Render Stetson-Shanahan was found guilty of manslaughter for killing his female
roommate in this Ridgewood apartment building. Photo by Robert Stridiron
TIMESLEDGER | 10 QNS.COM | FEB. 14-20, 2020
POLICE BLOTTER
114th Precinct
Man steals $5,000 from Astoria smoke shop
BY ZACHARY GEWELB
Cops are searching for
a man who allegedly stole
thousands of dollars from
a smoke shop in Astoria
last month.
Police say the burglar
broke a look attached to a
gate and entered Tobacco-
N-Vape — located at 33-18
31st Ave. — through the
front door just before 5
a.m. on Jan. 16.
Once inside, the thief
stole $5,000 from the
cash register, as well
as nine cartons of cigarettes
before fleeing in
Astoria
an unknown direction, according to
authorities.
Police released surveillance video
and a photo of the suspect on Feb. 8.
Police say the suspect is between 30
and 35 years old and that he was last
seen wearing a blue jacket and blue
jeans.
Anyone with information in regard
to the identity of the male is asked
to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers
Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for
Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The
public can also submit their tips by logging
onto the CrimeStoppers website
at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.
COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
All calls are strictly confidential.
110th Precinct
Corona
104th Precinct
Ridgewood
BY BILL PARRY
A 29-year-old Ridgewood man was
convicted last week in the stabbing
death of his female roommate in the
apartment they shared on Stanhope
Street in 2016, according to the Queens
DA’s office.
Following a bench trial in Queens
Supreme Court, Render Stetson-Shanahan
was found guilty of manslaughter
after the victim, Carolyn Bush, was
repeatedly stabbed to death, according
to Queens District Melinda Katz.
According to trial testimony,
shortly before midnight on Dec. 28,
2016, police responded to a 911 call
about a man wearing only underwear
and roaming the neighborhood with a
knife.
Police found the defendant back in
his apartment, in bed and bleeding
from a self-inflicted wound to his right
thigh.
In the next room, 26-year-old Carolyn
Bush was bleeding profusely
from multiple stab wounds in her
neck and torso which caused massive
injuries to her heart, lungs and severed
an artery. The victim was taken
to Wyckoff Hospital, where she died
a short time later. Stetson-Shanahan
was taken to Elmhurst Hospital in
stable condition where he was taken
into police custody.
“This was a horribly disturbing
case,” Katz said. “The defendant returned
to the apartment he shared
with his roommate late one night and
stabbed her multiple times, causing
her death. The knife sliced into her
back and neck puncturing her heart,
lungs and a major artery.”
Following the non-jury trial, Supreme
Court Justice Richard L. Buchter
rendered a verdict of guilty of
manslaughter in the second degree
and set sentencing for March 26, at
which time Stetson-Shanahan faces up
to five to 15 years in prison.
Bush was a writer who moved to
Ridgewood after graduating from Bard
College. Stetson-Shanahan was an
artist who also went to Bard.
Suspect charged with fatally stabbing girlfriend
BY ZACHARY GEWELB
Police charged a man with murder
after he stabbed his girlfriend to death
in their Corona home early Saturday
morning.
Police responded to a 911 call of an
assault in progress inside 58-27 Van
Cleef St. at 4:15 a.m. on Feb. 8. Upon arriving
at the scene, officers found 30-
year-old Juliet Ximena Galindo Puentes
with multiple stab wounds to her body,
according to authorities. EMS arrived
and pronounced her dead at the scene.
Police recovered a knife at the scene
and, while canvassing the area, responding
officers apprehended 30-yearold
Edwin Sarmiento, who was later
confirmed to be the victim’s boyfriend.
The couple lived together at the site of
the stabbing.
Sarmiento was charged Saturday
with murder and two counts of criminal
possession of a weapon.
Reach editor Zach Gewelb by e-mail
at zgewelb@schnepsmedia.com or by
phone at (718) 260–4539.
Ridgewood man found guilty of manslaughter
for killing female roommate in knife attack: DA
107th Precinct
Briarwood
Thug attempts to rob teen in Briarwood: NYPD
BY ZACHARY GEWELB
Police are searching for the man
who attempted to rob a 14-year-old boy
in Briarwood last month.
Police say the suspect approached
the teen in front of 141-40 84th Dr.
just after 11 p.m. on Jan. 24. The man
the demanded the teen hand over
his property before sifting through
the boy’s pockets and fleeing in an
unknown direction without having
taken anything, according to
authorities.
The teen was not injured during
the incident.
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