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KINGS COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES ANNOUNCES
25-YEAR SENTENCE FOR KIDNAPPING AND ASSAULT
VICTIM WAS HELD CAPTIVE
FOR OVER 2 WEEKS BY HER BOYFRIEND
Brooklyn, July 29, 2009 – Kings County
District Attorney Charles J. Hynes today announced the
sentencing of Jason Page, 35, to 25 years in prison for the
kidnapping and assault of his girlfriend over a two and a
half week period. He was convicted on June 16 of Kidnapping
in the Second Degree and two counts of Assault in the First
Degree before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun. He
received 25 years for each of the counts to run
concurrently.
From July 3, 2008 to July 20, 2008, Page held
his 22-year-old girlfriend captive in their apartment
against her will after an argument they had because Page
believed that she was having an affair. He repeatedly
whipped his girlfriend with an extension cord on her back
and other parts of her body, leaving whip marks and scars.
He also burned her foot with a cigarette lighter and he
would sometimes bind her with duct tape and tie her to a
crib in the apartment and throw water at her back, further
aggravating the injuries. He would sometimes assault her in
front of his two children.
On July 20, the victim was able to escape the
apartment when the defendant fell asleep. She took the
subway to her parents’ home on Gates Avenue where Page was
waiting for her and he began to choke her. Witnesses
observed this incident and alerted police who arrested him
at the scene.
The victim suffered multiple lacerations and
bruises all over her body and a burn to her foot. She was
admitted to Woodhull Hospital.
The case was prosecuted by Edward Purce, Counsel
in the Domestic Violence Bureau and Assistant District
Attorney Leah Ross from the Domestic Violence Bureau. Wanda
Lucibello is Chief of the Domestic Violence Bureau.
Contact: Sandy
Silverstein
(718) 250-2300
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KINGS COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES TODAY ANNOUNCED THE ARREST OF A
MAJOR SUPPLIER OF COCAINE TO BROOKLYN DRUG DEALERS
KCDA DETECTIVE
INVESTIGATORS LOCATED DEALER IN MIAMI
THIRD TAKEDOWN TO STEM
FROM CITIZEN COMPLAINT TO DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
Brooklyn, July 29, 2009
– Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes today
announced the indictment of Yotuhel Montane, 36, a Cuban
national and Florida drug trafficker who supplied multiple
kilos of cocaine to dealers in Brooklyn.
“This case is another example
of the lengths my office will go to ensure the safety of
Brooklyn’s streets and its residents,” said District
Attorney Hynes. “Detective Investigators from my Major
Narcotics Investigations Unit tracked this case all the way
to Miami. I’d like to thank the DEA’s New York Drug
Enforcement Task Force, the NYPD, and the Special
Investigations Division – Narcotics Bureau of the Miami Dade
Police Department for their assistance in this investigation
and arrest.”
DEA Special Agent in Charge
John P. Gilbride stated, “Stemming from calls from the
public, this drug investigation led investigators from the
streets of Brooklyn, New York to Miami, Florida in order to
identify and arrest the person who headed this illegal
narcotics organization. Based upon the diligent work of the
Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office and the cooperative law
enforcement efforts this cocaine trafficking network has
been dismantled.”
Montane was arrested in
Miami, after KCDA Detective Investigators working together
with the Miami Dade police and DEA obtained an arrest
warrant, based on information gathered during a related
investigation in Brooklyn. Montane is currently in custody
in Florida, awaiting extradition.
In 2007 and 2008, the
Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office received several
complaints about drug dealing at two adjacent houses on 93rd
Street in Bay Ridge. In that case, in June 2008, five people
were arrested and charged with Conspiracy in the First
Degree and charged with selling narcotics. Based on
information obtained in that investigation, prosecutors and
detective investigators from the Major Narcotics
Investigations Bureau started another investigation, of a
drug dealer named Eric “Fat Eddy” Rodriguez, and his crew.
That investigation led to the arrest of 43 people in April
of this year. Those cases are pending.
While investigating
Rodriguez, prosecutors and investigators obtained evidence
that Montane, living in Miami, was Rodriguez’s main
supplier. Montane is charged with supplying Rodriguez with
kilograms of cocaine on multiple occasions over the past
several years.
