Cases of Interest for the Week of October 19, 2015
| Monday, October 19th, 2015 | ||
| ADA Judge Part # Status |
Defendant Name | Case Details |
| Ramjatan, R.
Justice Michels Part A
Appearance |
TAMARA & VERONICA HALL | Sisters and NYPD School Safety Agents Tamara and Veronica Hall are facing charges ranging from Attempted Assault 1, Assault 1 to Assault 2 for allegedly stabbing Hasina Campbell in the stomach and allegedly tasering Delaisha Spence outside of 791 Jennings Street. Campbell and Spence were also charged in the incident. |
| Holohan, K.
Justice Rosado Part AP2
Decision on Motions |
ANDRIXS SUAREZ
& WANDER ROSARIO |
Suarez and Rosario are charged with Assault 3, Harassment 2, and Menacing for the August 30th, 2015 incident in Soundview in which Suarez and Rosario allegedly struck Jose Lucero, who died from injuries believed to be caused by the incident. |
| Kharkover, I.
Justice Michels Part A
Scheduling |
ANGELO MARTINEZ | Correction Officer Martinez is facing charges of Promoting Prison Contraband 1, 2 for allegedly bringing in several kitchen knives into a Rikers Island facility on September 23rd, 2015. |
| Grosdidier, M.
Justice Barrett Part 60
Decision on Motions |
EUGENE DONNELLY | NYPD Officer Donnelly is charged with Assault 3 and other crimes stemming from a June 11th, 2014 incident in which he is accused of breaking into a woman’s Woodlawn apartment in the wee hours following drinking in celebration of his receipt of the Police Combat Cross. He allegedly threw the frightened resident to the floor and repeatedly pummeled her about the head. |
| Litwin, A.
Justice Boyle Part 94
Conference |
JUAN ROSARIO | Rosario is facing charges of Attempted Murder 2, Assault 1, and other related crimes in the August 2014 stabbing of his wife, Rosa Lopez. Rosario is accused of stabbing Lopez multiple times in front of their three children. He was disarmed when shot by two responding police officers. |
| Borgstedt, A.
Justice Villegas Part SCA
Possible Supreme Court Arraignment |
MARTIN QUIRINDONGO | Quirindongo is also facing Assault and Menacing charges for allegedly striking a Rikers Island corrections officer on August 29th, in the head. The wound required twenty staples to close. |
| Tuesday, October 20th, 2015 | ||
| ADA Judge Part # Status |
Defendant Name | Case Details |
| Starishevsky, J.
Justice Clancy Part 79
Possible Disposition/PPI |
FERNANDO YENSI | Yensi is charged with Manslaughter 1, 2 for the November 13th, 2014 death of three- year-old Poseidon Quinones in their East 163rd Street apartment. Yensi, the victim’s step-grandfather, is accused of inflicting significant trauma to the child’s torso, resulting in his demise. |
| Yacoub, P.
Justice Barrett Part 60
Motions/Discovery |
HECTOR RAMIREZ & ANA CUEVAS | Ramirez, a candidate for the New York State Assembly in 2014, and his campaign aide Ana Cuevas are charged with Forgery 2, Tampering with Public Records 1, Falsifying Business Records 1, Offering a False Instrument for Filing 1, and Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument 2 for filing fraudulent absentee ballot applications during Ramirez’s campaign for the 86th District Assembly. |
| Scaccia, C.
Justice Rodriguez-Morick Part 96
Appearance |
JAMES CAPERS | Capers is facing charges of Murder 2, Manslaughter 1 and Criminal Possession of A Weapon 2 for allegedly shooting Allen McQueen to death in the vicinity of Taylor Avenue on July 7th, 2015, as McQueen held his one-year-old daughter. |
| Preston, A.
Justice Whiten Part B
Sentencing |
PARVATTIE RAGHUNANDAN | Raghunandan is to be sentenced following a plea of guilty to Grand Larceny 2 after she improperly received Medicaid Benefits between 2006 and 2013 in which she claimed to have income and resources below what she actually had. |
| McCadden, P.
Justice Barrett Part 60
Conference/ Motions Scheduling |
VALBONA YZEIRAJ | Yzeiraj is charged with Assault 2 and 3, Unauthorized Practice, and Attempted Grand Larceny for allegedly practicing dentistry without a license, resulting in injuries to her patients. It is also alleged that after Yzeiraj was fired by her employer, she attempted to take money from the practice. |
| Borgstedt, A.
Justice Clancy Part 79
Appearance |
WEST SPRUILL | Spruill is facing charges of Murder 2 and other crimes, accused in the April 27th, 2015 shooting death of homeless shelter director Ana Charle. |
| Wednesday, October 21st, 2015 | ||
| ADA Judge Part # Status |
Defendant Name | Case Details |
| Borko, N.
