The decision by Bronx Supreme Court Judge Martin Marcus came as a blow to Arroyo’s family, friends and co-workers who’ve been waiting for justice since March 2017, when police say Jose Gonzalez ran down and killed the devoted EMT with her own ambulance in the Bronx.
Maria Garcia, 75, of Seffner, Fla., and Mara Garcia, 39, of Doral, Fla., knew the victim through their practice of Santeria and began looting her finances back in 2017, the Bronx District Attorney said.
Miguel Bonilla, 49, confessed he stabbed Juana Alvarez, 52, to death in the apartment they shared in July 2016, taking a break from his gory work to listen to music before he continued the bloody knifing.
Eric McKenzie, 56 locked up on strangulation charges in a Brooklyn domestic violence case became enraged when prisoner Jose Matias was too loud while McKenzie was trying to sleep around 4:40 p.m. Dec. 13, prosecutors said.