Peekskill Barber Shop Employees Jailed in Stabbing Death
Two men were sentenced to prison terms on Thursday in connection with a November 23, 2012 fatal stabbing outside a barber shop on South Street in Peekskill.
Sunil Williams, 30, of the Bronx, was sentenced to 12 years in state prison, and Maurice Walker, 34, of Mount Vernon, was sentenced to two years in jail for the death of Alexander Rochester, 23, of the Bronx, who was found by Peekskill Police on the sidewalk at 629 South Street with multiple stab wounds to his chest. Rochester later died at Hudson Valley Hospital Center.
The incident stemmed from a prior dispute and occurred near the barber shop where Williams and Walker both worked. Williams was arrested the day of the stabbing. Walker was later charged after police reviewed surveillance video inside the barber shop.
Williams pled guilty last October to one count of manslaughter in the first degree, a Class B violent felony. Walker pled guilty at the same time to one count of assault in the second degree, a Class D violent felony, and one count of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, a Class D felony.
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