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2025-01-08 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Transgender suspect charged with murder in blue city [NYC] mailman's lunch break stabbing
[FoxNews] Jaia Cruz accused of stabbing USPS carrier Ray Hodge III in NYC deli.

A 24-year-old transgender New Yorker has been charged with murder for allegedly knifing a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier in the stomach while he was waiting in line to buy lunch.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) identified the victim as Ray Hodge III, a 36-year-old postal carrier and father of two. Police said he suffered multiple stab wounds after an argument broke out while the two were standing in line. He was on duty at the time of the attack.

The suspect has been identified as Jaia Cruz, also known as Alvin. Video shows police escorting Cruz out of the NYPD's 28th Precinct on Thursday.

The 6-foot-4-inch suspect's face was hidden inside a sweatshirt, and Cruz did not respond to shouted questions from reporters.

Cruz allegedly spit in the victim's face then drove the knife into his stomach in a fight that broke out over their places in line, according to the New York Post.

The attack happened around 2:30 p.m. Thursday at a deli on Lenox Avenue in Harlem. Police found Hodge with multiple stab wounds to his torso, neck and arms, and he was rushed to Harlem Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Hodge's colleagues at the USPS remembered him as a "great, kind soul" on social media.
Posted by Skidmark 2025-01-08 06:20|| || Front Page|| [11147 views ]  Top

#1 'Cuttin in line!'
Posted by Skidmark 2025-01-08 06:23||   2025-01-08 06:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Given the MSM & Government officials seemed to have switched to using Transgender, to also cover Transvestites. There is a notable small physical difference.
Posted by NN2N1 2025-01-08 12:19||   2025-01-08 12:19|| Front Page Top

#3 It would suck if the Feds claimed jurisdiction.
Posted by Super Hose 2025-01-08 13:54||   2025-01-08 13:54|| Front Page Top

#4 #2 usually its bolt-ons vs non-bolt-ons.
Posted by Procopius2k 2025-01-08 18:47||   2025-01-08 18:47|| Front Page Top

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