Victim Beaten After He Tried To Stop Group From Stealing Merchandise
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been
sentenced to three years in prison for participating in a brutal gang assault against a street vendor
in May 2017.
District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant and five others viciously beat the victim in front
of his wife and children in broad daylight on a busy Bronx street. The attack left the victim in a coma
with life-altering injuries and, although more than a year has passed, the victim continues to attend
rehab. I hope this sentence brings some justice for him and his family.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Enrique Foote, 19, of 2726 Cruger Avenue, was
sentenced today by Bronx Supreme Court Justice April Newbauer to three years in prison and three
years post-release supervision. The defendant pleaded guilty to second-degree Assault on
September 6, 2018. Another defendant, William Burgess, was sentenced on June 8, 2018 to four
years in prison for his role in the attack. Charges against the other four defendants are still pending.
According to the investigation, on May 2, 2017, at the corner of 149
th Street and Third
Avenue, the defendant and five other men repeatedly struck Souleymane Porgo, 53, a street
vendor, after he tried to stop one of them from stealing some of his merchandise. The victim
was beaten to the ground and left in critical condition with multiple facial fractures. Porgo required
multiple surgeries for swelling and bleeding in his brain and continues rehabilitative treatment.
District Attorney Clark thanked Detective Richard
Simplicio of the 40th Precinct Detective Squad.
