A New York Metropolis landlord was reduce free in Bronx court docket Monday — and his half-brother was held on bail — after the pair allegedly beat a tenant to dying with a baseball bat following a dispute over unpaid hire, prosecutors mentioned.
The owner, 43-year-old Omar Lamoni, was launched on his personal recognizance with supervised launch — over the Bronx District Lawyer’s Workplace’s request that he be held on $100,000 money bail or $300,000 bond.
Lamoni’s half-brother Edwin Nina, 39, was ordered held on $10,000 money bail, or $20,000 bond.
Kristopher Samaroo, 30, was killed in a bloody beatdown with the brothers outdoors of his small brick dwelling on Throgs Neck Expressway Saturday night. There Nina confirmed up with a metal baseball bat, which he allegedly used to beat Samaroo to dying.
“[The landlord’s brother] goes straight to the trunk of his automobile, grabs a metal bat, runs up my steps to the entrance of my home, and begins wailing on my husband,” Samaroo’s fiancée, Brittney Shears informed Information 12.
“From there, my husband jumps on him. They fall down right here onto the bottom.”
Lamoni joined within the battle after that, she informed the outlet.
“They preserve saying that we’re not paying hire in the mean time, however that’s farther from the reality,” mentioned Shears. “[The landlord] accepts partial cost for hire as a result of they preserve reducing off my scorching water.”
Samaroo made it again inside after the pummeling whereas Shears known as 911, sources mentioned.
When police arrived, they discovered Samaroo with “trauma across the physique,” based on a NYPD spokesperson.
He was rushed to Jacobi Hospital, however succumbed to his accidents alongside the way in which.
Each brothers had been charged with second-degree assault, based on police. Lamoni was additionally charged with endangering the welfare of a kid, who was close by through the assault. It’s unclear if the kid had any connection to the boys.
The investigation stays ongoing.
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