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Harry, 40, was sentenced on Thursday to two decades in prison.
By Forum Staff
A Jamaica man has been sentenced to two decades in prison for stabbing two men inside a residential garage in South Ozone Park in September 2017, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Friday.
Terrence Harry, 40, was found guilty in November 2021 of attempted murder in the second degree following a two-week-long bench trial before Queens Supreme Court Justice Michelle Johnson. Johnson on Thursday sentenced Harry to 20 years in prison, to be followed by five years’ post-release supervision.
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“The court has ordered the defendant to prison with a sentence that hopefully provides a measure of justice to his victims,” DA Katz said.
According to trial testimony, on Sept. 23, 2017, at approximately 12:50 p.m., Harry was inside the residential garage with the homeowner and another man. Harry, without provocation, began yelling and without provocation pulled out a knife and stabbed the 39-year-old man in the neck. Witnessing this attack, the homeowner tried to intervene and grabbed Harry. That’s when Harry turned on the 46-year-old homeowner, who tried to move away but was stabbed once in the back. Harry fled the scene immediately after the attack.
The homeowner’s friend underwent emergency surgery to repair a severed branch of his carotid artery and stabilize his collapsing trachea. He also sustained a collapsed lung in the knife attack. The homeowner required multiple staples to close a puncture wound to his back.
“The defendant’s unprovoked knife attack could have ended the lives of the two victims,” Katz said. “The court has ordered the defendant to prison with a sentence that hopefully provides a measure of justice to his victims.”
