A man accused of gunning down a man in front of his 10-year-old daughter inside a Manhattan bodega nearly four years ago has been convicted of murder, prosecutors said Friday.
Nearly two years after a Bronx man slipped into an Upper East Side apartment before dawn and attacked the woman asleep inside, a judge has decided how long he will spend behind bars.
UPPER EAST SIDE, NY— A Bronx man was sentenced to 34 years in state prison for entering a woman’s Upper East Side apartment while she slept and raping her when she awoke to find him in her bed.
Nearly two years after a brutal early-morning rape and assault on the Upper East Side, convicted predator Donovan Murphy received a 34-year prison sentence Tuesday morning, as the prosecutor detailed his “inconceivably violent” actions in Manhattan Supreme Criminal Court.
“A jury has found Joseph Morros guilty of viciously and callously taking Tykeem Berry’s life in an intentional act of gun violence,” said District Attorney Bragg. “Instead of walking away, Joseph Morros robbed Mr. Berry’s family of a beloved father, son and friend. What is particularly heartbreaking about this incident is Mr. Berry’s young daughter witnessed his murder – a horrific trauma no child should ever have to endure. I thank the jury for their careful and thoughtful consideration of the evidence that led to this verdict.”
