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DNA Hit Leads To Indictment In 1996 Queens Rape Case
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A man has been indicted by a grand jury for the 1996 rape of a woman in Jamaica, Queens following a DNA test conducted more than two decades after the crime.
Queens prosecutors allege that 58 year-old Danny Stewart, then a cab driver, choked and raped a 23 year-old female passenger after she flagged down his taxi on her way home from her job at a restaurant. After the assault, the woman went to the hospital, where a rape kit was administered to collect physical evidence of the assault.
Who is Pushkar Sharma?
Sharma reportedly had blood on his clothing when he showed up at the 105th Precinct station house shortly after 8.30 am on Saturday and told officers he had killed his mother. Around the same time, Emergency Medical Service workers were trying to save the life of 65-year-old Saroj Sharma. The victim’s daughter, per the NYPD, had called 911 after finding her mother unconscious in the basement of her home. Saroj reportedly had bruising to her face and neck. She was taken to Long Island Jewish Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
Sharma has been accused of grabbing his mother from behind and choking and punching her until she fell to the ground, prosecutors said. Sharma allegedly continued the attack, strangling and punching his mother. Officials say Pushkar then allegedly sexually assaulted her and continued to strangle her until she lost consciousness.
The nebulous statute, in place since 1976, was finally taken off the books last month to the delight of critics who said the law was used to target women, transgender people and people of color.
Authorities arrested a man after they seized about 1.7 million counterfeit PPE from a Queens warehouse described as "dirty and dusty," according to the Queens district attorney.