By Jennifer Smith, Chief Reporter at Dailymail.Com

15:12 02 November 2022, updated 17:40 02 November 2022

• David Bonola, 44, accepted a plea deal from Queens prosecutors on Wednesday
• He pleaded guilty to manslaughter, not murder, and was subsequently sentenced to 25 years in prison with five years of supervised imprisonment
• Bonola brutally stabbed the Gaal multiple times in their home while their teenage son was upstairs in his room
• The couple had an on-off affair which she tried to end; Bonola snapped and stabbed her 50 times
• He placed her mutilated body in a duffel bag and dragged it down the street before dumping it by the side of the road
• Gaal’s husband and their two sons have yet to comment publicly on the plea deal, but the prosecutor’s office insists they have been consulted throughout

Artisan lover of murdered Queens mother Orsolya Gaal has been handed a love deal that sends him to prison for 25 years and convicts him of manslaughter not murder, despite cutting her to death and stuffing her body in a duffel bag.

David Bonola, 44, accepted a deal from Queens prosecutors meaning he pleads guilty to first-degree manslaughter. On November 19 he was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

After his release – which could happen sooner with good behavior – he will be cared for for five years.

Gaal’s family has yet to comment publicly on the verdict, but the prosecutor’s office insists they were consulted throughout the trial.

Her husband Howard Klein refused to answer questions outside the family home on Wednesday morning.

The verdict is a significant concession for prosecutors. Bonola stabbed Gaal more than 50 times while her teenage son was upstairs at her home in Forest Hills, Queens, and then dragged her body down the street in her son’s holdall.

It was a shocking and gruesome crime that terrified the neighborhood and led to a multi-day manhunt.

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David Bonola is shown in court today and pleads guilty to manslaughter Orsolya Gaal Gaal’s body was found in her son’s hockey bag, dumped on the side of a freeway not far from their home in Queens

After his arrest, it turned out that the couple were having an affair. Gaal’s husband was out of town at the time of her murder and Bonola had gone to the house to try to rekindle their romance.

He attacked her in the basement, stabbed her 50 times, and then waited well into the night to drag her body out of the house and dump it near a freeway.

The couple flirted on social media in the months leading up to her death, having met when she hired him to do hands-on work around the family home.

The prosecutor’s office has yet to explain why the charges were downgraded from murder to manslaughter. A spokesman told DailyMail.com that Gaal’s family had been consulted about the plea and that they agreed to it.

“That was the agreement between the defender and the people. Victims were consulted along the way,” they said.

In a statement, DA Melinda Katz: “By pleading guilty, the defendant has accepted responsibility and will be held fully accountable for his criminal actions.

“We offer our sincere condolences to the family of the victim and hope today’s request will enable them to begin healing.”

Gaal’s husband Howard did not respond to questions about the plea deal Wednesday morning. He has not discussed the murder, which Bonola presented in court on manslaughter charges Wednesday. He worked for Gaal’s family in their home. Bonola will be found guilty of manslaughter in court on Wednesday. He worked for Gaal’s family in their home. Gaal’s husband Howard Klein has yet to respond to the verdict. They are shown with their two sons, one of whom was at home when his mother was stabbed more than 50 times in April. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz was in court Wednesday to see Bonola plead guilty. Her office insists the victim’s family was consulted and that they agreed to the conviction that Gaal was murdered at her home after attending a Lincoln Center show with friends. She rode the train home, then stopped for a drink before walking back to her Juno Street home. There Bonola attacked. He dragged her body and dumped it on a park path, then fled and was arrested four days later

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From left, refugees Hossein Nayeri, Jonathan Tieu and Bac Duong. (Courtesy Orange County Sheriff’s Department.)

One of the three inmates who brazenly escaped from the Orange County Jail in 2016 accepted Tuesday, April 11.

Jonathan Tieu, now 27, admitted taking part in the escape from the Santa Ana Central Men’s Prison and admitted helping to kidnap a taxi driver while Tieu and his fellow escapees were on the run.

Tieu was immediately sentenced to eight years in prison – but given the time he had served while awaiting trial, his release was ordered.

