LAST RIDE FOR BICYCLIST A law school graduate convicted last month of first-degree murdering his girlfriend in his Astoria apartment last month has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, prosecutors announced. laying face up in the bathtub surrounded by bags of ice. There was bruising on her forehead, face, shoulders, chest and neck, as well as lacerations on her face, mouth and chest. According to the Medical Examiner’s Office, the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the neck and torso. When police discovered Thomas’s body, it was noted, they also found two handwritten notes. The first note stated, in substance, “It was an accident . . . I had been drinking and I was drunk when I got home . . . She was already asleep . . . TIMES, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2014 • 14 According to information obtained by police, Torres was pedaling through the intersection when he was struck by a 2014 BMW traveling east on Broadway and operated by an unidentified man. Reportedly, the driver hit an unoccupied parked car after striking Torres, then turned southbound onto Thomas Boyland Street. Seconds later, authorities noted, the SUV slammed into a 2000 Toyota 4- Runner as it pulled out of a driveway onto Thomas Boyland Street near Chauncey Street. The hit-and-run driver then exited the BMW and fled on foot in an unknown direction, authorities said. Members of the 73rd Precinct and EMS units responded to the incidents. Paramedics rushed Torres to Woodhull Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The occupants of the Toyota 4- Runner were also taken by EMS to Woodhull Hospital for treatment of their injuries, which were not lifethreatening. The NYPD Collision Investigation Squad is continuing its inquiry, according to police. Persons with information about the incident or the whereabouts of the hit-and-run driver that could prove helpful are asked to contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-577- TIPS, by text message to 274637 (enter information, then the code TIP577) or online at www.nypdcrimestoppers.com. All calls and messages will be kept confidential. Glendale Man Killed In Bk. Hit-And-Run by Robert Pozarycki Detectives continue to seek the hit-and-run driver who killed a bicyclist from Glendale at an intersection on the Bushwick/Bedford-Stuyvesant border last Wednesday morning, Apr. 9, police reported. Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown identified the defendant as Jason Bohn, 35, of 33rd Street in Astoria, who was convicted on Mar. 5 of first-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence and firstdegree criminal contempt following a seven-week jury trial before Queens Supreme Court Justice Michael Aloise The judge ordered Bohn on Tuesday, Apr. 15, to serve a life sentence in prison without the possibility of parole. “Bohn has been held accountable for his actions and will spend the rest of his life in prison,” Brown said in a statement Tuesday. “At trial, the jury listened to harrowing evidence—including a recording during which the victim begged for her life as the defendant tortured and ultimately killed her— and returned a verdict of first-degree murder finding that ‘the defendant acted in an especially cruel and wanton manner pursuant to a course of conduct intended to inflict and inflicting torture upon the victim prior to the victim’s death.’” According to the trial testimony, police were called to Bohn’s apartment on June 26, 2012, and discovered Danielle Thomas’s body -SEE MURDER ON PG. 57- Law enforcement sources said Angel Torres, 46, of Myrtle Avenue suffered fatal injuries after being hit by an SUV at the corner of Broadway and Halsey Street at about 7:50 a.m. last Wednesday morning. Life Without Parole For Astoria Murder Killed Girlfriend In Apartment Pair Wanted For Forest Hills Heist Two men who held up a Forest Hills bank earlier this month remain at large as of press time, law enforcement sources said. According to police, the heist occurred at 3 p.m. on Apr. 4 inside the TD Bank located at 63-54 108th St. Reportedly, the crooks approached a teller and demanded cash. One of the suspects then jumped over the counter and removed a sum of cash from a draw, law enforcement sources noted. The bandits then fled from the scene in an unknown direction. Officers from the 112th Precinct responded to the robbery; there were no reported injuries. Police described both suspects as black males with slim builds; one is believed to be 25 to 30 years of age, standing 5’11”-tall with a dark complexion and last seen wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt, sunglasses and a beard. Authorities said the other perpetrator is between 24 and 25 years old and standing 6’1”-tall. 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