A Port Jefferson Station, New York, guy used to be indicted Tuesday after allegedly beating and choking any other guy in entrance of the home they shared, and stripping the person’s garments off and urinating on his subconscious frame prior to he died 5 days later.
Suffolk County District Lawyer Raymond A. Tierney introduced that 46-year-old Felix Martinez used to be indicted on fees of second-degree homicide and second-degree tried homicide.
Martinez is accused of murdering 56-year-old Richard Shields, who died after a brutal assault in entrance of the home the 2 males shared.
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“Richard Shields suffered brutal and fatal accidents after this defendant allegedly attacked him,” Tierney mentioned. “My place of business will proceed to paintings laborious to verify suitable justice consequently. We can now not permit folks to hold out such acts of violence in Suffolk County with out dealing with vital penalties.”
Investigators allege that in a while after midday on Aug. 4, 2023, Martinez faced Shields in entrance of the home they lived in on Jarvin Street in Port Jefferson Station.
A neighbor’s house surveillance gadget captured the alleged incident, and the photos used to be got through investigators.
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A neighbor’s house surveillance gadget captured the alleged incident, and the photos used to be got through police. (iStock)
The photos, investigators declare, presentations that Protect used to be sitting in a chair in entrance of the home when Martinez faced him.
Then, over the following quarter-hour, Martinez allegedly punched, choked and stomped on Shields again and again, prior to hitting at the head with a mop bucket.
Towards the top of the assault, investigators allege, Martinez stripped Shields of his clothes and urinated on him whilst he used to be at the flooring and subconscious.
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The DA’s place of business mentioned when the Suffolk County Police Division arrived on the scene, they noticed Martinez in entrance of the home and smoking a cigar. Shields used to be subconscious and through Martinez’s toes.
Martinez used to be positioned underneath arrest and Shields used to be transported to a close-by health facility.
On Aug. 9, the sufferer died from the wounds he sustained from Martinez’s assault, the DA’s place of business added.
The suspect used to be arraigned at the indictment fees in entrance of Suffolk County Best Courtroom Justice John B. Collins on Tuesday.
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Martinez used to be held with out bond and his subsequent scheduled courtroom date is Sept. 22. If discovered responsible of the highest fee, he might be sentenced to twenty-five years to lifestyles in jail.