Justice Michels Part A
Appearance |
TENISHA FEARON | Fearon is charged with Murder 2 for allegedly throwing her 6-month-old daughter out of her 6th-floor Tiebout Avenue apartment window. |
| Meisel, D.
Justice Rodriguez-Morick Part 96
Response/Decision on Motions |
HILDA CASTANEDA | Castaneda is charged with Vehicular Assault 1, 2 and additional assault and DWI charges for the 2014 Christmas Day crash in which she is accused of plowing into a bus shelter on the corner of Pierce Avenue and Williamsbridge Road seriously injuring a pedestrian. |
| Halpern, D.
Justice Barrett Part 60
Plea Conference |
HUMZA BAJWA | Bajwa is facing charges of Robbery 1 and 2, Grand Larceny 3, and other crimes for the July 2012 armed robbery of a Fordham University student of 4.7 billion Runescape gold coins, the videogame virtual currency worth around $3,000 US dollars. After agreeing to a deal in which Bajwa would exchange approximately $3,300 US for the coins, Bajwa instead allegedly pointed a semi-automatic pistol at the student and told him to transfer the coins to Bajwa’s account. |
| Rosenfeld, P.
Justice Mogulescu Part 77
Appearance |
MICHAEL CROCKER | Crocker is facing charges of Murder 2, Manslaughter 1 and Criminal Possession of a Weapon 4 for the March 17, 2015 alleged stabbing of his girlfriend’s 20-year-old son, Malcolm Jacobs. Crocker is accused of fatally stabbing the victim in his chest. |
| Hirsch, E.
Justice Villegas Part SCA (no set time)
Possible Supreme Court Arraignment |
NICHOLAS SANCHEZ | Sanchez is facing charges of Murder 2, Manslaughter 1, and 2 counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon for the September 21st, Beaumont Av. death of livery cab driver Mamadou Barry. |
| Militano, A.
Justice Fabrizio Part 98
Appearance |
REGINALD SMITH | Smith is facing charges of Murder 2 and Manslaughter 1 for the death of his girlfriend’s 16-month-old son on January 24th, 2012. The child was alleged to have been left in Smith’s care and was found dead by the next morning. |
| Thursday, October 22nd, 2015 | ||
| ADA Judge Part # Status |
Defendant Name | Case Details |
| Jiwani, S.
Justice Michels Part A
Possible Grand Jury Action |
JONATHAN SALINAS | Salinas is charged with Attempted Murder 2, Assault 1, and additional charges for an alleged attack in Norwood in October, accused of stabbing his mother’s boyfriend. [See sep. case below] |
| Militano, A.
Justice Michels Part A
Appearance |
JONATHAN SALINAS | Salinas is also charged with 1st and 2nd Degree Assault, Endangering the Welfare of A Child and additional crimes for the February 5th incident in which he accused of pouring hot oil on his 13- year-old niece as she slept. |
| Davis, L.
Justice Barrett Part 60
Appearance |
JOSHUA KEMP | Kemp faces charges of Robbery 1 & 2 and other crimes for his role in the non- fatal shootings of Andrew Dossi and Aliro Pellarano, two NYPD officers responding to a Fordham grocery store robbery on January 5th, 2015. |
| Christobek, K.
Justice Whiten Part FB
Possible Grand Jury Action |
KENNETH GOLDSTEIN | Goldstein is facing two counts of Practicing or Appearing as an Attorney-At-Law Without Being Admitted And Registered and 1st Degree Offering a False Instrument for Filing. He is accused of posing as a military lawyer in the Bronx and several other counties in New York and misrepresenting veterans in separate Family and Civil Court cases. [See also below] |
| Christobek, K.
Justice Montano Part AP3
Hearing |
KENNETH GOLDSTEIN | Goldstein is facing charges of Aggravated Harassment 2 for a series of threatening phone calls in September 2014 made to a complainant, the defendant alleging the complainant had made false allegations about him. Both Goldstein and the complainant are veterans who met through their weekly visits to a VA hospital. |
| Defreitas, A.
Justice Rodriguez-Morick Part 96
Decision on Motions |
KWASI ODURO | Oduro is charged with Leaving the Scene of an Accident without Reporting and other crimes for allegedly backing his Mercedes into a Kennedy’s Fried Chicken restaurant in Pelham Bay onJune 4th, resulting in the death of seven-year-old Ethan Villavicencio and injury of several others. Oduro allegedly attempted to flee the scene after crashing into the storefront, all of which was caught on security camera. |
| Friday, October 23rd, 2015 | ||
Please note: All court proceedings are scheduled for after 9:30 a.m. at 265 East 161st Street, the Hall of Justice, Bronx Supreme Court unless otherwise specified.
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