A New York Metropolis man needed for fatally capturing a Brooklyn teen is lastly dealing with costs practically 5 years after he fled to the Caribbean.
Anthony Regis-Ash, 24, was indicted for second-degree homicide in Brooklyn’s Supreme Courtroom Monday, two weeks after he was extradited from Trinidad and Tobago.
Regis-Ash — who used to stay in Brooklyn — is accused of gunning down 18-year-old Sharif Richards throughout a theft try on a Canarsie street in September 2021.
“The brutal ambush and murder [was] a heinous act of violence that shattered a young life and devastated a family,” stated Brooklyn District Legal professional Eric Gonzalez, whose workplace introduced the fees.
“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,” he added in a press release.
Regis-Ash was named as a suspect simply over a 12 months after the teenager’s physique was discovered with a gunshot wound to the chest and mendacity subsequent to his wrecked automotive.
He was recognized by means of safety footage from the night time of Richards’ homicide, which captured Regis-Ash’s girlfriend Amari Harvey, 24, waking as much as the car and climbing in.
Regis-Ash then approached the automotive carrying a masks and hoodie, and leaned into the window allegedly in a theft try.
The suspect then allegedly shot Richards within the chest, and the teenager drove off and crashed a number of blocks away, earlier than Harvey slipped out of the automotive and left the scene with Regis-Ash.
A warrant was put out for Regis-Ash’s arrest in October of the subsequent 12 months, however months earlier in June 2021 he had travelled to and remained in Trinidad and Tobago, in accordance with the US Embassy within the nation.
His girlfriend was arrested at JFK Airport in January 2022 earlier than she may board a flight to the island.
Regis-Ash was extradited on Dec. 22 and introduced again to the US by the Marshals Service.
Along with homicide, he faces costs of tried theft, and legal possession of a weapon.
He faces 25 years to life in jail, and is being held with out bail.
Harvey was additionally charged with homicide, tried theft, and legal possession of a weapon, and is being held on $1 million bail.