The indictment charges that
Rodriguez and members of his crew would fly to Miami to meet
Montane to buy kilograms of cocaine. Rodriguez would then
fly back to New York, while the people who worked for him
would drive the drugs to New York, where the cocaine would
be made into crack cocaine, to be sold.
Montane is charged with
Conspiracy in the First Degree. If convicted, he faces a
maximum sentence of 25 years to life in prison.
An indictment is an
accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.
Detective Investigators Edwin
J. Murphy, John J. Beal, Efrain Alvarado and Anthony Shembri
worked on the case, under the supervision of Supervising
Detective Investigators Joseph A. Piraino and James D.
Russell. Joseph Ponzi is Chief Investigator.
The case is being prosecuted
by Assistant District Attorney Maria K. Haymandou and Major
Narcotics Investigations Bureau Chief Lawrence Oh. Suzanne
Corhan is Chief of the Major Narcotics Investigations Bureau
Contact: Jonah
Bruno
718-250-2300
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KINGS COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES ADDRESSES PROJECT RE-DIRECT
GRADUATES, WISHES THEM A BRIGHT FUTURE
Brooklyn, July 29, 2009
–Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes presented
certificates to four former gang members who successfully
completed a special program at his office aimed at
redirecting their steps toward a bright future.
Known as Project Re-direct, the program is a
three-step approach launched four years ago by DA Hynes to
combat the growing gang problem in Brooklyn communities. It
incorporates diversion, education and prosecution.
“I have always said that the easiest thing to do is
put people in jail,” said DA Hynes, adding that the issue of
gangs and gang violence in America is one of the greatest
dangers affecting young people.
“If any population needs an
opportunity to change the direction of their lives when they
come into the justice system, it is this population. I am
very proud of our four graduates,” said DA Hynes.
The District Attorney told the graduates they came
to Project Re-direct as gang members, living a life that
guaranteed them ending up in prison, in the hospital or in
the cemetery.
“Today, they leave this program as responsible
young men, ready to take their place in the world as
contributing members of their communities and families,”
said District Attorney Hynes. They have worked hard to get
to his moment, where they literally have a clean slate.
“The bonds they have made go far beyond gang
rivalries, they are educated young men who understand that
they are in control and responsible for their lives,” said
DA Hynes.
Contact: J. Zamgba Browne
(718) 250-3850
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KINGS COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES HONORS 59 GRADUATES OF HIS DRUG
TREATMENT ALTERNATIVE-TO-PRISON
(DTAP) PROGRAM
ACTING SUPREME COURT
JUSTICES JO ANN FERDINAND AND BETTY WILLIAMS GIVE
CONGRATULATORY REMARKS
GRADUATES TELL THEIR MOVING
STORIES OF RECOVERY
Brooklyn, July 28, 2009
– Kings County
District Attorney Charles J. Hynes today honored 59
graduates of his Drug Treatment Alternative-to-Prison (DTAP)
program in the ceremonial courtroom of Borough Hall in
Downtown Brooklyn.
Acting Supreme Court Justices Jo Ann Ferdinand and Betty
Williams delivered congratulatory remarks. This year’s
Outstanding Alumnus of the Year Award was presented to
Robert Erskine.
“My goal is to help
nonviolent drug abusers by giving them treatment in the
community, rather than to send them to prison where they
will not overcome their addictions,” said District Attorney
Hynes. “All too often, incarcerated addicts, when
eventually released from prison, continue their life of
crime to feed their drug habits. DTAP gives nonviolent
offenders an opportunity to change their lives of addiction
and crime into lives of hope and promise.”
From this graduating class,
there are some remarkable stories. Prior to entering the
DTAP program, many of the graduates were not only using
drugs, some as early as the age of 13, but they were selling
drugs as well. Some of the offenders committed other crimes
to support their drug habits. The graduates have all made
incredible strides to overcome their drug addictions and
turn their lives around. Three of these individuals spoke
about how the program changed their lives. Valerie Davis,
Darrell Kelly and Freddie Blue shared their stories of
addiction and recovery.
