Orlando Orea, 32, who allegedly stabbed 25-year old soccer coach Michael Jones in Greenwich Village yesterday, has fled to Mexico City; escaping police arrest. Michael purchased a one-way ticket in cash to the U.S. neighboring country.
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U.S. authorities are currently working on extraditing Orlando.
As reported by the NY Post:
“The flight was supposed at 12:35 a.m. but was delayed for about three hours before it finally took off, sources said.
Authorities were checking surveillance video cameras from the airport to see if any of them show the killer fleeing.
If he’s caught, Mexico will allow his extradition to the US as long as he doesn’t face the death penalty, one source said. New York does not have the death penalty.
The suspect has three previous arrests. In March 2001, he was arrested for stabbing three people in Queens, sources said. That arrest record was sealed for reasons not clear. He was busted twice in 2003 in Nassau County, for assault and criminal contempt.
Cops managed to identify him after a West Village bartender told them he was a regular at the worker’s bar, Bunga’s Den on West 14th Street, and frequented a local tattoo parlor, sources said.”
Orlando has been able to run, but will he be able to hide? We’re hoping that he will be brought to justice!
SOURCE: NY Post
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