Victim Suffered Punctured Lung, Permanent Nerve Damage
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced that a Bronx man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and five years post-release supervision after pleading guilty to Attempted Murder in the second-degree for stabbing of a 75-year-old woman in her apartment building.
District Attorney Clark said, “This defendant committed an especially brutal crime. For no reason he viciously attacked a 75-year-old woman in an elevator of her building. It is a miracle she survived. She is however still dealing with physical and emotional trauma two years later.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Edwin Rios, 40, of Waters Place, The Bronx, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison and 5 years post release supervision by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Alvin Yearwood. Rios pleaded guilty to Attempted Murder in the second-degree on June 1, 2026.
According to the investigation, at approximately 11:30 a.m. on March 31, 2024, the defendant stabbed the victim numerous times with a knife inside the elevator in her Morris Heights apartment building. The victim suffered lacerations to her face and head and a punctured lung. She spent two months in a nursing facility to recuperate from her injuries and has permanent nerve damage.
District Attorney Clark thanked NYPD Detective Jonathan Arteaga from the 46th Precinct Detective Squad, and Officer Brendan Thompson from the 46th precinct for their work on the case.
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