16 The Queens Courier • april 9, 2015 for breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com Second body found at East Village explosion site ID’d as Elmhurst man BY ANGY ALTAMIRANO [email protected] @aaltamirano28 The second body found in the debris days after the East Village explosion on March 26 has been identified as an Elmhurst man who worked in a Sushi restaurant at the location, according to published reports. The medical examiner’s office positively identified the victim, using DNA analysis, as 27-year-old Moises Ismael Locón Yac, who reportedly lived in Elmhurst with his cousin. Locón, a G u a t e m a l a n immigrant, was working as a busboy at Sushi Park, located on the ground floor of the building at 121 Second Ave., when the explosion occurred on March 26. The explosion and following fire left 22 people injured, three apartment buildings destroyed and two men missing — Locón and 23-year-old East Harlem resident Nicholas Figueroa. Authorities discovered two bodies on March 29, the first about 20 feet from the entrance of The medical examiner has identified the second body found at the site of last week’s East Village explosion as Moises Ismael Locón Yac (pictured). Sushi Park and the other 20 feet back from the first, according to FDNY Commissioner Dan Nigro. Family members of Figueroa identified one of the bodies as their loved one and the second body had to wait for DNA testing to confirm if it was Locón. Locón, who comes from a family of nine in Guatemala, Photo by Rob Bennett/Mayoral Photography Office was working to save money and return to his home country to reunite with his girlfriend, media reports said. His family plans to bury him in Guatemala, according to NBC New York. An investigation to determine the cause of the explosion is still ongoing. EMT to repay over $300K stolen from Queens volunteer ambulance group Photo courtesy of Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman’s office Daniel Dominguez (pictured) was sentenced to serve four months in jail and pay full restitution for stealing more than $300,000 from a nonprofit volunteer ambulance group. BY ANGY ALTAMIRANO [email protected] @aaltamirano28 One of three EMTs who were arrested for stealing more than $300,000 from a nonprofit volunteer ambulance group has been sentenced to serve four months in jail and pay full restitution, authorities said. Daniel Dominguez, a volunteer emergency medical technician, was arrested in 2013 along with two other EMTs for stealing from bank accounts of the Corona Community Volunteer Ambulance Corps (CCAC). The arrests took place after the Attorney General’s Charities Bureau received a complaint from CCAC board members about “possible missing and misappropriated funds from CCAC bank accounts.” An investigation found that while Dominguez served as a board member and treasurer of CCAC, he stole more than $300,000 from the nonprofit’s bank accounts by transferring funds directly to his personal accounts, according to a felony complaint. He then used the money to go on trips to Disney World and Niagara Falls, and purchased luxury car service trips and expensive meals. “Daniel Dominguez used this charity dedicated to providing medical services to New Yorkers as his own personal piggy bank,” said Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman. “This defendant is not only headed to jail, but also must repay every dollar that he stole from the nonprofit. Our message is clear: Crime doesn’t pay.” Dominguez also allegedly helped a second EMT and CCAC board member, Daryl Adeva, make an unauthorized transfer of $8,960 to his own account, court records said. The attorney general also charged the third EMT, David Moretti, who served as a board member and president of CCAC, in a third felony complaint for stealing more than $11,000 from the nonprofit between September 2008 and May 2011. Dominguez pleaded guilty on Jan. 14 of this year to grand larceny in the third degree and was sentenced Friday to serve four months in jail, five years probation and to pay full restitution. If he fails to pay the full restitution, Dominguez faces up to seven years in prison. The two other EMTs — Adeva and Moretti — were each already convicted of attempted grand larceny in the fourth degree. Moretti pleaded guilty to the charge in March 2014 and Adeva pleaded guilty in May 2014. Photo via Facebook
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