Extradited fugitive gets 25-years-to-life over 2011 murder

Troy Thomas is pictured being escorted from 109th Precinct in Queens following his arraignment in April, 2019

Troy Thomas, who was extradited from Guyana to the United States in 2019 to face trial for a December 2011 fatal shooting in New York, has been sentenced to 25-years-to-life in prison.

According to a press release from the office of the Queens County District Attorney, Thomas, 37, formerly of 156th Street in Jamaica, Queens, was convicted in May after trial for murder in the second degree over the fatal shooting of Keith Frank.  Queens Supreme Court Justice Michael Yavinsky handed down the 25-years-to-life sentence on Friday.