Mr. Maldonado, 55, was putting a lighter to papers and clothes, the police said. He had plunged the eight-inch knife into Ms. Irizarry more than two dozen times, breaking off the haft. Ms. Irizarry pleaded guilty in September 2015 to second-degree attempted assault, but was not sentenced to serve any time. In 2010, he pleaded guilty to selling pills he had obtained with Medicaid benefits to a black market drug dealer. “Moet loved Heaven,” Ms. Fleming said.

Source: New York Times November 08, 2016 01:07 UTC