Positive COVID test postpones first Queens jury trial of 2021
/The trial was adjourned Monday.
Read MoreThe trial was adjourned Monday.
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Read MoreAn appellate court ordered a new trial for Prakash Churaman, a Jamaica man charged with murder.
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Read MoreThe city has launched a “full investigation.”
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Read MoreQueens’ first jury trial in nine months started yesterday.
Read MoreThe attorney tables look more like penalty boxes. And the jury box is unoccupied.
Read MoreThe Queens jury trial will continue even after a trial in the Bronx was suspended because of COVID.
Read More“It’s not disputable. People need to see themselves reflected on the bench.”
Read MoreCourt personnel who notified the Eagle of the positive COVID test said they were concerned because he was “moving all through the building.”
Read More“He was an able and worthy adversary and his summations were routinely complete with his own special brand of flash and pizzazz.”
Read MoreBy David Brand
A Woodside woman filmed throwing a glass bottle at a Black jogger while calling her the n-word was charged with aggravated assault as a hate crime Tuesday.
Lorena Delaguna, 53, was seen on video throwing the bottle and screaming slurs as the 37-year-old jogger passed the corner of 53rd Place and Broadway in Woodside on Aug. 17. Police released a month-old cell phone video of the bias attack in an effort to identify Delaguna. They announced her arrest on Sept. 21.
She was arraigned before Queens Judge Jeffrey Gershuny Tuesday.
“Crimes like this, which are fueled by hate, are in a special category for a reason,” said Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. “No one should have to endure being called a vile slur or being attacked simply because of the color of their skin, their religion, or who they love.”
Delaguna’s attorney Samantha Diaz argued that throwing a bottle to the ground not demonstrate “harm” and said there was a “mental health component” to her client’s behavior, the Daily News reported.
Delaguna faces up to 7 years in prison if convicted.
The man was sentenced to two years in prison.
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