"According to the charges, Gomez got into his gray 2009 Chevy Suburban, which was double-parked on Roosevelt Avenue, and started to drive, making a right turn onto Benham Street, and then drove up onto the sidewalk directly in line with the foursome, without braking or attempting to avoid them, and allegedly struck Alvarez - pinning her against a light pole - and her mother, and stepfather. Gomez then proceeded in reverse on Benham Street against the posted direction until he struck an unoccupied van."
"Edwin Cruz Gomez, of Nostrand Avenue in Uniondale, was arraigned Oct. 7 in Queens Supreme Court on a 15-count indictment that additionally charged him with aggravated vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of an incident without reporting for allegedly slamming his SUV into 16-year-old Jhoanny Saray Gomez-Alvarez and her 32-year-old mother moments after he sexually propositioned them, setting off a drunken brawl."
Edwin Cruz Gomez was arraigned Oct. 7 in Queens Supreme Court on a 15-count indictment including murder, attempted murder, aggravated vehicular homicide, driving under the influence, and leaving the scene. On Sept. 13 at about 4:10 a.m., Gomez encountered a 16-year-old girl and her family outside the Prima Donna Restaurant on Roosevelt Avenue in Elmhurst and allegedly propositioned the girl and her mother. A verbal dispute escalated into a physical altercation involving the victim's stepfather. After parties separated, Gomez drove his double-parked 2009 Chevy Suburban onto the sidewalk, striking and pinning the teen against a light pole, also hitting her mother and stepfather, then reversed into an unoccupied van and left the scene.
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