According to the Bronx District Attorney, Darcel D. Clark, a Rikers Island Inmate, was charged today with second-degree Attempted Murder as he stabbed another detainee in the back and chest, resulting in life-threatening injuries, which required open-heart surgery.
Details of the Case
District Attorney Clark stated that the brutal attack was recorded on video, showing the defendant stabbing the victim several times with a knife-like plexiglass. The Department of Correction Officers on duty immediately stopped him before he killed the victim. Unfortunately, the attack allegedly caused life-threatening injuries that landed the victim in the hospital.
He further revealed that the defendant, Shane Delisle, age of 25, was charged with second-degree Attempted Murder. He was also arraigned for two-count second-degree Assault, two-count first-degree Promoting Prison Contraband, two-count fourth-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon, and third-degree Assault.
He was indicted on a two-count second-degree Promoting Prison Contraband and has been remanded and is expected to be back in court on May 14, 2024. The case was brought before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Brenda River.
Highlights of the Investigations
The investigation revealed that at about 8:43 pm on December 20, 2023, at the George R. Vierno Center, the defendant, purportedly a member of the Gorilla Stone Bloods, allegedly stabbed Charles Satterwhite, another inmate, who was reportedly a member of the same group. Delisle stabbed Satterwhite in the chest and back with a seven-inch knife-like plexiglass.
Fortunately, Correction Officers were able to stop the defendant using pepper spray. Two plexiglasses were allegedly taken from Delisle’s cell during a search following the incident. The victim was immediately rushed to Elmhurst Hospital, where an open-heart surgery was performed on him. It is believed that both the defendant and the victim knew each other before the unfortunate incident.
Major Case Assistant District Attorney, Jeffrey Davis, from the Rikers Island Prosecution Bureau prosecuted the case with the supervision of the Deputy Chief of the Rikers Island Prosecution Bureau, Jose Arocho, and the Chief of the Rikers Island Prosecution Bureau, Francis Alberts. The case was under the overall supervision of the Deputy Chief of the Investigations Division, Denise Kodjo, and the Chief of the Investigations Division, Wanda Perez-Maldonado.
District Attorney Clark commended Trial Preparation Assistant of the Rikers Island Prosecution Bureau, Roderick Kelly, and Tashana Phelps, BXDA Senior Rackets Investigator, for their help in the case. He also appreciated Investigators Cecil Philips, Nathaniel Williamson, and Paul Smith from the NYC Department of Correction Intelligence Bureau, and NYC Department of Correction Officer Omari Townsend for their assistance in the investigation.
