Defendant Pleaded Guilty To Murder
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has pleaded
guilty to second-degree Murder for fatally shooting a man he was fighting with and will be
sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.
District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant escalated a senseless brawl, causing the
death of a man who lingered in pain from his injuries for over a month. We hope this sentence
serves as a reminder that we will not tolerate gun violence and will continue to work to make
our community safer.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Frank Ellis, 50, pleaded guilty today to
second-degree Murder before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Alvin Yearwood and will be
sentenced to 15 years to life in prison on March 28, 2018.
According to the investigation, on November 7, 2014, inside a store at 2019 Vyse Ave.,
the defendant was involved in an argument with Candido Lopez, 52. The defendant punched
Lopez, left the store and returned a short time later with a firearm. Ellis fired two shots,
striking Lopez, and fled. Lopez died of his injuries five weeks later on December 9, 2014.
Ellis, who is a mandatory persistent felon, was arrested on April 17, 2015.
District Attorney Clark thanked Detectives Lincoln Archambeau of the 48th Precinct and
Sean O’Leary of the Bronx Homicide Squad, as well as Assistant District Attorney Tala
Nazareno of Trial Bureau 20 for their assistance in the case.
