Man Allegedly Beats Aunt to Death with Broom Inside N.Y.C. Home: Police

Mar. 15, 2025

Juanita Dallas.Photo:Facebook/Juanita DallasA 55-year-old woman in New York City was allegedly beaten to death with a broom, police say.TheStaten Island Advance,PatchandWPIXreport that the victim was the aunt of the suspect.Police allege in a statement that on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 20, victim Juanita Dallas was in a verbal dispute with Alexander Fleming, 29, when the alleged attack occurred.Officers arrived at the Queens home at around 10:30 a.m. after responding to a call about an assault in progress, the statement said.Juanita Dallas.Facebook/Juanita DallasPolice allege that Fleming hit Dallas in the head with the broom. The victim was then taken to North Shore University Hospital where she was later pronounced dead.Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.Later that evening, Fleming was arrested and charged with murder, assault with intent to cause physical injury with a weapon and criminal possession of a weapon, according to the statement.It’s not immediately clear if he has retained an attorney or entered pleas to the charges against him.According to Dallas’Facebookpage, she was born in Queens and attended Hillcrest High School in the borough.The investigation is ongoing.

Juanita Dallas.Photo:Facebook/Juanita Dallas

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A 55-year-old woman in New York City was allegedly beaten to death with a broom, police say.TheStaten Island Advance,PatchandWPIXreport that the victim was the aunt of the suspect.Police allege in a statement that on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 20, victim Juanita Dallas was in a verbal dispute with Alexander Fleming, 29, when the alleged attack occurred.Officers arrived at the Queens home at around 10:30 a.m. after responding to a call about an assault in progress, the statement said.Juanita Dallas.Facebook/Juanita DallasPolice allege that Fleming hit Dallas in the head with the broom. The victim was then taken to North Shore University Hospital where she was later pronounced dead.Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.Later that evening, Fleming was arrested and charged with murder, assault with intent to cause physical injury with a weapon and criminal possession of a weapon, according to the statement.It’s not immediately clear if he has retained an attorney or entered pleas to the charges against him.According to Dallas’Facebookpage, she was born in Queens and attended Hillcrest High School in the borough.The investigation is ongoing.

A 55-year-old woman in New York City was allegedly beaten to death with a broom, police say.

TheStaten Island Advance,PatchandWPIXreport that the victim was the aunt of the suspect.

Police allege in a statement that on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 20, victim Juanita Dallas was in a verbal dispute with Alexander Fleming, 29, when the alleged attack occurred.

Officers arrived at the Queens home at around 10:30 a.m. after responding to a call about an assault in progress, the statement said.

Juanita Dallas.Facebook/Juanita Dallas

Police allege that Fleming hit Dallas in the head with the broom. The victim was then taken to North Shore University Hospital where she was later pronounced dead.

Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.

Later that evening, Fleming was arrested and charged with murder, assault with intent to cause physical injury with a weapon and criminal possession of a weapon, according to the statement.

It’s not immediately clear if he has retained an attorney or entered pleas to the charges against him.

According to Dallas’Facebookpage, she was born in Queens and attended Hillcrest High School in the borough.

The investigation is ongoing.

source: people.com