Man who stabbed Peekskill High School student to death sentenced

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WHITE PLAINS – The Peekskill man who fatally stabbed a Peekskill teen in 2020 and subsequently attacked a fellow detainee at Westchester County Jail, has been sentenced to a lengthy prison term.

District Attorney Miriam Rocah said Jahliv Niles, 20, was sentenced to 20 years in state prison with five years of post-release supervision for killing 17-year-old Omarion McKenzie.

Niles was also sentenced on Thursday, September 2 to two years in prison with three years of post-release supervision for attacking a fellow detainee at the county jail in Valhalla.

Both prison sentences will run concurrently.

Niles had pled guilty on May 11 to manslaughter and assault.

The murder of McKenzie occurred on March 27, 2020 at about 11:15 in the morning.

Niles, who was 18 at the time, approached the victim on Howard Street in Peekskill and fatally stabbed him in the chest, stomach and back.

Niles fled the scene but was identified and arrested by Peekskill Police. The Westchester Department of Public Safety assisted in the investigation.

On May 19, 2020, Niles attacked another inmate at the county jail where he had been held since his arrest following the Peekskill incident.




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