BRONX MAN SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR STRANGLING AND PUMMELING EX-GIRLFRIEND IN 2016
Victim Survived; Strangulation Scars Still Visible Today
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for beating his ex-girlfriend and strangling her, leaving searing wounds on her neck.
District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant had no mercy when he strangled, beat and threatened to kill the 27-year-old victim. The attack left the victim scarred physically and emotionally yet she bravely testified in court. There were prior, unreported assaults by the defendant on the victim. I urge victims and anyone who is aware of domestic violence to please report any incidents so we can prevent the escalation of violence and save lives.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Dayquan Robertson, 27, of Bronx, New York, was sentenced today to seven years in prison and five years post-release supervision by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Martin Marcus. A full order of protection was also issued. A jury found the defendant guilty of second-degree Strangulation and second-degree Assault on October 10, 2018.
According to the investigation, on September 1, 2016, in her apartment in the Bronx, the victim, Tanisha Lambright, was sleeping when she was awakened by the defendant. He grabbed the strap of her nightgown, dug it in around her neck and strangled her with it, causing the victim to go in and out of consciousness. Robertson then punched her multiple times in her left eye and face, and used the victim’s hands to punch her own face while threatening to kill her. The defendant’s attack left the victim with large lacerations on her neck, popped blood vessels in her eye, and a swollen, bleeding lip.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Kristin Collado of the Criminal Enterprise Bureau, formerly of the Domestic Violence Bureau, and Assistant District Attorney Allison Kline of the Domestic Violence Bureau, under the supervision of Simon Folkard and Kathryn Falasca, Supervisors in the Domestic Violence Bureau, and the overall supervision of Adrienne Giunta, Chief of the Domestic Violence Bureau, and Joseph Muroff, Chief of the Special Victims Division. District Attorney Clark thanked James Goward, Chief of the Criminal Enterprise Bureau and Denise Kodjo, Deputy Chief of the Criminal Enterprise Bureau, for their assistance.
District Attorney Clark thanked Detectives Giovanna Maldonado and Jonathan Troncoso and Police Officer Kamil Tarnawski of the 40th Precinct for their assistance in the case.
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