Crime & Safety
Teen Arrested In Death Of Forest Park Golf Course Worker: Police
The elderly groundskeeper died after he was shoved to the ground by a group of teens riding bikes on the golf course, police said.
FOREST PARK, QUEENS — A Queens teenager has been charged with felony assault in the death of an elderly groundskeeper at the Forest Park golf course last month, according to police.
Middle Village resident David Mangaran, 19, was arrested this week in connection with the death of 79-year-old golf course worker William Hinchey on Sept. 11, several days after he had been shoved to the ground while arguing with a group of teens riding bikes on the green.
The NYPD said Friday that Hinchey's death is being investigated as a homicide.
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The groundskeeper was working the afternoon of Sept. 8 when he spotted the teens biking across the golf course and trying to steal a flag, the New York Daily News reported.
Hinchey asked them to leave and they started arguing.
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The teens shoved him to the ground, causing him to break his pelvis, police said.
He was rushed to Jamaica Hospital, then transferred to North Shore University Medical Center, where he died three days later, according to police.
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