Valerie Davis became addicted
to heroin as a teenager when she experimented with drugs
just to fit in. She was arrested and convicted 18 times for
various crimes, including robbery, drug possession and
trespass. She spent a lot of time in prison, but her
addiction never lost its grip. When, following an arrest on
felony charges in Brooklyn, the District Attorney’s Office
offered her the opportunity to enroll in DTAP, she accepted
it so that she could take control of her life. She received
treatment at Odyssey House where she earned her Associates
Degree and kicked her heroin habit. She made good use of
her time in DTAP, getting her life back together and putting
together a career plan. She is currently working as a
nursing assistant while attending school to receive a
Certificate from the Center for the Application of Substance
Abuse Technologies (CASAT). She plans to get a Bachelors
Degree and become a substance abuse counselor so she can
give back to her community, share her story and help save
other people’s lives.
For Darrell Kelly, life was a
struggle. He abused drugs at an early age, experimenting
with marijuana at 13, trying cocaine at 16, and becoming
addicted to crack at 19. Although he sought out some
programs to overcome his drug addiction, he never entered
treatment. His voracious addiction alienated him from his
two sons, and he became homeless for 15 months. He had
already been arrested and indicted numerous times for
various felonies outside of Brooklyn, when, in 2007, he was
arrested in Brooklyn on felony drug sale charges, and was
offered DTAP. Mr. Kelly entered DTAP, not only for himself,
but for his family and friends as well, and spent 15 months
in treatment at a division of Samaritan Village. He
completed treatment and is now working as a peer educator
with the AIDS Service Center.
Freddie Blue’s life was in
turmoil after he became addicted to crack cocaine. His life
was going downhill; his drug abuse cost him his marriage and
hurt his relationships with his close friends and family,
including his grandmother. He was offered the chance for
diversion into treatment following his arrest for selling
drugs in front of the building where he lived. Knowing that
he faced incarceration if he failed the program, he entered
DTAP and began long months of intensive treatment at Odyssey
House. He learned skills to overcome his addiction and
received vocational CASAT training, which led to a new job
as a Substance/Chemical Dependency Counselor at the same
facility where he received treatment. He is able to relate
his story to the addicts that he works with and help them
with their recovery. He aspires to eventually become a
Deputy Director there.
Every year, thousands of
offenders commit drug crimes or other non-violent offenses
in order to feed their drug habit. District Attorney Hynes
created DTAP in 1990 based on the belief that addicted
defendants would return to society more capable of resisting
drugs and crime after receiving appropriate treatment, than
if they had spent a similar amount of time in prison. They
would be able to resurrect their lives. This diversion program, which is recognized as one of the nation’s most
successful, provides residential drug treatment to
drug-addicted, non-violent, repeat offenders, under a
deferred-sentencing model. Participants enter a guilty plea
and receive a deferred sentence that allows them to
participate in a drug treatment program, usually for about
24 months. Those who successfully complete the
program have their charges dismissed. Those who fail to
complete the program are brought back to court and sentenced
to prison.
DTAP, now in its 19th
year, has reduced recidivism rates of its graduates by
half. Since the program began in 1990, there have been
1,174 graduates. Diversion
to DTAP has resulted in economic benefits
of $47 million dollars
per the 1,174 graduates because DTAP costs significantly
less than incarceration.
Eighty-three percent of the
class are men; 17% are women. Their average age is 42.
Prior to treatment, 42% of the employable graduates were
working. By the time these graduates completed treatment,
95% were working in jobs that include culinary arts,
clerical, maintenance, truck driving, counseling, carpentry
and plumbing. The majority of the class is from Brooklyn.
But there are also other graduates from the Bronx,
Manhattan, Queens, and Elizabeth, New Jersey.
These graduates received
treatment at 14 residential therapeutic communities,
including Daytop Village; Phoenix House, Samaritan Village,
Veritas, Odyssey House, Serendipity, Promesa, El Regresso,
Palladia, J-CAP, Harbor House, and VIP.
