BRONX DA: CASES OF INTEREST FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 30, 2015

 

Cases of Interest for the Week of March 30, 2015

 

 

Monday, March 30th, 2015
ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details
Halpern, Dyer W.

Justice Boyle

Part 94

 

Sentencing

 

2:30 PM

JOSEPH JUNKOVIC Junkovic pled guilty in November of 2014 to 2nd and 3rd Degree Criminal Tax Fraud, 1st Degree Offering a False Instrument for Filing and 1st Degree Falsifying Business Records and will be sentenced to one to three years behind bars for failing to pay nearly $150,000 dollars in personal income taxes between 2008 and 2011. Junkovic, who ran two organizations geared to assisting cancer patients, skipped out on filing several NYS tax returns and failed to report the income he collected from the organizations on the returns he did file during the three year period.

 

Press Release

Martinez-Alonso, M. & Morabito, J.

Justice Kiesel

Part IDV-SCT

 

Hearing

KENYA EDMONDS Edmonds is charged with 2nd Degree Murder, 1st Degree Manslaughter and 2nd Degree Kidnapping for the March 29th, 2012 death of Sienna Edwards. Edmonds allegedly threatened the victim during a dispute in her Tremont apartment after which she fell 14 stories to her death.
Scaccia, C.

Justice Barrett

Part 60

 

Possible Summations and Closings

DALE ROBERTSON Robertson is charged with two counts of 2nd Degree Murder for the November 15th, 2006 asphyxiation death of Stacey Inman. Inman’s body was found stuffed in a garbage bag near Rosewood Park. Inman, a 24-year-old nursing student, was pregnant at the time of her death.
Di Chiara, L.

Justice Clancy

Part 79

 

Motions

LUIS CARTAGENA Cartagena is charged with 2nd Degree Murder and Manslaughter for the October 27, 2014 death of his two- month-old nephew, Joemill Greer. Cartagena, who was babysitting the infant at the time of his death, is alleged to have struck the victim numerous times in the head.
Valerio, R.

Justice Boyle

Part 94

 

Conference

JEANPAUL RODRIGUEZ-PUMAREJO Rodriguez-Pumarejo is charged with 2nd Degree Murder, 1st Degree Manslaughter, and 4th Degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon for the September 25th, 2014 death of his girlfriend, Tynasha Robinson. Rodriguez-Pumarejo is accused of stabbing his girlfriend in the neck with a knife and barricading himself in their Soundview apartment until hostage negotiators were able to gain entry and place him under arrest.
Valerio, R.

Justice Boyle

Part 94

 

Conference

WILLY CANTURENCIA Canturencia is charged with 2nd Degree Murder, 1st Degree Manslaughter, 2nd Degree Assault and additional crimes for the January 5th, 2014 death of his wife, Toribia Hernandez. Canturencia is accused of stabbing his wife multiple times with two knives at the couple’s Walton Avenue apartment while in the presence of Hernandez’s two daughters, one of whom was also stabbed in the abdomen.
Valerio, R.

Justice Boyle

Part 94

 

Conference

IVAN JAMES Jr. James is charged with Murder 2, Manslaughter 1 and other crimes and other crimes for the September 9th, 2013 death of his father, Ivan James Sr.  16 years old at the time, the defendant is accused of stabbing his father and striking him in the head with a blunt object, causing his death.
Various ADAs

Justice Barrett

Part 60

 

Scheduling

Conference

SCOTT,

RODRIGUEZ,

PAYAN,

O’REILLY,

McGUCKIN,

MANZI,

HERNANDEZ, ANTHONY,

BENCOSME

The defendants will appear in court in relation to the 2011 NYPD ticket fixing scandal that unraveled following the investigation into former officer Jose Ramos, who is currently serving a 12 ½ to 14 ½ year sentence. The defendants face charges ranging from 4th Degree Grand Larceny and 1st Degree Tampering With a Public Record to 2nd Degree Forgery.
Di Chiara, L.

Justice Hubert

Part T-21

 

Jury Selection

CANDIE HAILEY MEANS Means is charged with 2nd Degree Attempted Murder, Endangering the Welfare of a Child, and various assault charges for the February 17th, 2012 stabbing of a four-month-old baby. Means allegedly stabbed the infant several times in the head with a sharp metal object following a dispute with the baby’s mother and several other individuals.

 

Tuesday, March 31st, 2015
ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details
Glucksman, J.

