By Forum Staff
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that a Glendale man pleaded guilty on Thursday to fatally stabbing his girlfriend at a Maspeth bar in March 2024.
Marcin Pieciak, 37, copped to manslaughter in the first degree in satisfaction of the charges against him.
According to the charges, on March 30, 2024, at around 6:30 p.m., Pieciak arrived at the Ceili House Bar on Grand Avenue in Maspeth. He walked toward 41-year-old Sarah McNally as she worked, went behind the bar and stabbed her 19 times in the neck, back and chest causing significant wounds and bleeding.
Pieciak then cut his own throat several times with a second knife and attempted to flee, but a patron intervened and prevented him from leaving the premises. When police arrived, Pieciak exited the premises with the two knives and brandished the weapons toward the officers. Police safely disarmed him and recovered the knives.
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“This murder shocked the community and McNally’s loved ones,” DA Katz said.
McNally suffered a damaged carotid artery and severed spine and was pronounced dead at an area hospital.
“Marcin Pieciak walked into Sarah McNally’s place of employment and viciously attacked the 41-year-old. He stabbed the victim 19 times, severing her spine, and then stabbed himself as he tried to escape the premises. Thankfully, a brave bar patron stopped the defendant and detained him until police arrived,” Katz said. “This murder shocked the community and McNally’s loved ones. With this guilty plea, the defendant has been held accountable for his actions.”
The Hon. Ushir Pandit-Durant is expected to sentence Pieciak on November 21 to 24 years in prison to be followed by five years of post-release supervision.
