Results tagged “excon”

On Sunday night, a livery cab driver was killed in the Bronx. It turned out that Jose Peña-Segura's suspected killer was a man on parole for attempted murder: Benny Delgado, 31, who was caught while fleeing the scene, "has more than 20 arrests on his rap sheet" and was "released from prison in 2007 after serving 12 years on an attempted murder conviction," according to the Daily News. Now Delgado has allegedly confessed to the murder, saying that he and a friend named Jason called Peña-Segura to exact revenge—a Bronx prosecutor read Delgado's statement, "Jason was upset because Jose's associate took some pills from him but didn't pay. We weren't able to find Jose's associate, so I went after the next person. I told Jose to go to an address that I knew was fake. When we arrived, I shot him in the back of the head." And in the process of questioning, Delgado also admitted to shooting another man (a heroin dealer) in the Bronx, "[John Latigua] said he didn't give a f--- about us dope fiends. I then took out my gun and shot him in the chest."

Last week, a bodega owner and his teenaged son were killed during a robbery attempt at their Crown Heights store. Now police say that a paroled rapist is in custody in connection with the murders, thanks to a tip from CrimeStoppers. The Daily News reports, "Charles Judd, who did 15 years for sexually attacking two 12-year-old girls, told his mother he was carrying a toy gun." A police source further explained, "Judd let some family members know what happened, but claimed he only robbed them, didn't shoot anyone and used a fake gun." It's believed that two men were involved in the fatal robbery: A bodega employee who survived by playing dead said that the robbers had forced him, owner Mohammed Mansoor Abuzaid, Abuzaid's son Abdul, and a customer into a basement; the Abuzaids fought back and were shot. Police are looking for the other suspect.