Corona Resident Cuffed For Attack
Detectives charged a Corona man hours after he allegedly impaled one man and stabbed another during a dispute outside a neighborhood doughnut shop last Thursday night, May 1, law enforcement sources said.
Police identified the perpetrator as Edward Franzese, 17, of 57th Avenue, who was booked last Friday, May 2, on charges including attempted murder and gang assault.
Reportedly, the violence occurred at about 8:17 p.m. last Thursday outside a Dunkin’ Donuts shop located at the intersection of 108th Street and Martense Avenue.
Law enforcement sources said Franzese was part of a group of unidentified males who allegedly engaged the victims-both 22-yearold men-in a verbal argument.
Moments later, authorities said, one of the victims was impaled in the head with a metal rod, while the other was stabbed in the left hand and the back of his head. The perpetrators then fled from the scene in an unknown direction.
According to information provided by the Queens District Attorney’s office, security camera images later obtained from the scene showed Franzese allegedly chasing the second victim with a machete.
Members of the 110th Precinct and EMS units rushed to the scene. Paramedics brought both victims to Elmhurst Hospital Center; the impaling victim reportedly remains under sedation.
Based on information obtained during the investigation, Franzese was tracked down by the 110th Precinct Detective Squad last Friday morning and booked on charges of second-degree attempted murder, first-degree gang assault, first- and second-degree assault and fourthdegree criminal possession of a weapon.
According to court records, the suspect was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on Sunday, May 4, before Judge Toko Serita, who ordered him held on $50,000 bond or $25,000 cash bail.
