What to KnowA Queens man pleaded responsible to rape and tried homicide for a brutal daytime assault on a rooftop in 2023, the native district lawyer stated.Jerson Vasquez, 25, of Jamaica, Queens, pleaded responsible Friday to tried homicide within the second diploma, rape within the first diploma and patronizing an individual for prostitution within the third diploma, Queens District Legal professional Melinda Katz introduced.Based on Katz, citing courtroom information, on Aug.13, 2023, Vasquez responded to a Fb Market advert and requested a girl to fulfill him on the rooftop of an deal with on 93rd Avenue within the Jamaica part of Queens.
A Queens man pleaded responsible to rape and tried homicide for a brutal daytime assault on a rooftop in 2023, the native district lawyer stated.
Jerson Vasquez, 25, of Jamaica, Queens, pleaded responsible Friday to tried homicide within the second diploma, rape within the first diploma and patronizing an individual for prostitution within the third diploma, Queens District Legal professional Melinda Katz introduced. Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 25. He will probably be ordered to jail for 15 years with 10 years submit launch supervision, Katz stated.
Based on Katz, citing courtroom information, on Aug.13, 2023, Vasquez responded to a Fb Market advert and requested a girl to fulfill him on the rooftop of an deal with on 93rd Avenue within the Jamaica part of Queens.
On the high of the constructing, Vasquez gave the sufferer $150 and had intercourse together with her earlier than he began choking the girl and slammed her head right into a concrete wall. Afterwards he took his a refund. Based on courtroom paperwork, the girl was then punched within the face and as Vasquez sat on high of her, repeatedly slamming her head on the ground whereas having his fingers round her neck.
Subsequently, Vasquez took the girl’s cellphone and left her on the rooftop. Video surveillance exhibits Vasquez leaving the situation with what seemed to be blood on his neck and hand.
The sufferer was hospitalized for a laceration to the again of her head that required staples to shut and had in depth swelling on her head, face and neck.
“This was a brazen and brutal daytime assault. The defendant raped a girl on a Jamaica rooftop and slammed her head right into a concrete wall, choked and punched her,” Katz said. “She suffered in depth accidents and will probably be bodily and emotionally scarred by this incident for the remainder of her life. Because of her courageous testimony, we have been in a position to cost this defendant with rape and tried homicide.”
