Garcia
WHITE PLAINS – A Yonkers man, who is charged with killing another man in August, was arraigned on three counts of murder, two counties of robbery and five counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
Westchester District Attorney Janet DiFiore said Joaquin Recinos Garcia, 27, and another man picked up the victim, Luis Blanco, 62, of Yonkers on August 19 in the City of Yonkers. Garcia told Blanco he could not pay money he owned him. When Blanco threatened to inform Garcia’s employer, Garcia became angry, brandishes screwdriver and demanded Garcia hand over all his valuables.
Garcia then proceeded to stab the victim several times. The other man in the back seat of the SUV then shot Blanco once in the back of the head and his body was dumped alongside the road. A jogger found it days later.
Garcia was arrested on September 18 and is in the Westchester county Jail without bail. If convicted, he could face 25 years to life in prison without parole.
