Cases of Interest
For the week of March 16th, 2015
| Monday, March 16, 2015 | ||
| ADA Judge Part # Status |
Defendant Name | Case Details |
| Martinez-Alonso, M.
Justice Iacovetta Part 96
Decision on Motions/Possible Grand Jury Action |
CLAUDE BLONCOURT | Bloncourt is charged with Criminally Negligent Homicide, 2nd Degree Manslaughter and DUI charges in the April 28th, 2014 Pelham Parkway crash that caused the death of young mother Perla Reyes. Bloncourt is accused of speeding at a high rate when his vehicle slammed in a tree. |
| Birnbaum, D.
Justice Benitez Part 15
Decision on Motions |
MOISES MARTINEZ | Martinez is charged with 2nd Degree Murder and 1st Degree Manslaughter in the killing of his wife, NYPD traffic agent Yajaira Reyes. Martinez allegedly restricted his wife’s breathing causing her death. Reyes’ body was found stuffed into a trash can in the couple’s Walton Avenue apartment. |
| Tuesday, March 17, 2015 | ||
| ADA Judge Part # Status |
Defendant Name | Case Details |
| Petri, J.
Justice Part DVM
Motion Practice |
JOSE OCASIO AND JOSEPH MURPHY | Ocasio and Murphy were found guilty of 3rd Degree Attempted Assault and 2nd Degree Harassment for the February 18th, 2011 assault of 17-year-old Tyre Davis. Both defendants got into a heated exchange with the teen whom Ocasio booked on a disorderly conduct summons. The verbal exchange got physical as the officers followed Davis out of the precinct into an alley opposite 210 E. 181st Street, where they were caught on surveillance punching and kicking the teen, or giving the teen a “tune-up” as the assault is colloquially referred to. |
| Schwartzman, E.
Justice Whiten Part FB
Possible Grand Jury Action |
HILDA CASTANEDA | Castaneda is facing charges of 2nd Degree Vehicular Assault, 3rd Degree Assault and several counts of Operating a Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drug for the 2014 Christmas morning crash into a bus shelter at Williamsbridge Road & Pierce Avenue, seriously injuring an innocent bystander. |
| Sparer, G.
Justice Villegas Part SCA
Possible Grand Jury Action |
RUBIN CORTIEZ | Cortiez is facing charges of 1st and 2nd Degree Promoting Prison Contraband and 4th Degree Criminal Possession of A Weapon for the February 8th, 2015 incident at Rikers Island in which he allegedly attempted to smuggle in a knife. |
| Scaccia, C.
Justice Whiten Part FB
Possible Grand Jury Action |
MATTHEW COLEMAN | Coleman is facing charges of 2nd Degree Murder and two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon for the March 4th, 2015 death of Eusebio Martinez. Coleman allegedly entered the victim’s Williamsbridge Road apartment along with two other unapprehended accomplices, shot Martinez in the head, and subsequently stole some of the victim’s belongings. |
| Gamer, D.
Justice Michels Part FA
Possible Grand Jury Action |
WEST AKPAN | Akpan is charged with 2nd and 3rd Degree Assault, 4th Degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon and Harassment for a March 5th, 2015 Jerome Avenue incident in which he is accused of stabbing a Westchester County Bee-Line bus driver with a knife three times after a verbal altercation. |
| Wednesday, March 18, 2015 | ||
| ADA Judge Part # Next Court Date |
Defendant Name | Case Details |
| Militano, A.
Justice Michels Part FA
Motions/Scheduling |
JONATHAN SALINAS | Salinas is charged with 1st and 2nd Degree Assault, Endangering the Welfare of A Child and 4th Degree Criminal Possession of A Weapon for the February 5th, 2015 alleged attack on a member of his household. Salinas is accused of pouring hot oil on his 13- year-old niece as she slept in bed. The victim suffered burns on her face, back, chest and both arms and was treated at a local burn unit. |
| Kelsch, E.
Justice Villegas Part SCA
Possible Grand Jury Action |
ARNELL JONES | Jones is facing charges of 2nd Degree Murder and 1st Degree Manslaughter for the January 28th, 2015 death of 68- year-old Eric Simmons. Jones allegedly robbed and murdered Simmons in the stairwell of a building in the Melrose Houses after a dispute. |
| Thursday, March 19, 2015 | ||
| ADA Judge Part # Status |
Defendant Name | Case Details |
| Starishevsky, J.
Judge Webber Part 92
Sentencing |
LEONARDO ESPINAL | Espinal is charged with 2nd Degree Murder and Attempted Murder, 1st and 2nd Degree Manslaughter and several Assault charges for the November 7th, 2012 drowning death of his 5- year-old son and the poisoning of his 7- year-old daughter. The defendant is accused of feeding both children rat poison and later submerging his son in a tub of water. |
| Weerasooriya, N.
Justice Busching Part AP3
Decision on Motions |
WILLIAM STALEY | Staley is charged with Petit Larceny, Fraudulent Accosting and 5th Degree Criminal Possession of Stolen Property for the September 1st, 2014 incident on the corner of Webster Avenue and East Fordham Road. Staley and an unapprehended accomplice allegedly tricked the complainant into giving them money in an illegal street corner game. |
| Friday, March 20, 2015 | ||
| ADA Judge Part # Status |
Defendant Name | Case Details |
| Gradinger, J.
Justice Clancy Part 79
Sentencing
10:00 am |
ALEXIS
SANCHEZ |
Found guilty at a two week trial, Former Goldman Sachs computer technician Sanchez will be sentenced on the charges of 2nd Degree Murder and 4th Degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon for the November 2nd, 2011 death of Stephen Mari, a local drug dealer. 35 dollars short and desperate to feed his raging drug habit, Sanchez lured Mari into an alleyway near Parkchester and shot him eight times, hitting him and killing him with six of those bullets.
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Please note: All court proceedings are scheduled for after 9:30 a.m. at 265 East 161st Street, the Hall of Justice, Bronx Supreme Court unless otherwise specified.
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