Accused Syracuse murderer finds a way to pay $500,000 bond for freedom but there’s a catch
Updated May 04, 2021;
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Syracuse, NY A Syracuse man facing a murder charge found a bail bonds company to secure his freedom for $500,000 but first, he needed to make an unusual request of the judge.
Jariel Pinet, 19, is one of four people facing murder charges in the July 2020 murder of Draquan McDonald on the city’s North Side. He also faces a separate illegal weapons charge.
Pinet was a wanted man for several days in February after being indicted by a grand jury. He was eventually arrested.
4th suspect charged with murdering man, trying to kill woman on Syracuse’s North Side
Updated Feb 13, 2021;
Posted Feb 09, 2021
Members of the Syracuse Police Department investigate the shooting that killed Draquan McDonald on Park Street near the Wolf Street intersection on July 26, 2020.
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Syracuse, N.Y. A fourth person has been charged with shooting a man to death and trying to kill a woman last summer on Syracuse’s North Side.
Christopher Ayala-Pizarro, 22, has been indicted by an Onondaga County grand jury for killing Draquan McDonald near Washington Square Park. When he was indicted, Ayala-Pizarro was already in the Onondaga County Justice Center on charges accusing him of firing a gun at a crowd on the Near West Side in May 2020.