10 FEBRUARY 24, 2022 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Rego Park man sentenced in murder
of pregnant girlfriend in Ridgewood
BY BILL PARRY
BPARRY@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
The Rego Park man, found guilty
by a jury in the 2019 murder of
his pregnant girlfriend, could
spend the rest of his life behind bars
following his sentencing last week,
according to Queens DA Melinda Katz.
Anthony Hobson, 51, of 64th Avenue
in Rego Park, was sentenced by Queens
Supreme Court Justice Michael B.
Aloise to a term of 25 years to life in
prison for the February 2019 knife
attack on Jennifer Irigoyen inside her
Ridgewood apartment building, to run
consecutively with the 1 ⅓- to 4-year
term on the tampering with physical
evidence conviction. Hobson was also
found guilty of criminal possession of
a weapon following the two-week trial
by jury.
According to trial testimony, at
around 1 a.m. on Feb. 3, 2019, on the
third fl oor of the residential building
on Myrtle Avenue, a neighbor ran into
the hallway aft er hearing the victim
scream, “Help! Help! He’s trying to kill
the baby!” The neighbor saw Hobson
drag the victim into a stairwell, where
he repeatedly plunged a steak knife
into the body of the 35-year-old real
estate agent.
Irigoyen suff ered puncture wounds
to her neck, chest and abdomen, along
with numerous other injuries. Offi cers
from the 104th Precinct and EMS units
Rego Park resident Anthony Hobson was sentenced for killing his pregnant girlfriend in Ridgewood in 2019.
Photo by Robert Stridiron
responded to the scene. Paramedics
rushed Irigoyen to Wyckoff Heights
Medical Center, where she and her
unborn child were later pronounced
dead.
Hobson fl ed the crime scene with
the murder weapon, the knife that
was never recovered. He made it to
Pennsylvania but turned himself in
to law enforcement fi ve days aft er the
murder.
“Today’s sentence brings the
defendant to justice for a brutal crime,”
Katz said. “Inside the stairwell of her
apartment building, the victim yelled
out that the defendant was trying to
kill her unborn child as he stabbed her
in the neck, chest and abdomen.”
The 104th Precinct released
the following list of persons
arrested in recent police actions.
The charges are accusations,
and all individuals listed
in this blotter are presumed
innocent until proven
guilty.
For questions about the names
listed in the blotter, contact the
104th Precinct at 718-386-3004.
Feb. 14: (Ridgewood) Jacob
Padilla, at Gates Avenue, for
robbery, by PO Alban. (Ridgewood)
Zakunda L Jackson
Kwashawn, at Myrtle Avenue,
for assault, by PO Sisamon.
Feb. 15: (Ridgewood) Vicente
G Taveras, at Weirfi eld Street
and Wyckoff Avenue, for
criminal possession of stolen
property, by PO Arfeen.
(Ridgewood) Jorge-Luis Reyes,
at Stanhope Street and Seneca
Avenue, for assault, by PO
Claybrooks.
Feb. 16: (Ridgewood) Leslie
Otero, at Menahan Street and
Fairview Avenue, for robbery,
by Det. Wright. (Middle Village)
Zamiqua Miller, at Metropolitan
Avenue, for robbery,
by Det. Wright. (Maspeth)
Zakaria Aunns, at 66th Street,
for criminal contempt, by Det.
Scrimenti. (Middle Village)
Christopher Pedrosa, at 68th
Avenue, for strangulation, by
Det. Lodato.
Feb. 17: (Glendale) Beata
Durkalec, at 67th Place, for
criminal mischief, by PO
Urrutia. (Glendale) Amanda
Matta, at Saint Felix Avenue,
for assault, by PO Bayizian.
(Maspeth) Raul Soto, at Maspeth
Avenue, for criminal
mischief, by PO Kuchlewski.
(Ridgewood) Jorge Cajilema
Salinas, at Cypress Avenue
and Myrtle Avenue, for driving
while intoxication, by PO
Gonzalez.
Feb. 18: (Ridgewood) Victor
Martinez, at Menahan Street,
for strangulation, by PO Alfred.
(Glendale) Emmanuel
Laforest, at Cooper Avenue
and Cypress Hills Street, for
driving while intoxicated, by
PO Martinez. (Maspeth) Jonathan
Peralta, at 56th Drive, for
strangulation, by Det. Golden.
(Maspeth) Michael James, at
Grand Avenue and 73rd Place,
for grand larceny, by Det. Rochford.
(Ridgewood) Medhat
M Marcos, at Linden Street, for
menacing, by PO Lin. (Ridgewood)
Jose A Flores, at Catalpa
Avenue and Forest Avenue, for
menacing, by PO McMahon.
(Ridgewood) Yaanique Scott, at
Woodbine Street, for criminal
obstruction of breathing, by
PO Diaz. (Ridgewood) Brandon
Deonarain, at Cypress Avenue
and Palmetto Street, for aggravated
unlicensed operation of
a motor vehicle, by PO Nessler.
Feb. 19: (Maspeth) Michal
Kruszewski, at Grand Avenue,
for robbery, by PO Lamm.
Feb. 20: (Glendale) Cesar
Vidal, at Central Avenue, for
possession of burglar’s tools,
by PO Martinez. (Ridgewood)
Feddy B Peralta, at Seneca
Avenue, for obstructing governmental
administration, by
PO Alfred. (Glendale) Edgar
Acteopan, at St. Felix Avenue,
for aggravated unlicensed
operation of a motor vehicle,
by PO Lyle.
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