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Jamaica man charged with manslaughter as hate crime after allegedly beating Sikh man to death: DA

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Oct. 31, 2023 By Bill Parry A Jamaica man was criminally charged with manslaughter and assault as a hate crime on Oct. 31 in Queens Supreme Court in the death of 66-year-old Jasmer Singh, just two days after the Sikh community gathered at a South Richmond Hill temple in an emotional call for justice. Gilbert Augustin, 30, of 111th Avenue, was arraigned on a 20-count indictment charging him with manslaughter in the first degree as a hate crime; manslaughter in the first degree; assault in the second degree as a hate crime and a slew of other crimes after he…
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Far Rockaway man gets 19 years in fatal 2020 shooting inside Rufus King Park in Jamaica: DA

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Oct. 23, 2023 By Bill Parry A Far Rockaway man was sentenced on Oct. 23 in Queens Supreme Court to 19 years in prison in a 2020 fatal shooting during a marijuana deal gone bad inside Rufus King Park in Jamaica. Torren King, 20, of Beach 47th Street, pleaded guilty in July to manslaughter in the first degree in the October 2020 shooting. He also pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree in an unrelated incident, admitting to firing a gun in Jamaica in June 2021. According to the charges, on the afternoon of Oct….
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Brooklyn woman gets 13 years in prison for luring three victims to Queens locations where they were brutalized: DA

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Oct. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry A Brooklyn woman was sentenced on Oct. 19 in Queens Supreme Court to 13 years in prison on sex trafficking, kidnapping, assault and robbery charges for three 2022 incidents in which she lured victims to Queens locations for sex, then detained, assaulted and robbed them with the help of a Long Island man, according to the Queens District Attorney’s office. Destiny Lebron, 20, of North Portland Avenue in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn, pleaded guilty on Oct. 6 to sex trafficking; promoting prostitution in the second degree; assault in the third degree; two…
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Long Island man charged with kidnapping his Queens Village girlfriend, threatening to kill her: DA

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Oct. 17, 2023 By Bill Parry A Long Island man was criminally charged with kidnapping and the unlawful imprisonment of his girlfriend in her Queens Village apartment in August, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. Herman Brightman, 30, of Branch Avenue in Central Islip, is accused of threatening his 28-year-old girlfriend with a knife…
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Jamaica man gets 25 years for running over, stabbing, estranged wife in front of her Flushing home as their children watched: DA

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Oct. 6, 2023 By Bill Parry A Jamaica man expressed “profound remorse” in Queens Supreme Court on Friday morning after he was sentenced to 25 years in state prison for the attempted murder of his estranged wife nine months ago in front of her Flushing home. Stephen Giraldo, of 144th Street, pleaded guilty to attempted murder last month for running over 41-year-old Sophia Giraldo with his SUV, before stabbing her in the chest, all in the presence of their three young children. Sophia has been in a coma since the attack. The couple’s children were in the vehicle when the…
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After losing primary race, George Grasso back on campaign trail in third-party bid for Queens district attorney

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Sep. 29, 2023 By Bill Parry The Breezy Point Republican who nearly shocked the Queens Democratic establishment in 2022, threw his support behind a third-party candidate for Queens District Attorney. Thomas Sullivan, a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, who came within 15 votes of upsetting incumbent Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato, eschewed the GOP candidate Michael Mossa of Howard Beach and endorsed retired Judge George Grasso in his bid to unseat Queens DA Melinda Katz in the Nov. 7 general election. “Our public safety crisis has now become a public health crisis. Our current politicians are responsible for a man-made…
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Upstate man sentenced for killing girlfriend, stuffing body in car left in Springfield Gardens: DA

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Sep. 28, 2023 By Bill Parry An upstate man who admitted to killing the 26-year-old mother of his two children in 2020 before stuffing her body in a car he left abandoned in Springfield Gardens, was sentenced Thursday in Queens Supreme Court to 22 years in prison. Kareem Flake, 31, of Troy, N.Y., pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree in July for killing 26-year-old Destini Smothers in November 2020. Her remains were discovered four months later in the trunk of an abandoned car that belonged to Flake. According to the charges, Destini Smothers, 26, was last seen in…
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