NEW YORK, NY – Micah Brown, the 24-year-old who stabbed and killed a 25-year-old at a Jamaica, Queens bus stop in 2018, has been convicted of murder in court.
According to court reports released by the District Attorney’s Office today, a jury found Brown, of 147th Avenue in Rosedale, Queens, guilty yesterday following a two-week-long trial. Brown was convicted of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. Queens Supreme Court Justice Michael Aloise, who presided at trial, set sentencing for June 23, 2022. At that time, Brown faces 25 years-to-life in prison.
District Attorney Melinda Katz said, “An argument should never escalate to such levels of brutality. The defendant used an ice pick to stab a young man multiple times – killing him – during a confrontation over transport. Violence is a corrosive presence in our neighborhoods that we must reject. After a two-week trial conducted by my office, a jury weighed all the evidence presented at trial and found the defendant guilty of committing this brazen attack.”
According to the trial testimony, at approximately 11:50 p.m. on February 25, 2018, the defendant was operating a blue “dollar van” that was parked at the Jamaica Bus Terminal in Jamaica, Queens, when the 25-year-old victim Anthony Akeem Teil approached and requested a ride. The defendant refused but did allow other passengers to board the van. This rejection triggered an angry exchange between the two men.
Court records by the D.A.’s office report the pair argued until the defendant walked around to the driver’s side of the passenger van, opened the door and retrieved an ice pick from inside the vehicle. He tucked the sharp object inside his sweatshirt, walked back around the van and approached Mr. Teil to continue the argument. The exchange escalated to a physical altercation and then Brown pulled out the ice pick and plunged it into Mr. Teil’s head and chest multiple times.
According to trial testimony, after stabbing the victim the defendant got back inside his van and drove away. Mr. Teil, who had the ice pick lodged in the side of his head, attempted to collect his belongings but collapsed on the sidewalk. He was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead from puncture wounds to his heart.