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Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Friday, April 4, that a Bronx man was sentenced to nine years in prison for attempted murder in the second degree for stabbing a man in the head.
Clark said, “The defendant got onto a bus and attacked a man by stabbing him in the head. A trivial argument about holding open a door had far-reaching and devastating effects.”
Clark said in addition to the 9 years in prison, Dayshawn Bannister, 29, of The Bronx was sentenced to five years post release supervision by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Cynthia Isales. She said Bannister pleaded guilty to attempted murder in the second degree, first-degree assault, and second-degree gang assault on Feb. 6.
Clark said the defendant was sentenced to nine years in prison for each charge which will run concurrently. She said his co-defendant, Destiny Bryant pleaded guilty to third-degree assault on March 20, and was sentenced to a conditional discharge, to include a period of community service.
According to the investigation, on Feb. 15, 2024, at around 8.25 a.m., Bryant got into a dispute with Cheddie Defrietis, 38, over an apartment door not being held open at 869 East 147th Street in the Mott Haven section of The Bronx. Shortly after, Bryant followed Defrietis to a bus stop and called her boyfriend, who in turn called his brother, Dayshawn Bannister. Bannister got on the bus and ordered passengers to get off. He asked a passenger, Peter Crosby, 35, if he knew Defrietis before stabbing him in the head, puncturing his brain.
The case was prosecuted by Supervisor Alessandra Ambrosi, and Kevin Griffin, former senior investigative assistant district attorney of the Special Investigations Bureau, under the supervision of Craig Cecchini, chief of the Special Investigations Bureau, and under the overall supervision of Denise Kodjo, deputy chief of the Investigations Division, and Wanda Perez-Maldonado, chief of Investigations Division.
Clark thanked NYPD Detective Brian Destefano of the 40th Precinct Squad for his work in the investigation.
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