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Nurse admits to fatally burning baby in scalding bath in plea deal
A Queens nurse admitted Wednesday to fatally burning a 23-month-old baby by dunking her in a scalding hot bath, getting a promise of just four years in prison for her plea.
Oluyemisi Adebayo, who was a 20-year licensed nurse practitioner, cruelly placed Naomi Mondesire in the bath at the child’s Rosedale home on April 21, 2015 and the baby succumbed to the burns days later.
The 58-year-old woman pleaded guilty to one count of attempted assault and is expected to receive the agreed upon sentence at her next court date on Sept. 24.
Adebayo — who was arrested in April 2015 as she was about to board a flight to Africa — will get credit for the three years she has been in jail since her arrest.
Judge Richard Buchter asked Adebayo, “Did you place the baby in hot water?” Adebayo responded, “yes.”
Adebayo, a Nigerian immigrant, could face deportation upon her release from prison.
She was originally charged with second-degree murder, which was dismissed as part of her plea deal, and she faced 25 years to life in prison if convicted at trial.
The child’s mother, Cynthia Mondesire, filed a negligence lawsuit in Queens in 2015 against Adebayo and the company she worked for, Harry’s Nursing registry. Adebayo settled with Mondesire but the multi-million dollar case against the company is still pending.
“The baby just melts in the bathtub, it’s tragic,” Mondesire’s lawyer, Eric Shaevitz, said adding, “It’s just a tragedy, an absolute tragedy that this woman has gotten away with murder. And especially horrifying, she had a record of child abuse and the company hadn’t vetted her at all.”
“She’s a monster,” Shaevitz said of Adebayo.
via: https://nypost.com/2018/09/05/nurse-admits-to-fatally-burning-baby-in-scalding-bath-in-plea-deal/
Shooter Arrested For Killing Man In Queens Home
The shootings just never seem to stop do they? Up in Queens, New York, Denzel Floyd has been arrested for the alleged murder of Jonathan Polanco, whom was found with a gunshot wound inside Floyd’s home Monday morning.
The chaos then spilled out into the streets when Floyd fled his house in a black Mazda with a man and a woman in tow a short time after the shooting. Floyd traveled 8 blocks before crashing into parked and moving cars.
The shooter then ran from the car with a pink gun in his hand and threw the weapon into a woman’s yard then returned to the car to get a crying woman who’d been riding in the backseat and was unable to walk The other passenger in the car, a 28-year-old man, was screaming that he’d blown his finger off.
Medics took the passenger shot in the finger and Polanco to Jamaica Hospital, where Polanco later died. Also during the shootout, it was said that Floyd shot a 28-year-old man in the back. The victim walked into Long Island Jewish Medical Center where he is in stable condition.
Floyd was charged with second-degree murder, attempted murder, two counts of assault, two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, reckless endangerment and tampering with physical evidence, police said. Floyd’s passengers have not been arrested.
Construction worker finds noose at Queens home
BROAD CHANNEL, Queens— It’s the last thing Jawuan Blake, a construction worker, expected to see at his Queens job site Thursday.
“I come out, take a few steps, look up and see a noose hanging – my heart just stopped,” he said.
Blake told PIX11, Saturday, it was hurtful to see the noose on the side of the home on East 6th Road in Broad Channel.
The home is part of NYC’s Build it Back program, which launched after Superstorm Sandy.
“No one should have to come to work and see that, it’s 2018,” he said.
He took pictures and when he told his coworkers he said they made insensitive comments and ignored it.
“I feel like it’s not a joke or laughing matter,” he said.
John Kodetsky lives next door to where the noose was found.
“I don’t think it should have been done but I thought the guys were fooling around,” he said, adding he saw the noose.
“As a sign of a death mark, It’s kind of disturbing,” Rob Wilson, an electrician who has also been working on the home responded.
Workers at the site tell PIX11 they want Tishman Construction to take the matter seriously and take appropriate action.
PIX11 reached out to the company for comment and have not heard back from anyone yet.
The workers say they have a meeting with the company Monday morning.
via: http://pix11.com/2018/05/19/exclusive-construction-worker-finds-noose-at-queens-home/
3-year-old girl found dead in Queens apartment; police suspect child abuse
ROCKAWAY, Queens — A 3-year-old girl was found dead in a Queens apartment and police are investigating if child abuse was a factor.
