10 FEBRUARY 25, 2021 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Ozone Park car wash attendant who fatally struck
woman arraigned on manslaughter charges: DA
BY JACOB KAYE
JKAYE@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
The Ozone Park car wash
attendant who fatally
struck a woman while
allegedly driving drunk earlier
this week was arraigned
in Queens Criminal Court
on vehicular manslaughter
charges on Tuesday, Feb. 16,
according to Queens District
Attorney Melinda Katz.
Edwin Vargas, a 43-
year-old from Richmond
Hill, additionally faces a
driving while intoxicated
charge after he ran over a
customer who was waiting
for her car at Crossbay Car
Wash on Monday, Feb. 15,
Katz said. Vargas faces up
to seven years in prison if
convicted.
Around 2 p.m., on Monday,
Vargas drove a customer’s
car out of the wash shop,
located at 135-18 Cross Bay
Blvd., and into Tracy Mc-
Manus, whose car was still
being cleaned, according to
the DA.
McManus, 54, suffered
severe body trauma as a
result of the crash and was
rushed to Jamaica Hospital,
where she was pronounced
dead.
Police arrived to find
Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
Vargas, who had also driven
the 2011 Jeep into a another
car on the lot, with a blood
alcohol level around .115, according
to Katz.
“If you have a job that
requires you to get behind
the wheel of a vehicle, coming
to work intoxicated is
selfish and dangerous, with
potentially fatal consequences,”
Katz said. “This
is a heart-breaking, senseless
tragedy and a woman
who just wanted to get her
car washed is dead because
of the defendant’s alleged
actions.”
Vargas was taken into
custody at the car wash.
104 PRECINCT BLOTTER
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 unt i l proven
guilty.
For questions about the names
listed in the blotter, contact the
104th Precinct at 718-386-3004.
Feb. 15: (Middle Village) Thomas
Terry, at 77th Place and Juniper,
for misdemeanor assault, by
Det Lodato. (Ridgewood) Daniel
Dmitrovic, at Gates Avenue, for
aggravated unlicensed operation,
by PO Bonilla.
Feb. 16: (Ridgewood) Krystian
Zasorski, at 64-02 Catalpa Avenue,
for strangulation, by PO Allsan.
(Ridgewood) Angel Estrada, 64-02
Catalpa Avenue, for misdemeanor
assault, Det Rogers. (Ridgewood)
Michael Esposito, at Forest Avenue,
for criminal mischief, by
PO Fitzalbert. (Maspeth) Jose
Santiago, at Maspeth Avenue, for
misdemeanor assault, by PO
Calvagna. (Middle Village) John
Basci, at Juniper Boulevard and
79th Street, for felony assault,
by PO Lamm. (Maspeth) Cristian
Almendariz, at Mazeau Street, for
misdemeanor assault, by PO Dale.
(Middle Village) Henrey Ricci, at
73rd Street, for felony assault,
by PO Feliciano. (Middle Village)
Georgana Mejia, at 73rd Street, for
menacing, by PO Feliciano.
Feb. 17: (Middle Village) Eulalio
Zacarias, at 71st Street, for endangering
the welfare of a child, by
PO Zloikowski. (Middle Village)
Patrick Jones, at Eliot Avenue,
for misdemeanor assault, PO Lin.
(Ridgewood) Susanna Castillo, at
Catalpa Avenue, for misdemeanor
assault, by Det Rochford. (Maspeth)
Vingal Carten, at Myrtle
Avenue, for petty larceny, by PO
LeBlanc.
Feb. 18: (Ridgewood) Albert
Quinones, at 64-02 Catalpa Avenue,
for criminal contempt, by
PO Hopson. (Ridgewood) Roberto
Arce, at Wyckoff Avenue, for petty
larceny, by PO Giordani. (Ridgewood)
Raymond Ramos, at Seneca
Avenue, for strangulation, by PO
Dale. (Ridgewood) Esap Lopez, at
Seneca Avenue, for strangulation,
by PO Dale.
Feb. 19: (Maspeth) Angel Gutierrez
Hernandez, at 60th Place,
for misdemeanor assault, by
PO Sheehan. (Ridgewood) Paul
Quinn, at Fresh Pond Road, for
aggravated unlicensed operation,
by PO Petito.
Feb. 20: (Ridgewood) Julian
Markiewicz, for criminal contempt,
at 68th Avenue, by Cet
Clarke. (Maspeth) Michelle Reyes,
at 65th Place, for criminal mischief,
by PO Coronado. (Ridgewood)
Erick Aviles, at Jefferson Avenue,
for possession of forged instrument,
by PO Gomez. (Ridgewood)
Abel Gomez, at Himrod Street
and Seneca Avenue, for forgery,
by PO Chowdhury. Feb. 21: (Maspeth)
Dana Echeverria, at 64th
Street and 58th Road, for driving
while under the influence, by PO
Hughes. (Glendale) Rodrick Bailey,
at 88th Street and Myrtle Avenue,
for criminal mischief, by PO Troia.
(Maspeth) Tairo Dela Rosa, at Eliot
Avenue and Fresh Pond Road, for
possession of forged instrument,
by PO Fitzalbert.
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