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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...er-directions-article-1.1804333#ixzz32f8Zf1yAA 16-year-old has been arrested for shooting a cabbie twice in the back of the head when the driver didn’t follow directions
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A 16-year-old has been arrested for shooting a cabbie twice in the back of the head when the driver didn't follow directions,
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Aazis Richardson admitted as much to a horde of reporters as officers in Scranton led him down a hallway at police department headquarters. "That's what I do to people that don't listen," the handcuffed suspect said,
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The teen was charged with murder and robbery on Friday and is being held at the Lackawanna County Prison without bail.
When reporters asked Richardson if he killed the cab driver, 47-year-old Vincent Darbenzio, he replied "yeah," video of the perp walk shows.
Richardson was picked up by the driver at about 3 a.m. Friday, police said. When the driver
didn't follow his directions, the teen fired two shots to the back of Darbenzio's head.
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the shooter took $500 from Darbenzio's pocket and fled.
Richardson was found hiding in an attic, officers said. They found him by tracing the phone number used to call the cab.
Richardson also admitted he was a member of the BoyTon Boys gang in Newark, N.J., and is a suspect in a triple homicide there, police said.
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Aazis Richardson
http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/teen-arrested-in-scranton-cabbie-s-murder-1.1691340As detectives escorted Aazis Richardson from Scranton Police Headquarters Friday night, he gave a simple explanation for shooting a McCarthy Flowered Cab driver twice in the back of the head.
“That’s what I do to people that don’t listen.”
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Mr. Richardson was charged with first-, secondand third-degree murder, robbery and related counts. He remains in Lackawanna County Prison without bail.
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Queen’s “We Will Rock You” played on the hallway speakers as police led Mr. Richardson to a meeting room inside headquarters for his arraignment before Magisterial District Judge Joanne Corbett. As media swarmed around him, Mr. Richardson admitted to shooting the 47-year-old Mr. Darbenzio. Earlier Friday, he told police the cab driver was “taking the long way and ripping him off.”
Mr. Darbenzio picked Mr. Richardson up on Washburn Street about 3 a.m. and Mr. Richardson told detectives he asked to be let out near Valley View Terrace. It was there Mr. Richardson shot Mr. Darbenzio and stole $500 from his pockets before walking away.
He told police he threw the money in the woods near his 1011 Washburn St. home, but police have not found it.
“All homicides have a certain level of coldness,”
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“But this particular defendant exceeds all measurable levels of coldness.”
Police located Mr. Richardson after tracing his address from the phone number used to call for the cab.
Mr. Richardson claims he bought the 9mm handgun for $175 in Newark, N.J., where he said he is a member of the Boyton Boys set of the Bloods gang. Police found the weapon after the defendant continued to glance at a bag where he had stashed it in the attic.
He also claims to be a suspect in a triple homicide in Newark but had been released from jail.
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The cab was found shortly before 5 a.m. on Crown Avenue, just before the entrance to the housing project. The dispatcher had not heard from Mr. Darbenzio and sent another driver, Robert Ely, to check. The car was running and Mr. Darbenzio was hanging partway out the open door. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Mr. Darbenzio had just started working for the cab company on April 23.
Brian McCarthy said Friday he has never had a murder in the 18 years he has owned McCarthy Flowered Cabs. There have been assaults in the past and some of the cab drivers are armed while they work. Mr. Darbenzio was not
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Mr. McCarthy said the company has offered repeatedly over the years to install a divider between the driver and passenger as is common in larger cities. The drivers themselves rejected the idea.
Mr. Darbenzio’s killing is the second this year in Lackawanna County
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criminal complaint PDF
https://www.dropbox.com/s/w5ug2jyp8dlde36/Aazis Richardson criminal complaint.pdf