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“We will seek justice,” DA Katz pledged.
By Forum Staff
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Arturo Cuevas and Daisy Barrera were indicted by a grand jury on Monday for a brutal attack on their neighbors, allegedly as revenge for a previous fight over a parking spot.
Cuevas, 30, and his wife, Barrera, 27, of Woodside, were arraigned on a six-count indictment charging them with attempted murder in the second degree, assault in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. Barrera was also charged with assault in the second degree.
According to the charges:
On March 17, at approximately 3:40 p.m., Cuevas approached his neighbor, Wilson Chabla Lliguicota, 28, who had just arrived home and parked his car on 47th Avenue in Woodside. As Cuevas began repeatedly stabbing him with a folding knife, Barrera hit Lliguicota on the head multiple times with a baseball bat.
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The attack took place on 47th Avenue in Woodside.
After the injured Lliguicota fell to the ground, Cuevas repeatedly stomped on him and slashed him in the face while Barrera continued to hit him on his head with the bat.
Barrera also hit Delia Chimbay, Lliguicota’s girlfriend who came to his aid, with the baseball bat.
The couple retreated to their nearby apartment as officers from the 108th Precinct responded. Following a 20-minute standoff, both defendants were arrested inside of their apartment building.
Lliguicota was taken to Elmhurst Hospital with several lacerations and blunt force trauma. He underwent treatment for severe brain trauma that required surgery and the removal of a portion of his skull.
Cell phone videos posted to social media depicted most of the attack.
“As alleged, the husband stabbed the victim and the wife hit him with a baseball bat, working in tandem and leaving the injured man with no chance to retreat from this rage-filled attack,” Katz said. “We will seek justice.”
If convicted, Cuevas and Barrera each face up to 25 years in prison.
