Randall’s Island attack suspect charged with attempted murder

A man is now charged with attempted murder following a recent attack on a Queens mother on Randall’s Island, the New York City Police Department announced Friday.

Police say 30-year-old Miguel Jiraud was initially taken into custody for questioning and has since been charged in the brutal beating of 44-year-old Diana Agudelo.

Police sources say Jiraud, who lives at a nearby Randall’s Island shelter, was previously convicted of rape in the Bronx and sentenced to 13 years in prison in 2013. Sources say he was on parole at the time of last week’s attack and was wearing an ankle monitor…

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