When asked by Orange County Superior Court Judge Gary S. Paer what he intends to do after his release, Tieu – who was first arrested when he was 15 – said he would “go home and see my mother . …

“I’m going to give her a big ole kiss and a hug,” Tieu said. “It was a long time.”

“This should be a wake-up call,” the judge told Tieu, noting he could face a possible life sentence if the case went to trial. “I hope I never see you again.”

“Don’t worry, you won’t,” Tieu added.

Tieu was arrested in 2011 and charged with murder and attempted murder for the killing of 19-year-old Scottie Bui and injuring another man following a confrontation between rival Asian street gangs in Garden Grove. Tieu was not charged with firing the shots and was not suspected of being a member of a street gang. But he was accused of engaging in the deadly confrontation with friends who were gang members.

His first trial in the murder case ended in early 2015 with a hung jury.

In January 2016, while awaiting the retrial, Tieu joined the prison escape with Hossein Nayeri and Bac Duong. Prosecutors said it was Nayeri, who became one of Orange County’s most notorious inmates over the past decade, who recorded the escape using a contraband cellphone.

Over several months, inmates cut 1/2-inch steel bars to access plumbing tunnels and made makeshift ropes from bed sheets, which they laid out to access the roof through a vertical opening. They sneaked onto the roof at least twice before escaping and also used the bed sheets to roll up backpacks full of supplies, including real rope, that a Duong friend had brought right outside the prison.

In the early hours of January 22, 2016, the three men used the ropes to lower themselves from the five-story prison and slipped into a Santa Ana neighborhood. The fugitives contacted Long Ma, an unlicensed taxi driver, who testified that the men pointed a gun at him after driving them to Rosemead.

Ma said he was held against his will for five days as they moved between hotels. The cab driver said tensions between Nayeri and Duong exploded in a Bay Area motel room in a fight – prosecutors said it was over whether to kill Ma. The cab driver credited Duong with saving his life and said he persuaded Duong to drive her back to Orange County and turn himself in.

Nayeri and Tieu were arrested a day later in San Francisco, ending a massive week-long manhunt.

According to Nayeri, Ma was a willing accomplice who agreed to take the fugitives out of Southern California and find them a home where they could hide from law enforcement for $10,000. Nayeri’s lawyer claimed Ma changed his mind when he realized he could make more money by handing over the fugitives — the reward for their capture had swelled to $200,000 (others shared the money). The taxi driver, while testifying at Nayeri’s trial, contradicted his testimonies at previous trials and during police interviews, including his description of the reported firearm and who allegedly wielded it.

At a previous trial, Duong was found guilty of prison escape and kidnapping and stealing a van while the three men were on the run. Duong is serving a 20-year sentence on fugitive charges and an attempted murder conviction that landed him in prison in the first place.

At the time of the escape, Nayeri was awaiting trial for conspiring with two high school friends to kidnap, torture, and sexually mutilate a marijuana dispensary owner who they believed was worth a nonexistent million dollars buried in the Mojave Desert. He has since been convicted of kidnapping and torture and sentenced to more than two life sentences without parole. He also received an additional two years and eight months last month for his role in the escape; He was acquitted of the kidnapping charge.

Changes in state law after Tieu’s first murder trial resulted in that case being referred to juvenile court. Tieu was eventually convicted of a lesser assault, according to his attorney, Mark Fredrick. It is not clear what sentence he received for the assault conviction.

The lawyer said that at the time of the prison escape, Tieu was “really just a kid” who had spent years in prison and fallen under the influence of “someone as charismatic as Mr. Nayeri”. After being re-arrested, Tieu essentially told authorities he just wanted to meet some girls and have a beer, the defense attorney said.

“He’s a very smart boy who has done some very stupid things,” Fredrick said. “But now he has the world in front of him.”

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RENTON, Wash., Oct 11, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — It’s no secret that both the COVID-19 pandemic and the volume of unemployment is still causing a disturbing amount of damage across Washington state, says Trusted Plumbing and Heating. With over 100,000 residents in King County still collecting unemployment, thousands of businesses are at risk of closing their doors – simply because they can’t get people to work.

