Defendant Convicted of First-Degree Robbery After Jury Trial
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced that a Bronx man was sentenced to five years in prison and five years post release supervision on first-degree Robbery.
District Attorney Clark said, “The victim was stalked and then accosted by the defendant and his accomplice. The defendants placed a firearm into the victim’s back, struck him in the head and robbed him of $1,000.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Christian Garcia, 24, of Fulton Avenue, the Bronx was sentenced on June 13, 2025 to five years in prison and five years post release supervision for first-degree Robbery by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Seth Steed. Garcia was convicted after a jury trial on March 26, 2025. His co-defendant Levar Eddings, 40, of East 141st Street in the Bronx, was convicted in the same trial. Eddings will be sentenced at a later date.
According to the investigation, on April 14, 2023, the victim parked his car on Alexander Avenue in Mott Haven and while he was in a store the defendants slashed the tires of his vehicle. The victim drove to a tire shop at 383 Morris Avenue and while he waited for his car to be serviced, the defendants came up from behind with a firearm, assaulted him, and took his cash, approximately $1,000.
District Attorney Clark also thanked NYPD Detective Ivan Luciano of the 40th precinct Detective Squad for his work in the investigation.
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