Police Officer Russel Timoshenko was gunned down after he and his partner pulled over a vehicle with stolen plates. File Photo
A Queens man currently serving life in prison for murder was convicted last week of attempted murder as well as other charges for the shooting and robbery of a Queens man in July 2007, which occurred less than twenty hours prior to the fatal shooting of NYPD officer, Russel Timoshenko, in Brooklyn.
Dexter Bostic, 40, formerly of Far Rockaway, already serving a term without parole eligibility, was described by District Attorney Richard Brown as “cold-blooded” and a “menace to others and deserving of the maximum sentence.”
According to trial testimony, Carl Field, who was 20 at the time, was standing on the corner of Sutphin Boulevard and 109th Drive talking to a friend around 5:00 a.m. on July 8, 2007, when a gray Porsche Cayenne being driven by Robert Ellis, 40, also of Far Rockaway, stopped at the corner. Bostic exited the vehicle, holding a silver .45-caliber handgun, and began shooting. Mr. Field attempted to run but was shot once in his left leg, the bullet shattering his femur and causing him to fall to the ground. Bostic then approached Mr. Field and demanded money. Mr. Field handed over $1,800 in cash, a chain and the keys to his vehicle. Bosticand Ellis then fled in the Porsche.
Dexter Bostic will live the rest of his life behind bars as a result of sentencing for the murder of an NYPD Police Officer and the attempted murder and robbery of a 20-year-old man six years ago. NYPD
Ellis, the driver in the Field shooting was convicted last year of the same criminal charges as Bostic following a jury trial also before Justice Lasak, was sentenced in July 2012 to a determinate term of 25 years in prison. That sentence was ordered to be served consecutive to the 15-year prison sentence Ellis was serving for a weapons possession conviction stemming from the fatal shooting of Officer Timoshenko.
In that case, Ellis, Bostic and another individual were riding in a stolen black BMW SUV when they were pulled over by police officers Russel Timoshenko, 23, and Herman Yan, 27. The officers had run the plate number of the vehicle and discovered that it was missing from a Mitsubishi Outlander. When they approached the vehicle, they were shot at multiple times. The gun used to shoot Mr. Field the day before was involved in the incident.
Officer Timoshenko died five days later from the wounds he suffered in the attack. Officer Yan, who was also severely hit, survived.
In addition to being convicted of one count of attempted second-degree murder, Bostic was found guilty of two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of first-degree robbery, two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and one count of fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property following a four-week jury trial. Queens Supreme Court Justice Gregory L. Lasak has set sentencing for September 11, 2013. He faces up to 25 years in prison.
By Samantha Geary
