By Forum Staff
A Jamaica man has been sentenced to a decade in prison for stabbing a man in the backyard of the victim’s home in February 2022, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Thursday.
Rahlik Pinnock, 35, pleaded guilty on Sept. 25 to assault in the first degree before Queens Supreme Court Justice Michelle Johnson, who sentenced the defendant on Thursday to 10 years in prison and five years’ post-release supervision.
According to the charges:
On Feb. 1, 2022, at approximately 11:50 p.m., Pinnock made advances toward a woman from inside his vehicle. He then followed the woman inside a liquor store on Sutphin Boulevard.
The woman phoned her 22-year-old boyfriend, who arrived at the liquor store and confronted Pinnock. The boyfriend punched Pinnock, and Pinnock tried to get the man to go into his car.
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Queens DA Melinda Katz called the investigation and guilty plea “a just resolution” to the case.
Pinnock left the store and drove away in a gray SUV. The victim walked several blocks to his home in Jamaica along with his girlfriend. As he neared the house, the victim was approached from behind by Pinnock, who chased him into the backyard. Pinnock pulled out a knife and stabbed the man multiple times in the chest and arm. Pinnock immediately fled the scene.
The victim was taken to a local hospital where he underwent life-saving surgery for stab wounds that pierced through his lung and into his heart. His girlfriend saw that Pinnock left one of his sneakers behind, later resulting in a DNA analysis linking the defendant to the crime.
Pinnock fled to Pennsylvania within 24 hours of the stabbing, where he was apprehended in June 2023 and extradited to New York to face charges.
“I thank the members of the NYPD who never gave up on this case, and my prosecutors for ensuring that a just resolution was achieved in this case,” Katz said.
