The lawyer representing the Government of the United States of America on Tuesday served statements on, Troy Anthony Thomas, who is wanted in the US in connection with a 2011 murder.

The attorney, Stacy Gooding handed over the statements before Senior Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus to Thomas to have him extradited to the US to answer to the murder charge. Thomas was represented by attorney Bernard DaSantos and Nigel Hughes.
The matter is adjourned until March 23 for additional statements.

Thomas, 31, of South Ozone Park, Queens, and New York was nabbed by police during an operation on Wednesday. March 14 which had commenced since January 31, 2018. According to reports, on December 11, 2011, 20-year-old Keith Frank was shot once in the torso in a flash of violence outside a South Richmond Hill party. Frank, who moved to Queens from Guyana when he was 12, died exactly two months before his 21st birthday.
The NY Police Department began looking for Thomas in connection with the shooting. However, within hours he allegedly fled the jurisdiction and crossed over to Canada from New York State.

In Canada, he used travel documents belonging to a relative and boarded a Caribbean Airlines flight, arriving in Guyana in the early hours of the morning before the bulletin could reach Interpol (International police.)