Brooklyn woman tried to poison Forest Hills look-alike with cheesecake: DA
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By Gina Martinez
TimesLedger Newspapers
A Brooklyn woman was indicted on a charge of poisoning the cheesecake of her Forest Hills look alike, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said.
According to Brown, on Aug. 28, 2016, Sheepshead Bay resident Viktoria Nasyrova, 42, visited the Forest Hills home of the 35 year-old victim, presenting her a slice of cheesecake as a gift. Nasyrova strongly resembled the victim. Both had dark hair, the same skin complexion and could speak Russian.
According to Brown, after the Queens woman ate the cheesecake, she began to feel sick and laid down. The victim’s last memory before passing out was Nasyrova sitting beside her inside her home, Brown said.
According to Brown, the victim’s friend found her unconscious in her bed the next day, dressed in lingerie with pills scattered around her body, set up to look as if she tried to kill herself. The victim was taken to a hospital for treatment.
When the woman was discharged from the hospital and returned home, she realized that her passport and employment authorization card were missing, along with a gold ring and cash, the DA said. Homeland Security tested pieces of cheesecake that remained in its container and confirmed that the sweet treat was laced with the drug phenazepam, a tranquilizer. The pills found on the floor were tested by the FBI and was confirmed to be phenazepam, Brown said.
When the defendant was arrested on March 20 last year, police found the victim’s ring, passport and employment card.
Brown called this crime bizarre and twisted.
“This crime could have resulted in the death of a Queens woman, whose only fault was that she shared similar features with the defendant,” he said. “Offering a gift of a cheesecake, the defendant is alleged to have laced the dessert with a Russian drug and presented it to the unsuspecting victim. Luckily, the Queens woman survived the poisoning. The defendant has been apprehended and now faces a long term of incarceration.”
Viktoria Nasyrova, was arraigned last Wednesday in Queens Supreme Court on a 10-count indictment charging her with second-degree attempted murder, first-degree burglary, first-degree attempted assault, second-degree assault, first-degree reckless endangerment, first-degree unlawful imprisonment, third-degree grand larceny, petit larceny and fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, Brown said. She is currently being held without bail.
Nasyrova’s next court date is May 25. If convicted, she faces up to 25 years in prison.
Reach Gina Martinez by e-mail at gmartinez@cnglocal.com or by phone at (718) 260–4566.
Source: Times Ledger
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