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Subway Vaping Led to Arrest in Fatal Stabbing 4 Years Ago

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Queens Man Indicted for 2020 Fatal Stabbing  When cops busted a Queens man for vaping inside a subway station, an investigation led to the suspect being charged in a four-year-old murder. -File Photo By Dan Gesslein  Queens Voice  February 20, 2024  QUEENS - A Queens man has been indicted on charges he fatally stabbed a man during a gang fight in Astoria four years ago. The suspect had been at large for years but was picked up last month when an officer arrested him for vaping on a Brooklyn subway, the Queens DA announced.  Luis Hernandez, 36, of Maspeth, Queens, was charged today with murder and gang assault in the 2020 fatal stabbing in Astoria. Hernandez faces up to 75 years to life in prison if convicted. He  was charged with murder in the second degree, gang assault in the first degree, two counts of attempted murder in the second degree, two counts of attempted gang assault in the first degree and assault in the second degree.  “A young man’s ...