BRONX MAN IS SENTENCED IN ABSENTIA TO TWENTY YEARS IMPRISONMENT

Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced today that 32 year-old Robisson Santos, of the Bronx, has been sentenced in absentia, to a term of twenty years imprisonment for the December 2002 stabbing of two Bronx auto-mechanics.

A jury found Santos, of 4030 Carpenter Avenue, guilty last month of one count of Assault in the 1st degree, a class “B” felony offense, and 1 count of Attempted Assault in the 1st degree, a class “C” felony offense. Santos, who was free on $10,000 bail, fled once he heard that the jury had reached a verdict. A bench warrant was issued for his arrest.

State Supreme Court Justice Harold Silverman sentenced Santos to concurrent terms of twenty years imprisonment on the charge of Assault in the 1st degree, and fifteen years imprisonment on the charge of Attempted Assault in the 1st degree.

The incident occurred on December 14, 2002, when the defendant became enraged over not finding a parking spot in a garage located at 2355 Webster Avenue. Santos, while still sitting in his vehicle with a passenger, began arguing with Yumarbis Hernandez, 26 and Elvin Mirabel, 33, and attempted to hit Mirabel with his car. When Mirabel jumped out of the path of the oncoming car, Santos jumped out of the vehicle with a knife in his hand and began to attack Mirabel, who had fallen to the ground. Mirabel was stabbed six times in the legs while trying to kick the knife out of the defendant’s hand. After stabbing Mirabel, Santos ran behind Hernandez, who was holding the unidentified passenger, and stabbed Hernandez in the back, perforating his colon. Hernandez suffered permanent injuries requiring multiple surgeries and is currently disabled.
Santos and the unidentified passenger fled. Police impounded the vehicle, which was left behind, and arrested Santos a few hours later when he attempted to recover the impounded car.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Troy A. Smith.