20-YEAR-OLD BRONX MAN INDICTED FOR MURDER IN THE SHOOTING
DEATH OF A LIVERY CAB DRIVER
Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced today the indictment of a 20-year- old man in the shooting death of a livery cab driver on Sunday, May 10, 2009.
A grand jury filed one count of Murder in the 2nd degree and one count of Manslaughter in the 1st degree against Francisco Santos in the death of 37-year-old Roberto Pita. Santos, of 31 West Tremont Avenue, the Bronx, is facing a maximum sentence of up to 25 years to life imprisonment if convicted of murder, the more serious of the two charges. Gun possession charges are still pending.
Santos, is being held without bail and is scheduled to be arraigned on the indictment on Thursday, May 28, 2009 in State Supreme Court, Part A.
Santos, a passenger in a livery car that was being driven by the victim, allegedly shot Pita multiple times causing his death. The shooting occurred by a school yard in the rear of 40 West Tremont Avenue.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Felicity Lung of the Trial Bureau.
|