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   NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A Queens man was sentenced to 25 years to life in   
   prison for fatally stabbing the son of his landlord during a dispute over   
   his eviction proceedings, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced   
   Tuesday.   
      
   The 66-year-old, Hopeton Prendergast, shared a residence at 220th Street   
   in Queens Village with the victim, 23-year-old Duwayne Campbell, which was   
   owned by Campbell’s mother, authorities said.   
      
   On Sept. 29, 2019 around 5 p.m., Prendergast and Campbell were arguing   
   outside of the house over Prendergast’s pending eviction. Prendergast   
   grabbed a large knife as the dispute escalated and repeatedly stabbed   
   Campbell, officials said.   
      
   Campbell tried to escape Prendergast, running away while Prendergast   
   chased him with a knife drawn. The victim then jumped over a railing to   
   escape Prendergast and then ran back into his house where his 16-year-old   
   sister tried to help him, the district attorney’s office said.   
      
   The victim died from a stab wound to his abdomen with the knife also   
   piercing his liver, diaphragm and heart, officials said.   
      
   Prendergast avoided arrest for nearly three weeks before he was found   
   hiding in a building under construction.   
      
   “The evening before the defendant was due in Court on a summons regarding   
   his living situation, he and the son of the property owner argued,” Katz   
   said. “The heated exchange became violent when the defendant grabbed a   
   knife and brutally stabbed the victim. Violence is never the solution to a   
   dispute. A court has now sentenced the defendant to a lengthy prison term   
   for this senseless killing.”   
      
   Pendergast was found guilty of murder and a weapons possession charge   
   after an almost two-week trial.   
      
   https://www.audacy.com/1010wins/news/local/qns-man-sentenced-to-25-years-   
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