Authorities confirm 36-year-old Minerva Martinez was brought into custody and charged with strangulation.
Man tries to strangle teen sitting at Queens restaurant
They believed she walked up to a teen sitting at an Astoria restaurant and wrapped her arm around the woman's neck.
A good samaritan intervened and the suspect walked off.
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