New arrivalYou can now listen to Fox News articles.
A Bodega worker in New York City faces a second murder charge after being seen in a video stabbing a former prisoner who pushed him into conflict, but after throwing a $ 50,000 bail. , A package released from the infamous Rikers Island prison.
However, according to conditions reached by prosecutors on Thursday, 61-year-old Jose Alba had given up his passport, wore an ankle monitor for pursuit, and was restricted from traveling outside New York City.
“Four aspects of the package, bail, passport delivery, GPS monitoring, and travel restrictions are conditions we believe to ensure that the defendant returns to court while people continue to investigate the case. The Manhattan Regional Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement to Fox News.
Meanwhile, 35-year-old Aruba’s girlfriend-Austin Simon-has been accused of being stabbed on Friday, but investigators have accused her of wielding a knife from her purse and stabbed Aruba in her arm while deadly. Despite saying that he did, the July 1st conflict in the Manhattan deli.
A Bodega worker in New York City charged with murder after being seen in a controversial EX-CON video puncture wound
The bail facing Aruba was initially set at $ 250,000. That’s only half the amount the Manhattan District Attorney’s office at Alvin Bragg wanted. At his first bail hearing, prosecutors claimed that there was a risk of a plane as Aruba was scheduled to return to his hometown of the Dominican Republic next week, according to the New York Post.
His lawyer, Daniel Jackson of Harlem’s Neighborhood Defender Services, reportedly said in court Thursday that “he has every intention to return to court to defend the case.”
According to the New York Post, the conflict that resulted in the death of Simon, who had been released on parole after being imprisoned for attacking police officers, followed Aruba’s debate over a bag of chips with his girlfriend.
According to a criminal accusation obtained by Fox News Digital, around 11:00 pm last Friday, Simon’s girlfriend tried to use an electronic reward card to buy a snack for her 10-year-old daughter at a deli, but the deal was It was rejected and a “verbal dispute” arose. continue.
Jenny Piro charges a clerk for “self-defense” for murdering Alvin Bragg in Manhattan
“The informant observed the defendant reaching out to the store, grabbing his daughter’s hand, and seizing the item from her daughter’s hand after the transaction was denied,” the complaint read. “The informant then left the store, informed his boyfriend Austin Simon of the store clerk’s actions, went behind the store counter and returned with Mr. Simon, who confronted the store clerk.”
In the complaint, investigators said after reviewing the surveillance footage, Simon “pushed the defendant once and spoke to him while he was sitting in the chair behind the counter.”
When Simon tried to “steer” Aruba from behind the counter area, workers continued to complain that he “picked up the knife hidden behind the counter and stabbed Simon’s neck and chest at least five times.” rice field.
Investigators wrote that Simon’s girlfriend tried to pull Aruba away, but he “continued to stab” him before she swung a knife from her purse and stabbed a delicatessen worker in her arm.
Simon was sentenced to die in a local hospital within an hour.
Click here to get the Fox News app
“The defendant effectively said,’I want the girl to apologize. I took the knife I used to open the box and stabbed him,” the complaint added.
According to the New York Post, Aruba could be sentenced to up to 25 years in prison if convicted of murder.