8 NOVEMBER 2, 2017 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Alleged Glendale cemetery vandals face 15 years in jail
Midville Kiwanis supports local hospital with Oktoberfest
Photo courtesy of J.P. DiTroia
The Kiwanis Club of Middle Village recently held an Oktoberfest celebration on the grounds of the
U.S. Columbarium in Middle Village. Volunteers served up an evening of fine music and food, with
proceeds benefiting Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.
BY ANTHONY GIUDICE
AGIUDICE@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@A_GIUDICEREPORT
The vandals who allegedly
destroyed more than 40 headstones
and burial vaults inside
Cypress Hills Cemetery in Glendale
back in August now each face up to 15
years behind bars for the hate crimes,
Queens District Attorney Richard A.
Brown announced.
According to Brown, the trio allegedly
caused more than $100,000 in
damage when they illegally entered
the burial grounds on the Queens/
Brooklyn border between 6 p.m. on
Aug. 14 and 6:15 a.m. the following
morning.
It is alleged that Edward Evseev, 21,
Mark Barrancos, 21, and Bruno Camacho,
22, gained access to the Memorial
Abbey Mausoleum, where approximately
15 vaults were damaged with
at least two marble enclosures cracked,
and more than 10 damaged with paint.
In addition, three stained glass windows
were broken, three statues were
knocked over and broken, and at least
a pair of bases for those statues were
knocked over and broken.
The criminal complaint further
alleges that approximately 72 headstones
were knocked over and approximately
48 headstones had racial slurs
painted on them in the cemetery's
Parkside subdivision; and racial slurs
against Asians were found on the Gee
Poy Kup Association's monument
and the Sze Kong Mutual Benevolent
Association's arch, as well as an Asian
headstone that had more racial slurs
spray painted on it and what appeared
to be human feces on it.
"Even in their eternal rest the dead
of Queens County cannot escape from
the bigotry and hatred that brews in
some people's hearts," Brown said in
a statement. "Fortunately, working
jointly with our police partners--New
York City Police Department's Hate
Crime Task Force--we were able to
bring to justice those accused of this
heinous desecration. In Queens County,
the most culturally diverse county
in the nation, crimes of hate will never
be tolerated and we will do all in our
power to root out those responsible for
such hate and prejudice."
Evseev, Barrancos, and Camacho
were arrested on Oct. 30, and were
arraigned on the same day before
Queens Criminal Court Judge Ushir
Pandit-Durant and have each been
charged with third-degree burglary as
a hate crime, second-degree criminal
mischief as a hate crime, fi rst-degree
cemetery desecration, first-degree
aggravated harassment, and third-degree
criminal trespass as a hate crime.
The judge set bail for all three at
$100,000 bond/$70,000 cash, and
ordered them back to court on Nov. 15.
Board 5
meets in
Middle
Village on
Wednesday
Learn more about what’s
going in the community by
attending the next Community
Board 5 meeting in Middle
Village on Wednesday night.
As announced by District Manager
Gary Giordano, the session
gets underway at 7:30 p.m. on
Nov. 8 in the cafeteria of Christ
the King High School, located at
68-02 Metropolitan Ave.
The agenda includes a public
forum; a review of liquor license
applications and demolition
notices; reports by Giordano and
Board 5 Chairperson Vincent
Arcuri; and committee reports.
For more information or to
register to speak in advance, call
Board 5 at 718-366-1834.
Photo by Anthony Giudice/Ridgewood Times
Police walking Edward Evseev, Mark Barrancos and Bruno Camacho out of the 104th Precinct station.