Contact: Sandy
Silverstein
718-250-2300
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KINGS COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES ANNOUNCES INDICTMENTS IN $700,000
ATM THEFT
FRAUD RING EXPLOITED LAW
TO AID VICTIMS
Brooklyn, July 28, 2009 – Kings County
District Attorney Charles J. Hynes today announced the
indictment of a bank-fraud ring, which exploited a banking
regulation requiring banks to reimburse the accounts of
customers who claim their ATM cards have been used without
their permission. The four defendants are charged with
stealing $422,000 over five years, by telling various banks
that their ATM cards had been lost or stolen, after they
emptied their accounts with the same ATM cards.
“These defendants corrupted a law created to
help fraud victims and used it to facilitate a tremendous
fraud of their own,” said District Attorney Hynes. “But as
in any criminal undertaking in Brooklyn, they should have
known they would be caught eventually. I’d like to
acknowledge the hard work of my Detective Investigators and
Assistants in the Rackets Division, who investigated this
case.”
The indictment charges that the Eric Manganelli,
36; Lam Dang, 37; John Tluczek, 37; and Marzena Tluczek, 35;
made false claims totaling more than $700,000, to more than
20 banks, that unauthorized transactions were made on their
accounts. The defendants then demanded reimbursement from
the banks, which paid them more than $422,000, according to
the indictment.
In each case, the defendants opened accounts and
padded them with large deposits, over the course of several
months. Later, the indictment charges, they drained the
accounts, with withdrawals of $500 to $1,000 per day. Once
the accounts were empty, the defendants would contact the
bank and say their ATM cards had been stolen or lost and
that the withdrawals were unauthorized. After the banks
reimbursed the “stolen” money, the defendants would close
the accounts, according to the indictment.
Occasionally, large purchases were made, instead
of withdrawals, but in those cases too, the cards were later
reported stolen and the purchases, unauthorized.
In most cases, surveillance photos show the
withdrawals made by people dressed in pants, jackets, and
motorcycle helmets – even in the middle of the day in July –
but in other cases the faces of the people taking out the
cash were obscured in other ways, such as in hoods or
covered by masks.
The banking law the defendant’s are charged with
exploiting, known as Regulation E of the Federal Electronic
Funds Transfer Act, requires banks to reimburse fraud
victims within 10 days of their reporting the fraud. After
the stolen money has been reimbursed, the banks investigate
the validity of the claim, but in this case, the defendants
withdrew the reimbursed funds before the banks could finish
their investigations.
Manganelli is a lawyer, Marzena and John Tluczek
have both worked at various banks, and Dang is currently
employed as a financial advisor. All four are charged with
using their knowledge of the law and the financial industry
to further the fraud.
The investigation is continuing and more arrests
are possible.
The defendants are charged with 23 Counts of
Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, 25 Counts of Falsifying
Business Records in the First Degree, Nine Counts of
Attempted Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, Eight Counts of
Perjury in the Third Degree, Four Counts of Scheme To
Defraud in the First Degree, and One Count of Attempted
Grand Larceny in the Second Degree.
An indictment is an accusatory instrument and
not proof of a defendant’s guilt.
Detective Investigator
Anthony Nelson and Michael Seminara investigated the case.
Nelson was the case officer. Supervising Detective
Investigator Robert Intartaglio supervised the
investigation. Joseph Ponzi is Chief of Investigators.
Rackets Division Deputy Bureau Chief Karen
Turner is prosecuting the case. Michael Vecchione is Chief
of the Rackets Division.
Contact: Jonah
Bruno
(718) 250-2300
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
HONORED RACKETS BUREAU CHIEF AND DEPUTY BUREAU CHIEF FOR
THEIR ROLES IN TAKING DOWN MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR DRUG
TRAFFICKING/MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME
PATRICIA MCNEILL AND DENNIS
RING RECEIVED AWARDS AT NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE FOR
OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATION OR CASE
Brooklyn, July 20, 2009 – The U.S.
Department of Justice honored Rackets Bureau Chief
Patricia McNeill and Deputy Bureau Chief Dennis Ring for
their roles in taking down a multi-million dollar,
international drug trafficking/money laundering organized
crime enterprise. This dangerous group was involved in all
kinds of illegal activities including murders, arson,
assaults and gambling.
The honorees received
awards at the Department of Justice’s 2009 OCDETF (Organized
Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces) Asset Forfeiture
National Leadership Conference in Washington DC on July 22.
