Cops Make Arrests in Livery Cab Murder

Cops made quick work of the case of the murder of a livery cab driver, who was allegedly killed by two teens who have now been arrested. Early yesterday morning, police were searching for suspects after a fight broke out inside a livery cab that left its driver dead with multiple stab wounds to his chest and abdomen. After being stabbed, Geraldo Guttierez tried to make it to a hospital, but was too badly injured.

Mortally wounded, his car then careened into a utility pole outside 270 Saw Mill River Road, smashing up the vehicle. Gutierrez was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 2 a.m., according to a hospital spokesman.

Less than 24 hours after the murder, cops arrested two 16-year-olds--Daquan Duncan and Adam Arroyo--who have been charged in the death of Gutierrez. It's unclear how police determined that the two young men were the ones suspected in the driver's death, but robbery is the assumed motive in the killing.

Guttierez was only 27 years old and a recent newlywed. He was reportedly working the long and dangerous hours of a livery cab driver to save money to build a home for his family in the Dominican Republic. According to WABC News, the man had just purchased a plane ticket to visit his wife in Santo Domingo.

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By Dave Hogarty in News on May 24, 2008 9:00 AM

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effyoukid

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effyoukid

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jterry121

Daquan and Adam should spend the next 60 years of their lives getting a$$ raped in prison. Thats 100X more realistic than anything in that piece of sh!t overhyped dog turd that is the entire GTA Video game series.

effyoukid

picking the wrong friend's doesent make me guilty just because i was standing there meeting up with my friend who told me he was gonna take a cab up the street from my house. then he decides to kill someone oh what a wonder full Solution! LETS BLAME HIM TO THE BYSTANDER WHO WITNESSED IT AND GOT FORCED BY a 245pound african american male to hide him in his house oh yes the 135pound white boy is gonan tell him to fuck off after just witnessing the guy stab someone, you idiotic kid's needa stop trash talking me on the net and Relize the new's isent allways the new's its somone tryign to make a story wich is why im not getting 60years im geeting 1-3 bye you obsolete Living being

Splicer

Poor Daquan and Adam. All they wanted was some extra cash so they could buy GTA IV. Who was this driver not to give it to them right away? He should have known that these upstanding youts have better things to do with their time than, you know, get jobs or something. And really, what do you expect these marvels of DNA to do when you don't give it up to them? Not giving them their hard earned money was equivalent to stepping on their sneaker or something equally heinous.

What's this city coming to when a couple of sociopaths can't earn a buck without having to break a sweat?