spoke more of firigiitthan joy.r's?? 1 ci I was the city, I wouldnt be ner 7" tMna- You see, he did damages, notiust to vous, said The studio, he recuperating from willb. taflfcTW. Subt a A- ment Baid yesterday it was completing it not just us. And not just my nmgh- its review dEidsphuisvraSd for Neighborhbods No End in SigM REACT from Page 3 Bay Terrace section of Bayside, Queens. Police said they believe the suspect may have been responsible for.

a string of up to 30 robberies and several rapes in Queens, most of them at small businesses. Police said the suspect, before targeting Queens, may have committed a number of robberies in Long Island.1 Although the arrest brought a collective sigh of relief, Zografakis said she expected the respite from fear would be brief I think people are going to be talk- ing about this for a long tune, said Zo-grafidds. He's not the only nut out there. In fact, she added, the salon has plans to install entiy buzzers for added security as soon as possible. Marci Leogrande, owner of the Naughty Nighty lingerie shop, was especially relieved.

I had. every confidence. in therob-. -boy squad, the hundred-ninth precinct and the sex crime' said Leogrande. realty did have confidence that they would find this guy my onty concern is that the judicial system works, and they dont let him out againIt could be 'anybody's daughter, anyboctys mother, anybodys wife, and it has to be treated as such.

i '7 gan up telking tehimT dont understand me something and what he said, said Plourde.whose said. first language is French. He ask me thing but I am scared and will town. dp I have the can. When I tell him I my car as soon as I can.

a Plourde said, he will re- dont im Awtewd And t.lmnV ynni -y' Plourde said hefUTived in New. the kind merchants who ithing and then they fight, trying to steal his car in. the Wall I love New York brfore this Street areai shortty after he got into; A. HI r-Vf v. h.

a Police were still searching for the' York on Saturday? after collected $100 and gave it to him as youths who attacked the two month road during he a kind gesture 'at 65th Street arid isb late yesterday, McCraville said." arid his companion had visited Brit. New Utrecht Avenue. Those people Plourde said he couldnt under- ish Columbia, Los Angeles and San were very. Plourde said. Franrisca are like pictures- I will re- Plourde said 'yesterday's beating member them i.

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