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Kelvin Martinez Charges Dropped In The Fatal Stabbing Of Notti Osama
Charges Against 15-Year-Old Kelvin Martinez Dropped In The Fatal Stabbing Of 14-Year-Old Notti Osama
Criminal charges have been dropped in this summer’s fatal st**ng of a Yonkers 14-year-old on a Harlem subway platform.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office this month ended its manslaught*r case against Kelvin Martinez, a 15-year-old who stilled Ethan Reyes on July 9 at the 137th Street-City College train station.
A spokeswoman for the office said Thursday that prosecutors were not confident they could disprove beyond a reasonable doubt that Martinez was defending himself when he used his knife against Reyes. The decision was based on factors that included witness interviews and video surveillance, she said.
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Police had initially said they were charging Martinez with second-degree needer but prosecutors only filed a charge of first-degree man*hter. As early
as Martinez’ arraignment that week the prosecutor expressed reservations about the case and said investigators were looking into the teenager’s claims of self-defense and that he had been assaulted by associates of Reyes in the weeks leading up to the Strewing.
Court records in the case are sealed as a result of the dismissal and it was unclear who represented Martinez.
A call to the Legal Aid Society in Manhattan was not returned. Nobody was home at Reyes’ home in Yonkers Friday morning and his family could not immediately be reached.
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