Defendants Allegedly Choked And Hit Victim
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a man and a woman have
been indicted for Manslaughter and Criminally Negligent Homicide in the death of a Bronx man.
District Attorney Clark said, “The defendants allegedly acted together and caused the death
of the 37-year-old victim, Lawrence Leathers. They allegedly put him in a chokehold for an
extensive amount of time, and assaulted him. We will pursue justice for the victim and his loved
ones.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendants, Lisa Harris, 41, of 438 East 141st Street, and
Sterling Aguilar, 29, of 1216 East 34th Street, Brooklyn, were arraigned today on second-degree
Manslaughter and Criminally Negligent Homicide before Bronx Supreme Court Justice George
Villegas. Bail was continued at $5,000 bond/$3,000 cash. The defendants are due back in court
on October 3, 2019.
According to the investigation, on June 2, 2019, the defendants, who are friends, and the
victim were at the Mott Haven apartment Leathers shared with Harris, with whom he was in a
relationship. A fight allegedly began between Leathers and Harris, and Aguilar allegedly put
Leathers in a chokehold for about 30 minutes while Harris sat on the victim’s chest and allegedly
punched him multiple times in the face. An autopsy revealed that the victim’s cause of death was
homicidal asphyxia with compression to the neck.
District Attorney Clark thanked NYPD Detectives
Sandy Polanco of the 40th Precinct Squad and Christine Reyes from Bronx Homicide for their
assistance in the investigation.
An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.
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