NEW YORK, NY – Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced yesterday that Arturo Cuevas, 30, and Daisy Barrera, 27, of Woodside, have been indicted and arraigned on charges of attempted murder, assault, and criminal possession of a weapon after a violent altercation with their neighbors. The attack was allegedly in retaliation for a previous disagreement over a parking spot.
If convicted, the couple could face up to 25 years in prison.
According to reports, on March 17, Cuevas approached his neighbor, Wilson Chabla Lliguicota, 28, who had just parked his car in Woodside. Cuevas stabbed Lliguicota repeatedly with a folding knife while Barrera struck him on the head multiple times with a baseball bat.
The couple also assaulted Delia Chimbay, Lliguicota’s girlfriend, who tried to intervene. Both defendants were arrested after a 20-minute standoff in their apartment building. Lliguicota was taken to Elmhurst Hospital for treatment and underwent surgery for severe brain trauma.