“I am very proud of the good work being
recognized by the Department of Justice. Ms. McNeill and
Mr. Ring deserve every bit of praise,” said Kings County
District Attorney Charles J. Hynes.
Ms. McNeill and Mr. Ring were selected because
of their roles in dismantling an illegal enterprise, taking
down an organized crime team, and recovering millions of
dollars in forfeiture; all part of a 10-year investigation
dubbed “Operation Corporate Raider”, which targeted the
upper-echelon of the Cuban Mafia known as “The
Corporation.” Since the 1960’s, The Corporation ran a
large-scale policy gambling operation that conducted
business from Miami, Fl., New York, and New Jersey. The
group was involved in drug trafficking and money laundering
that extended all the way to Lima, Peru where The
Corporation set up a casino called The Crillon, to launder
their ill-gotten money. The Corporation’s activities netted
them millions of dollars per year.
The Corporation sanctioned many arsons and
homicides to eliminate competition, settle internal disputes
and to maintain loyalty within the group. Four of the
arsons resulted in the deaths of eight people, including a
three-year-old child and her 18-year-old babysitter. The
group was also responsible for the shooting murders of
multiple people in Florida and New York. The group’s common
method of eliminating competition was to fire-bomb their
rivals’ policy gambling locations.
The Corporation had been the subject of a
long-term investigation in New York for over 20 years. Most
recently, the Kings County District Attorney’s Office, along
with the NYPD, conducted a year-long investigation that
resulted in the execution of 40 search warrants and the
arrest of 50 people for gambling-related activity linked to
The Corporation. The Corporation’s stronghold in New York
and Miami was dismantled by this investigation by Patricia
McNeill and Dennis Ring.
Ms. McNeill and Mr. Ring both won the United
States Attorney’s Director’s Award for Superior Performance
by a Litigative Team in October 2007 on this case.
Patricia McNeill has worked at the DA’s Office
since November 1994 when she started in the Organized Crime
Unit, which eventually became the Rackets Division. She has
investigated and prosecuted many organized crimes cases,
some in collaboration with the Federal authorities. She has
also done many wiretap investigations. One high-profile
case that she investigated was the murder of Mark Fisher
which led to life sentences for two defendants. After this
case, in 2005, Ms. McNeill was promoted to her current title
as Bureau Chief. Ms. McNeill also investigated the
multi-million dollar tissue harvesting case where tissues
were harvested from people who never consented before they
died, to be donors. Those tissues were then sold to medical
companies for use in surgical transplants, such as bone and
skin grafts. The mastermind in the case, Michael
Mastromarino, was sentenced to 18 to 54 years in prison.
Dennis Ring has worked in the DA’s Office since
September 2000. He has spent most of his time at the DA’s
Office in the Rackets Division, starting out as an Assistant
District Attorney. He was promoted to Senior Investigative
Attorney, then Counsel in the Rackets Division, and he was
promoted in May 2009 to his current role as Deputy Bureau
Chief. He has investigated and prosecuted many fraud cases
including a currently open case of real estate fraud in
which two Brooklyn men developed an elaborate scheme which
included the theft of
a Park Slope townhouse, social security benefits, and social
service payments, and involved one of the men, Thomas Parkin,
dressing up as his deceased, 77-year-old mother to further
the scam.
Contact: Sandy
Silverstein
(718) 250-2300
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KINGS COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES ANNOUNCES
25-YEAR SENTENCE FOR
2006 RAPE
Brooklyn, July 16, 2009 – Kings County
District Attorney Charles J. Hynes today announced the
sentencing of Andrill Phillip, 29, to 25 years in prison for
a May 2006 rape. He was convicted on June 26 for Rape in
the First Degree and sentenced today before Brooklyn Supreme
Court Justice Sheryl Parker.
On May 9, 2006, the defendant approached the
woman, 41 at the time, from behind and displayed a knife.
He forced her into his car and drove to a deserted Brooklyn
location, where he then raped her. Then, he drove her to a
second location and kicked her out of his car. The victim
immediately contacted a transit worker at a nearby subway
station, who notified police. A rape kit was conducted and
Phillip was found through the DNA database.
