4 Men Indicted In Carjack Killing Of Bronx Cabbie, Aboubacar Bah
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) - Four men in their 20s have been indicted by a federal grand jury in the carjack killing of a Bronx cab driver.
The charge, carjacking with intent to cause death, carries a maximum sentence of life in prison or death. Prosecutors will decide later whether to seek the death penalty.
Arraignment was scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
The indictment names Takiem Ewing, Tyrone Felder, Kareem Martin and Tommy Smalls, all of the Bronx. They were arrested last month.
Smalls' lawyer said Smalls would plead not guilty. Lawyers for Felder and Ewing would not comment. Martin's attorney did not immediately return a call.
They are accused in the Aug. 12 killing of Aboubacar Bah. Prosecutors say they have video that shows Bah's body being dumped from his cab onto a Bronx street.
"We are sending a clear message to those that assault, hurt, fare beat and murder our drivers. If you commit the crime you will do the time," Fernando Mateo, spokesman for the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers, said in August. "We can now start the healing process knowing these thugs are off our streets. Drivers will work without fearing their next fare."
The complaints against all four suspects also link Bah's death with the fatal shooting of another cab driver, Maudo Kane, a week earlier. So far the suspects are only charged in Bah's death.
The U.S. attorney's office said Kane's death and two robberies in Yonkers also mentioned in the complaints are still being investigated.
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