An alleged hit-and-run driver from Long Island is being held without bail for intentionally driving into four people, including a 16-year-old girl and her mother, killing the youngster, after he sexually propositioned the teen and her mom minutes earlier on Roosevelt Avenue in Elmhurst early Saturday morning, according to the Queens District Attorney's Office.
Edwin Cruz Gomez, 38, of Nortand Avenue in Uniondale, was arraigned Sunday night in Queens Criminal Court on a felony complaint charging him with murder, attempted murder, assault, vehicular homicide, driving under the influence of alcohol and other crimes.
“As alleged, this defendant subjected 16-year-old Jhoanny Alvarez and her 32-year-old mother to crude sexual solicitations and harassment,” Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz