Defendant Convicted of Killing Former Employee’s Husband in Money Dispute
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Westchester man has been
sentenced to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting a man outside his restaurant in the Allerton
section of the Bronx over a money dispute.
District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant, a restaurant owner, shot his former employee’s
husband when they went to pick up her paycheck. The defendant took a life because of a
disagreement over money. He will now spend many years in prison for his actions.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Kenton Connerly, 52, of Port Chester, N.Y., was
sentenced today to 20 years in prison and five years’ post-release supervision by Bronx Supreme
Court Justice Alvin Yearwood. The defendant was found guilty by a jury of first-degree
Manslaughter and two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon on December 13, 2019.
According to the investigation, on the evening of September 29, 2017, the victim, Lorenzo
Daley, 29, went to the defendant’s restaurant, “Simply Seafood” located on 2542B White Plains
Road, with his wife, a former employee, to retrieve her paycheck. An altercation erupted between
Connerly and Daley, and Daley and his wife stepped outside of the restaurant and the defendant
followed with a gun. Connerly pistol-whipped Daley in the head and the firearm went off once,
striking the victim in the neck. Daley was taken to Jacobi Medical Center where he was
pronounced dead a couple of hours after the incident.
District Attorney Clark thanked Laura Ramirez, Advocate
in her Crime Victims Assistance Unit, and NYPD Detective Robert Cintron of the 49th Precinct
for their assistance in the case.
