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Published on: 8/24/2007
Last Visited: 8/30/2007
Diane Warech would go to local bars and solicit men to come back to her apartment on West Blackwell Street to have sex for a certain amount of money, police Chief Harold Valentine said.
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Once in the apartment, Warech's boyfriend, Thomas Sperry, 36, would hold a knife to the men and threaten to kill them if they did not give him their money, Valentine said.
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The first victim to report being lured and then robbed was a 43-year-old man who turned over $90 to Sperry on Aug. 5, Valentine said.
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Police are investigating to try to identify additional victims, Valentine said.
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During the chase, Sperry jumped into the Rockaway River near Essex Street and fractured his leg, Valentine said.