The case was prosecuted by Senior Trial Attorney
Jennifer Ruben from the Sex Crimes Bureau and Christina Fay,
Counsel in the Sex Crimes Bureau. Rhonnie Jaus is Chief of
the Sex Crimes Bureau.
Contact: Sandy
Silverstein
(718) 250-2300
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KINGS COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES ANNOUNCES GRAND JURY TO
INVESTIGATE THE DEATH OF ESMIN GREEN AT KINGS COUNTY
HOSPITAL CENTER
Brooklyn, July 14, 2009 – Kings County
District Attorney Charles J. Hynes today announced that a
grand jury investigation has begun regarding the death of
Esmin Green on June 19, 2008 in Kings County Hospital
Center’s psychiatric emergency room. The case was referred
to the District Attorney following an investigation by
Commissioner Rose Gill Hearn from the Department of
Investigation (DOI).
Ms. Green, 49, arrived at the hospital by
ambulance at 6:30 AM on June 18, 2008. She was diagnosed
with schizophrenia and psychosis, and ordered to be admitted
involuntarily that morning, according to the DOI report.
She was still awaiting care 24 hours later when she
collapsed from a blood clot and died on the floor of the
psychiatric emergency room.
DOI’s
findings revealed that there was a breakdown in Ms. Green’s
care during four medical shifts on June 18th and
June 19th, 2008. Personnel failed to administer
blood work and an EKG, failed to monitor vital signs, and
doctors failed to conduct a medical examination. The Grand
Jury is expected to be hearing evidence until early Fall.
Contact: Sandy
Silverstein
(718) 250-2300
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KINGS COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES ANNOUNCES LIFE SENTENCE FOR DARRYL
LITTLEJOHN IN MURDER OF IMETTE ST. GUILLEN
Brooklyn, July 8, 2009 –
Kings County District
Attorney Charles J. Hynes today announced the sentencing of
Darryl Littlejohn, 44, to Life in Prison Without Parole, for
the murder of John Jay College graduate student
Imette St. Guillen.
Littlejohn was convicted of Murder in the First
Degree on June 3, and today received the maximum sentence.
Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Abraham Gerges ordered
today’s sentence to be served consecutive to another
sentence of 25 years to life, which Littlejohn is currently
serving, for kidnapping a Queens woman.
Littlejohn, a bouncer at the
Falls Bar in Manhattan, murdered St. Guillen, 24, as she
left the bar in the early morning hours of Feb. 25, 2006.
Her body was discovered wrapped in a dirty bedspread and
dumped on a deserted section of Fountain Avenue, just north
of the Belt Parkway, in East New York. Her hands and feet
were bound, she had been sexually assaulted, her mouth was
gagged and her head was completely wrapped in tape. She died
of asphyxiation.
Deputy District Attorney Kenneth Taub, Chief of
the Homicide Bureau, and Senior Trial Attorney Thomas C.
Ridges, prosecuted the case.
Contact: Jonah
Bruno
718-250-2300
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KINGS COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES ANNOUNCES 23-YEAR-TO-LIFE SENTENCE
IN 2007 MURDER
Brooklyn, July 6, 2007 – Kings County
District Attorney Charles J. Hynes today announced the
sentencing of Omar Willock, 19, to 23 years to life for the
stabbing death of Roberto Duncanson, on May 12, 2007.
Willock was convicted of Murder in the Second Degree on
March 18, and sentenced today before Brooklyn Supreme Court
Justice Neil Firetog.
On May 12, 2007, Willock and Duncanson passed
each other on St. Marks Avenue in Crown Heights, and Willock
became enraged, accusing Duncanson of looking at him and
shouting anti-gay remarks. Duncanson walked away and
continued to a friend’s house. When he returned, Duncanson
again passed Willock, and Willock again berated him for his
sexual orientation. Duncanson tried to walk away, but
Willock pursued him and started a fistfight. Willock then
pulled out a knife and stabbed Duncanson four times in the
back. Duncanson was taken to Kings County Hospital and died
an hour later.
The case was prosecuted by Senior Trial Attorney
Howard Jackson from the Homicide Bureau. Ken Taub is Chief
of the Homicide Bureau.
Contact:
Sandy Silverstein
718-250-230
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