What to KnowA man who authorities say fled to Trinidad and Tobago after taking pictures an 18-year-old in Canarsie in 2021 was extradited to New York Metropolis to face expenses in his demise, the Brooklyn District Lawyer introduced Monday. Anthony Regis-Ash, 24, previously of Brooklyn, was arraigned Wednesday earlier than Brooklyn Supreme Court docket Justice Donald Leo on an indictment wherein he’s charged with two counts of second-degree homicide, two counts of first-degree tried theft, and two counts of second-degree legal possession of a weapon, Brooklyn District Lawyer Eric Gonzalez mentioned.His girlfriend, who was arrested in 2022, additionally faces expenses, the Brooklyn District Lawyer mentioned.
A person who authorities say fled to Trinidad and Tobago after taking pictures an 18-year-old in Canarsie in 2021 was extradited to New York Metropolis to face expenses in his demise, the Brooklyn District Lawyer introduced Monday.
Anthony Regis-Ash, 24, previously of Brooklyn, was arraigned Wednesday earlier than Brooklyn Supreme Court docket Justice Donald Leo on an indictment wherein he’s charged with two counts of second-degree homicide, two counts of first-degree tried theft, and two counts of second-degree legal possession of a weapon, Brooklyn District Lawyer Eric Gonzalez mentioned. He was ordered held with out bail and to return to courtroom on Feb. 7.
If convicted, he faces as much as 25 years to life in jail.
The costs stem from alleged sequence of occasions that passed off on Sept. 29, 2021, within the neighborhood of Foster Avenue and East eightieth Avenue, in Canarsie, Brooklyn, round 10:40 p.m., in accordance with the investigation. It was round that point that NYPD officers responded to 911 calls of a person shot and located the sufferer, Sharif Richards, subsequent to his crashed motorized vehicle with a gunshot wound to his chest. Richard finally died of the gunshot wound.
Police subsequently carried out an intensive video canvass of cameras within the space to trace the sufferer’s actions earlier than the taking pictures, which led to the invention of the defendant’s 2015 Nissan on East 78th Avenue between Farragut Highway and Glenwood Highway, with a person and a girl within the car, Gonzalez alleges, citing the investigation. The girl within the car allegedly exits it and walks down the block the place she met up with Richards, who’s in his 2007 Infiniti.
The video additionally allegedly reveals the girl, later decided to be Regis-Ash’s girlfriend, co-defendant Amari Harvey, get into the car and a minute later Regis-Ash carrying a hoodie and a masks, is seen leaning into Richards car in an alleged try and rob him. He shoots Richards within the chest and Richards drives off and crashes a couple of blocks away, the district legal professional’s workplace mentioned, citing the investigation.
Harvey, 24, of Brooklyn, was arrested at John F. Kennedy Airport on Jan. 5, 2022, as she tried to board a flight to Trinidad and Tobago. She is charged with second-degree homicide, second-degree legal possession of a weapon, and first-degree tried theft and is being held on $1million money bail or $2 million bond.
“The brutal ambush and murder of 18-year-old Sharif Richards in Canarsie was a heinous act of violence that shattered a young life and devastated a family,” Gonzalez said. “By extraditing the alleged perpetrator from Trinidad and Tobago, we reaffirm our unwavering commitment to ensuring that this kind of callous disregard for human life is met with the full force of justice.”
Lawyer data for each Regis-Ash and Harvey was not instantly identified.
