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January 5, 2008

Stephen Sakai was sentenced to 50 years to life after his conviction of murdering two men he worked with; he was acquitted in a third killing. The bouncer has yet to stand trial for the 2006 shooting of several patrons outside of the Chelsea nightclub. Sakai was convicted of stabbing 56-year-old Wayne Tyson to death in September 2005 and then executing Edwin Mojica with a shot to the back of the head just two months......

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December 4, 2007

In May of 2006, a bouncer at Opus West 22nd Street was arrested after shooting four clubgoers, killing one of them. Then it turned out that Stephen Sakai was possibly connected to three other murders of associates from when he worked at a strip club in Brooklyn. Yesterday, Sakai took the stand in his trial for the three Brooklyn murders. And, boy, to be on that jury. The Post reports that he used a fake......

Continue Reading "Murder Suspect Testifies With Fake Asian Accent, Claims Police Framed Him"

May 26, 2006

Bouncer Stephen Sakai, who killed one patron and shot three others outside Chelsea club Opus 22 on Tuesday, was officially charged with and arraigned on that night's crimes, but police are investigating still trying to understand his connection to three other murders. Here are the murders in question, using info from the Post:- Wayne Tyson, found stabbed to death in Brownsville on September 1 - Irving Matos, former co-worker and potential partner of Sakai's, found......

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May 25, 2006

The bouncer who fired upon four people outside a Chelsea club - killing one - allegedly told the police he killed two other bouncers last fall. The Post says Sakai is being questioned in the murders of Irving Matos, a topless bar bouncer who was found dead in his home, and Edwin Mojica, another bouncer at Opus 22, where Sakai worked. Sakai apparently did pass an exam to be a security guard, though he never......

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