New York Daily News

Charge 3 with trespass at house where vagrant died

- BY ROCCO PARASCANDO­LA AND BRITTANY KRIEGSTEIN

Police investigat­ing the sad death of a homeless man found on the front porch of a condemned Queens house have slapped trespass charges on three people they found inside the run-down abode.

Officers responding to a call Sunday morning found Pawandeep Singh, 27, dead in front of the house, a bloody gash across his head. The city medical examiner is still trying to determine an exact cause of death.

Inside the house were Jay Daownanan, 25, Vijendar Brijmohan, 22, and a 17-year-old girl, all believed to be homeless. All three were charged with trespassin­g.Investigat­ors currently don’t believe they’re involved with Singh’s death, police sources said.

Police spotted blood on a rear window of the house on Lefferts Blvd. by 95th Ave. in South Richmond Hill.

Daownanan, who had a cut on his arm, has no previous arrest record. Brijmohan has previous arrests for resisting arrest, petty larceny and unauthoriz­ed use of vehicle.

A fire ripped through the building in 2016, and the city then issued a full vacate order because officials feared it suffered structural damage.

Neighbors Monday said the house had been empty for at least 10 years and that high school students routinely hang out there to drink or deal drugs.

“A lot of people complain to police,” said Gurdeep Singh, 52. “A lot of times police come, look around and leave. A lot of drugs going on. Girls, boys, 10 o’clock at night, in the morning, people coming from school.

“[The neighbors] complain, but nobody cares.”

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