Trusted Plumbing and Heating, a family-owned plumbing business in Renton, is just one of many local businesses feeling the effects of Washington residents not going back to work. While business is booming and there’s no lack of homeowners needing plumbing help, the struggle remains to simply get a team out to the job.

This local team of plumbers is working around the clock to keep up with the heightened demand for plumbing repairs in Seattle and the greater King County area. Jim Cunningham, owner, is offering an extremely generous and lofty bonus for the right candidate.

“Simply put, we just need a plumber. We are looking for a qualified journeyman to join our team. We can’t keep up with demand, and we’ve been searching for months on end. By offering $10,000 we hope to entice the right candidate,” says Cunningham. “Believe me when I say there are many who are shocked that I am going to this extent.”

Across many states, Washington included, thousands of companies are spending their advertising dollars on billboard ads, TV commercials, and even advertising on local transportation stating the need for workers. With no end in sight, Trusted Plumbing and Heating is hoping that their efforts will make a difference.

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A driver who ran over a drunk man in South San Francisco and lied about beating the man to law enforcement has not filed a hit-and-run lawsuit, the San Mateo County District Attorney said Friday.

Victor Hernandez Castillo, 52, of South San Francisco, will not sit in the county jail for more than a year after his pleading, with his case continuing through December 14, prosecutors said. Hernandez Castillo was allegedly behind the wheel when the 50-year-old pedestrian was hit at Block 200 of Village Way on Jan. 20, prosecutors said. The pedestrian was very drunk, stumbled and fell to the ground in the middle of the road. Prosecutors said Hernandez Castillo initially lied but eventually admitted hitting the pedestrian and driving home for fear.

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SAN JOSE (CBS SF) – While his city was still rocking a mass shooting that killed nine transit workers, Mayor Sam Liccardo brought his plea for stricter gun control laws to the White House for a meeting with President Joe Biden on Monday.

Liccardo will attend the meeting of Eric Adams, President of the Brooklyn District and likely the next Mayor of New York, Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser, Memphis Police Chief, CJ Davis, Chicago Chief David Brown and Lt. Anthony Lima of Newark attend, New Jersey, Police.

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It has been almost two months since VTA employee Samuel Cassidy opened fire on his employees in the Guadalupe Yard transit center. He killed nine employees before taking his own life.

The VTA light rail trains have still not returned to normal as the agency has been devastated by the ongoing emotional impact of the shooting.

Two weeks after the shootings, Liccardo announced several proposed new San Jose gun ordinances, including requiring gun owners to purchase liability insurance for their guns and retailers to videotape their gun sales.

The city council unanimously approved the plan, which will be presented for final vote in the fall before the ordinances can be enacted.

On Monday, Liccardo told KPIX 5 Morning News that he would press for stricter national gun laws during the president’s meeting with city officials from across the country.

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“We’ll talk a lot about how the federal government can be a partner to cities,” he said. “We’re seeing increasing gun violence in cities across the county … So we’re going to talk about how we’re using federal funds to, for example, expand strike patrols in high-crime neighborhoods, to occupy young adults in gang-hit neighborhoods, and the resilience of.” to support the city. “

“We (will) talk more about (the) innovative approaches cities are taking to reduce gun violence, like the recent regulation we put in place to crack down on arms dealers who buy straw.”

A “straw” purchase of a firearm is when a person buys a weapon – generally in a state with less restrictive sales laws – with the intention of giving the weapon to another person.

In June, Biden unveiled a number of implementing regulations aimed at reducing gun violence. Liccardo believes that even stricter standards are needed, especially when it comes to arms trafficking and straw purchases.

“We know that there are a lot of guns in circulation – around 30,000 guns are bought for example for criminal organizations like gangs,” said Liccardo. “So we’ve got safeguards in place here in San Jose, but we need other parts of the country to do the same because we know guns are usually bought in states with no restrictive gun laws and taken to California.”

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“The possibility of federal tracking and surveillance would help enormously. So we can take action against the organizations that transport weapons in and out of cities. “

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