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NEW YORK CITY - The driver accused of intentionally mowing down a 16-year-old Queens girl is an illegal migrant who had previously been deported and had multiple run-ins with the law, according to a report.
Edwin Cruz-Gomez, 38, allegedly fatally hit teen Jhoanny Alvarez on a Queens sidewalk with his 2009 Chevy Suburban after he made unwanted sexual advances toward her and her mother outside an Elmhurst restaurant early Saturday morning, according to prosecutors.
The crude remarks sparked a heated fight between that involved the teen and her mother, as well as the girl’s boyfriend and stepfather, prosecutors said. Cruz-Gomez allegedly jumped in his car and “intentionally” slammed into three of the four loved ones, prosecutors claimed.
Cruz-Gomez, a Honduran national now facing murder charges, was booted from the US in 2005 before reentering at a later date, a senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement source told Fox News.
He was arrested in April 2013 on a driving under the influence rap and was even detained by ICE Long Island, according to the outlet.
He reportedly faced another deportation order, but was freed from custody three months later under the Alternatives to Detention program with officials then losing track of him.
https://nypost.com/2025/09/17/us-news/m ... ed-report/