Steinway Murderer Found Guilty For Cold Blooded Crime

Wahid Elawame, 39 from Steinway Street was found guilty on the 6th of April for second degree murder and will serve 25 years to life in prison. The verdict was well received after news of the crime began to circulate.  It happened at around 11:30pm on May 4th, 2012. Elawame was in his apartment entertaining…

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He Strangled Her To Death As A Teenager, Now He’s Facing Life

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A Corona man, Jose Martinez, 22, plead guilty on Friday to fatally choking 23-year-old Astoria woman Carmen Saldana of 30th Avenue.  According to Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, the incident occurred in July 2009 when Martinez, then only 15, approached Saldana around 30th Avenue while riding his bike. The two began talking and Martinez followed Saldana home.…

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