Police were called about 6 p.m. Monday to an apartment on Beach 105th Street near Shore Front Parkway and found Bella Edwards unconscious and unresponsive. Her stepfather, the only adult home, was performing CPR on her.
“There were a number of fireman and ambulances…trying to resuscitate her,” neighbor Doris King said.
She was rushed to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The medical examiner has not yet revealed the cause of death. Police are investigating if child abuse was a factor.
Edwards’ body showed signs of trauma consistent with abuse, a police source told PIX11. The source said that she was covered in bruises, had new injuries and several old injuries that were healing, and there were signs of sexual abuse.
Her parents are being questioned by detectives from the Special Victims Unit. No arrests have been made.
King said she does not know Edwards’ parents and only saw her around the building.
“Very cute little girl. Never knew anything was wrong,” she said. “Very shocking, very sad.”
The New York City Administration for Children’s Services is also investigating.
“Our top priority is protecting the safety and wellbeing of all children in New York City. As soon as this family came to our attention last night, we immediately launched an investigation with the NYPD,” Deputy Commissioner Eric Ferrero said.
A 3-month-old who lived in the apartment where Edwards was found has been taken to a hospital for evaluation.
Bar worker hides camera phone in ceiling vent to watch ‘attractive women’ in restroom
A dishwasher at a Queens bar hid his cell phone in the ladies room to spy on customers — but was foiled by one of the bar’s regulars who spotted it in a ceiling vent, cops and prosecutors said.
Hector-Miguel Ramirez-Vargas, a 31-year-old worker at Holy Guacamole on 31st St. at 36th Ave. in Long Island City, admitted he set up his cell phone camera in the loo when “attractive women” came in, court documents allege.
Cops caught up with Ramirez-Vargas this week, more than three months after he disappeared from the bar after a woman found his phone in a ceiling vent, prosecutors said.
Franco Solano, 34, the manager at Holy Guacamole, said one of the bar’s regulars went to the women’s restroom on Aug. 31, saw the camera phone, and asked, “Hey guys, why do you keep that camera in the bathroom?”
One of her friends grabbed the phone and went through the images in the camera, recognizing Ramirez-Vargas from his own photos stored on the phone.
Solano called the police, but Ramirez-Vargas made a run for it through a back patio.
“Since that night he never showed up,” he said. “We were telling the employees, if you see him just call the police.”
“They’re regular customers. Since that night happened, they never came back and I understand,” Solano lamented. “It’s not us. It’s this guy who made a big mistake.”
Cops caught up with Ramirez-Vargas on Wednesday, charging him with unlawful surveillance.
He told detectives he worked as a deliveryman and dishwasher, according to a criminal complaint.
“When I would see attractive women in the restaurant I would put my cell phone in the women’s bathroom to record them using the bathroom for my own personal pleasure,” he told cops, according to the complaint.
He remains held on $1,500 bond or $3,000 cash bail.
Two 12-year-old boys planned to blow up Queens school with rocket launchers, grenades and land mines
ELMHURST, Queens — Two 12-year-old boys planned to use rocket launchers, grenades and land mines to blow up their Queens school, prompting their arrest, police said Friday.
The children attend Intermediate School 102, located in Elmhurst, according to police. The campus educates students in kindergarten through eighth grade.
A notebook detailing the boys’ plans to blow up the school was located in its gym, police said.
The notes allegedly claimed they intended to use rocket launchers, grenades and land mines.
Officials made no mention of the boys ability to access such weapons.
An unnamed person recognized the children’s handwriting, and police arrested them Thursday, police said.
Both are expected to appear in court Monday.
Three killed, 16 injured after tour bus slams into MTA bus in Queens
A tour bus “flying” down a busy Queens street crashed into an MTA bus Monday, killing three people and injuring 16 others, witnesses and authorities said.
The Dahlia Travel and Tours bus slammed into the Q20 bus around 6:15 a.m. at Northern Blvd. and Main St., sending both vehicles careening onto the sidewalk and killing a 68-year-old pedestrian, officials said.
The driver of the Dahlia bus, Raymond Mong, 49, was among the dead. A 55-year-old man aboard the MTA bus also died.
“There was people pinned under the front of the city bus. A lady was crying and screaming, ‘Get me out! Get me out!’” he said.
Article via: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/killed-16-injured-mta-bus-tour-bus-collide-queens-article-1.3503764