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Harry was convicted Thursday after a two-week non-jury trial.
By Forum Staff
A Jamaica man has been convicted in the 2017 stabbing of two men inside a garage near the Van Wyck Expressway in South Ozone Park, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Friday.
Terrence Harry, 40, was convicted Thursday after a two-week non-jury trial. Queens Supreme Court
Justice Michelle Johnson found Harry guilty of attempted murder in the second degree, assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. Johnson set sentencing for Jan. 26, 2022, at which time Harry faces up to 25 years in prison.
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“This defendant resorted to violence with a weapon to settle a dispute. As a result, he nearly took the life of one man and severely injured another,” DA Katz said.
According to trial testimony, on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2017, at approximately 12:50 p.m., Harry was inside the car garage of Myron Hennings. A third man, Shamel Potter, 39, was also present at the location. The defendant, who was a stranger to Potter, began talking aloud, then without provocation pulled out a knife and stabbed Potter in the left side of his neck. When Hennings attempted to intervene, he was also stabbed by Harry in the back. Harry then fled the scene.
A branch of Potter’s carotid artery was severed, and his trachea was in danger of being disabled as a result of the stabbing. The victim underwent emergency surgery, was intubated for several days and was unable to eat solid food for months. MHennings required multiple staples to close the stab wound he sustained during the attack.
“This defendant resorted to violence with a weapon to settle a dispute. As a result, he nearly took the life of one man and severely injured another,” Katz said. “He now faces a lengthy prison term when sentenced by the Court.”
