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Cuervo was arrested in December on 80th Street near Grand Avenue in Elmhurst.
By Forum Staff
A Queens man was just sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty last month to burglary charges in connection with a series of residential break-ins throughout the borough in the last months of 2016.
District Attorney Brown said, “The defendant broke into the homes of various people – victims who had their private and personal spaces invaded by a stranger – and ransacked their residences and stole their property.”
Identified as Juan Cuervo, 54, of 56th Avenue in Maspeth, the defendant pleaded guilty last month to second-degree burglary. He was sentenced last Friday to nine years in prison to be followed by five years’ post release supervision.
According to the charges, the defendant burglarized nine different homes in several Queens neighborhoods, predominately in Elmhurst and Flushing, Queens, between September 15, 2016, and December 7, 2016. In each incident, the defendant ransacked the homes and stole various property, including a camera, silver coins, jewelry and cash.
