Defendants Beat Man Outside Bronx Restaurant, Left Him Brain Dead
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that three men and one woman
have been sentenced to prison for beating a man outside a restaurant in Kingsbridge in 2016.
The attack left the victim brain dead.
District Attorney Clark said, “The defendants savagely beat a Manhattan father of two as
he lay on the ground; stomping, kicking and punching him repeatedly. The victim’s family is
still reeling with the tragic death. I hope today’s sentence brings a sense of closure to the family
who lost their loved one in such a brutal way.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendants, Joel Hernandez, 26, Jenny Gutierrez, 25,
Kendall Guillory, 33, and Jariel Pichardo, 33, all of Manhattan, were sentenced to prison today
by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Robert Neary. Hernandez and Pichardo were sentenced to
eight years in prison and five years post-release supervision; Guillory was sentenced to seven
years in prison and five years post-release supervision; and Gutierrez was sentenced to six and
a half years in prison and five years post-release supervision. A jury found the defendants guilty
of first-degree Gang Assault on September 27, 2019.
According to the investigation, at about 4 a.m. on October 2, 2016, outside of the Parrilla
Latina restaurant on 5523 Broadway, the victim, Donnell Soto, 36, who was drinking alcohol at
the establishment before the incident, had an argument with Gutierrez. Security guards stopped
the dispute and Soto walked away. However, Gutierrez intensified the situation when she told
the other defendants to attack Soto. Gutierrez then hit Soto with her coat, and he pushed her in
return. Soto was then punched and fell to the ground. Video footage presented in court shows
the defendants punching, stomping and kicking Soto in the head
Soto was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital with severe head trauma and was declared brain
dead on October 4, 2016. He was taken off life support on October 20, 2016.
District Attorney Clark also thanked Detective Thomas Woods of the
50th Precinct and Detective Christine Reyes of Bronx Homicide for their assistance in the
investigation.
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