Rego Park man indicted in stabbing death of girlfriend
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
The Rego Park man accused
of violently stabbing his
pregnant girlfriend to death
in the lobby of a Ridgewood
apartment building last month
was back in court on March 15
for arraignment on a threecount
indictment.
Anthony Hobson, 48, of
64th Avenue was indicted by a
grand jury on second-degree
murder, criminal possession
and tampering with physical
evidence for the Feb. 3 slaying of
Jennifer Irigoyen, 35.
She was 14 weeks pregnant at
the time; her unborn child also
died. Hobson turned himself
into police five days after the
homicide.
“This is the absolute
worst outcome of domestic
violence,” Chief Assistant
District Attorney John Ryan
said. “The victim was stabbed
repeatedly in her abdomen,
neck and torso, subsequently
killing her and the unborn
child. The defendant now faces
the possibility of spending the
rest of his life in prison as a
result of this heinous crime.”
Anthony Hobson puts his head down as detectives escort him out of the 104th Precinct stationhouse
in Ridgewood on Feb. 8 after being charged in the Feb. 3 murder of Jennifer Irigoyen.
Sources familiar with
the investigation said that
Hobson and Irigoyen got into
an argument in the lobby of
the Myrtle Avenue apartment
house at around 1 a.m. on Feb.
3. Irigoyen, whose residential
address was listed as Saunders
Street in Rego Park, was said
to be living in the Ridgewood
Photo by Robert Stridiron
building at the time.
According to prosecutors,
security camera inside the
building showed Hobson
allegedly dragging Irigoyen
out of the third-floor apartment
where she had been staying
and into the stairwell. There,
he allegedly stabbed Irigoyen
multiple times in the neck,
torso and abdomen before
fleeing the scene.
Officers from the 104th
Precinct and EMS units
responded to the scene.
Paramedics rushed Irigoyen
to Wyckoff Heights Medical
Center, where she and her
unborn child were later
pronounced dead.
Hobson has been held
without bail since turning
himself in to the 104th Precinct
stationhouse in Ridgewood
on Feb. 8 and subsequently
booked on murder charges.
At his March 15 arraignment
on the indictment, he was
again remanded into custody
without bail and ordered to
return to court on May 22.
The suspect faces up to
25 years to life in prison
if convicted.
Reach reporter Robert
Pozarycki by e-mail at
rpozarycki@qns.com or by
phone at (718) 224-5863 ext. 204.
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