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Cops Arrest Teen In Connection With Fatal Stabbing in Jamaica

By Trevor Kapp | June 24, 2013 8:03am | Updated on June 24, 2013 10:12am
 Andrew Benitez, 17, was collared in connection with a fatal stabbing in Jamaica.
Andrew Benitez, 17, was collared in connection with a fatal stabbing in Jamaica.
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QUEENS — Cops arrested a teen in connection with a fatal stabbing in Jamaica Saturday night.

Andrew Benitez, 17, stabbed 18-year-old Aaron Jefferson in the back on 89th Avenue, near 150th Street, around 10:20 p.m., cops said.

Jefferson was pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital.

Benitez is charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon.