Aguilera was sentenced to four and a half years for gang assault during a Malba street takeover.

A sentence after a guilty plea is the judgment on the admitted count. It is not a trial verdict, and it is not a new accusation. On Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, Queens Supreme Court Justice Toni Cimino sentenced Justin Aguilera, 20, of Far Rockaway, to four and a half years in prison plus five years of post-release supervision after an August guilty plea to second-degree gang assault.

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz's account, and the court record as reported, put the incident at about 12:40 a.m. on Nov. 23, 2025, at an illegal car meetup on 11th Avenue in Malba. Homeowners confronted the group. Aguilera, with others, punched, kicked, and stomped a male homeowner, and punched the wife in the mouth when she intervened. The male victim suffered multiple rib fractures and a right shoulder fracture, among the injuries the district attorney reported. Those injuries are the harm behind the count he admitted. They are not a new charge filed at sentencing. The account used here did not.

The August plea was to second-degree gang assault. Wednesday's sentence is the judgment on that count: four and a half years in prison and five years of post-release supervision. The meetup and the confrontation are the scene behind the plea. They are not a jury finding.