Justice Barrett

Part 60

 

Conference/

Possible Plea

 

CHETANDEO

BRIJ-RAJ

 

Brij-Raj is charged with 2nd Degree Grand Larceny, 2nd Degree Criminal Possession of Stolen Property and other crimes for allegedly embezzling more than $650,000 between May of 2006 to September of 2011 from one of the Bronx’s oldest, family-run businesses, Schmidt Realty.

 

Press Release

Scaccia, C.

Justice Whiten

Part FB

 

Possible Grand Jury Action

MATTHEW COLEMAN Coleman is facing charges of 2nd Degree Murder and 2nd Degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon for the March 4th, 2015 death of Eusebio Mendez. Coleman, along with two other unapprehended accomplices, is accused of entering the victim’s Williamsbridge Road apartment, shooting the victim in the head, and removing some of his personal property before exiting the premises.
Morabito, J.

Justice Montano

Part AP3

 

Motion Practice

MELANIE EVANS Evans is facing charges of Criminal Obstruction of Breathing or Blood Circulation, Endangering the Welfare of a Child and other crimes for the January 15th, 2015 physical altercation involving a child aboard her school bus on which she was a matron.
Marzolf, B.

Justice Clancy

Part 79

 

Possible Disposition/plea

MARCELO SOLANO Solano is charged with 2nd and 3rd Degree Rape, Endangering the Welfare of a Child and other sex crimes for his relationship with a minor he met on Facebook. Solano, 47, is alleged to have engaged in sexual conduct with the victim at his Cauldwell Av. home on three separate occasions between October and December of 2014.

 

Wednesday, April 1st, 2015
ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details
Gottlieb, T.

Justice Fabrizio

Part 98

 

Scheduling Conference

DOMINICK DAVIS,

 ALEJANDRO CAMPOS & RICHARD WILLIAMS

Davis is charged with 1st Degree Murder and other crimes; Campos with 2nd Degree Murder and other crimes for the April 19th, 2012 death of Hwang Yang. Davis and Campos are accused of robbing and shooting Yang for his iPhone. Days before Yang’s murder, all three defendants were involved in a separate incident for which Williams alone is charged with 1st Degree Robbery.
Lee, K.

Justice Whiten

Part FB

 

Possible Grand Jury Action

RAFAEL PASOLS Pasols is facing charges of 2nd Degree Strangulation, Criminal Obstruction of Breathing or Blood Circulation, and other related crimes for the December 15th, 2014 strangulation of a Horizon Juvenile Center resident where Pasols was employed as a counselor. Pasols allegedly squeezed the victim’s neck with both hands, pulled him down on the floor by his hair, and punched him twice in the face, causing the patient to suffer an epileptic seizure.
Carter, J.

Justice Villegas

Part SCA

 

Possible Grand Jury Action

WILLIAM NORWOOD Norwood is facing charges of 1st Degree Attempted Murder, 2nd Degree Menacing and other related crimes for a February 17th, 2015 altercation involving his ex-girlfriend, Diana Martinez. Norwood is accused of setting the victim on fire in her Mapes Avenue apartment causing her to suffer 1st and 2nddegree burns to her hands and face.

 

Thursday, April 2nd, 2015
ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details
Christobek, K.

Justice Montano

Part AP3

 

Possible Start of Trial

KENNETH GOLDSTEIN

(2 cases, see below)

Goldstein is facing 2nd Degree Aggravated Harassment for a series of threatening phone calls in September 2014 made to a complainant (see second case, below), 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.
Christobek, K.

Justice Whiten

Part FB

 

Possible Grand Jury Action

KENNETH GOLDSTEIN Goldstein is also 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, accused of posing as a military lawyer in the Bronx and several other counties in New York. Goldstein is accused of misrepresenting veterans in separate Family and Civil Court cases.
Gentile, N.

Justice Kelly

Part AP5

 

Possible Disposition/ Decision

KELLY HYLAND Hyland, a fixture on Lifetime’s Dance Moms, is facing charges of 3rd Degree Assault and 2nd Degree Harassment for the November 24th, 2013 attack of dance coach Abigale “Abby Lee” Miller. Hyland is accused of grabbing and pulling out Miller’s hair and hitting her in the face. The alleged physical altercation took place after a heated verbal exchange between the two.

 

Friday, April 3rd, 2015
ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details

 

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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