By Staff Writers
Donna Charles, 41, of Jamaica was sentenced on July 9, 1987 in State Supreme Court in Queens for first-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Her sentence was 17 years to life with a parole eligibility date of April 15, 2004.
While in prison, Charles was commended for aiding a correction officer who was being attacked by a mentally ill inmate.
She also has been active in the prison's drug awareness program and has served as a coordinator for the alcohol and substance abuse program.
Melita Liveria, 57, was sentenced in 1988 to 15 years to life for first-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Loveira received certificates of merit for her work in an AIDS Awareness workshop and a women's health program.
Bail set for one of five teens held in slay of deliveryman
SPRINGFIELD GARDENS – A State Supreme Court judge granted bail last week to one of the five teenagers accused in the September murder of a Chinese food delivery man in Springfield Gardens.
Justice Arthur Lonschein set a $500,000 bail for 17-year-old Stacy Royster of Rosedale. But as of Tuesday morning Royster's family had not been able to raise the money to post bail, said Betsy Herzog, a spokeswoman for District Attorney Richard Brown.
Royster allegedly called Jin-Sheng Liu at his St. Albans takeout restaurant and placed a $60 order, telling him she would pick it up at what turned out to be an abandoned Springfield Gardens home, according to charges filed by the DA's office.
Royster allegedly distracted Liu while four teenage boys put a bag over his head and beat him with their fists and with a brick, according to the DA's office. The five teenagers allegedly then took the Chinese food delivery and went to one of their homes to eat it, Brown said.
The other four defendants were being held without bail.
Six arrested in Rego Park on robbery, drug charges
REGO PARK- Three armed men pushed their way into an apartment at 105-40 62nd Drive and demanded money from the residents, police said.
During the robbery someone called 911, and police in the 112th Precinct came and arrested the men, said Detective Brian Burke, a police spokesman. While in the apartment police found a large amount of illegal narcotics, and arrested the three robbery victims as well, Burke said.
Arrested for allegedly robbing the people in the apartment were Kirk Edward, 23, Carey Singleton, 23, and Curtis William, 27. The three who were arrested for alleged drug possession were Jeffrey Richey, 27, Juan Espinal, 28, and Nicholas Gordan, 18, said Burke.
Man jumps to death on No. 7 line in Corona
CORONA – The Manhattan-bound No. 7 train was held up for more than an hour and a half Tuesday morning after a man jumped in front of a subway, police said.
Emanuel Padilla, 50, of 37-22 69th St. in Woodside leapt in front of the train at the 103rd Street station at 9:05 a.m. Tuesday morning, said Detective Carmen Melendez, a police spokeswoman. Padilla was pronounced dead at the scene.
Bail set for one of five teens held in slay of delivery man
SPRINGFIELD GARDENS – A State Supreme Court judge granted bail last week to one of the five teenagers accused in the September murder of a Chinese food delivery man in Springfield Gardens.
Justice Arthur Lonschein set a $500,000 bail for 17-year-old Stacy Royster of Rosedale. But as of Tuesday morning Royster's family had not been able to raise the money to post bail, said Betsy Herzog, a spokeswoman for District Attorney Richard Brown.
Royster allegedly called Jin-Sheng Liu at his St. Albans takeout restaurant and placed a $60 order, telling him she would pick it up at what turned out to be an abandoned Springfield Gardens home, according to charges filed by the DA's office.
Royster allegedly distracted Liu while four teenage boys put a bag over his head and beat him with their fists and with a brick, according to the DA's office. The five teenagers allegedly then took the Chinese food delivery and went to one of their homes to eat it, Brown said.
The other four defendants were being held without bail.
Contractors hired by MTA wreck garages by mistake
Richmond Hill – Home garages at 91-11, 91-13, and 91-15 121 St. were accidentally demolished Tuesday when private contractors hired by the Metropolitan Transit Authority lost control of a crane, police said.
The contractors had been hired to clear away debris from an MTA-owned wooded area.
There were no injuries, police said.
Man with gunshot wound tells of robbery on 57th Ave.
ELMHURST- A man walked into Elmhurst hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg early Tuesday morning, police said.
The man said he had been shot in a robbery on 57th Avenue and Queens Boulevard, said John Buthorn, a police spokesman.
The man was listed in stable condition. Police were investigating.
Man trapped under train at Junction Blvd. station
JACKSON HEIGHTS- A 27-year-old man was found trapped underneath a stationary No. 7 train at the Junction Boulevard station Monday night, police said.
The man was taken to Elmhurst Hospital in stable condition with a fractured leg, said John Buthorn, a police spokesman.
Safe with cash, tapes stolen from Queens Blvd. garage
FOREST HILLS – A safe which held $35,000 in cash and security tapes was stolen from the Kinney Parking Garage at 95-05 Queens Blvd. on Christmas Day, when it was closed for the holiday.
There were no signs of forced entry, said Det. Robert Samuel.
L.I.C. woman leaps in apparent suicide
LONG ISLAND CITY- A 48-year woman leapt from her window in an apparent suicide Monday at about 6 p.m., police said.
The woman lived in an apartment on 41st Street, said John Buthorn, a police spokesman.
Month-old baby dies at Elmhurst Hospital
ELMHURST- A one-month-old infant who lives on 97th Street was brought to Elmhurst Hospital early Wednesday morning with difficulty breathing, police said.
He was brought in at 1:20 a.m. and pronounced dead at 3:30 a.m., said Detective Teresa Farello, a police spokeswoman.
The medical examiner was investigating the death, but it appeared to be due to natural causes.
