A Lindhurst man is underneath arrest within the stabbing dying of a CVS retailer worker on Christmas evening.
Suffolk Police introduced Friday that 43-year-old John Pilaccio was taken into custody and booked for second-degree homicide.
The sufferer, Edeedson Cine Jr. was not scheduled to work on Thursday’s vacation, however he was referred to as in to fill a shift on the CVS retailer in Lindenhurst. His household stated he went to work keen, as he all the time did.
However the 23-year-old, who had labored on the retailer for nearly a 12 months, would by no means come residence.
Police stated he was stabbed to dying contained in the pharmacy on Montauk Freeway simply earlier than 7 p.m.
“It appeared that this poor child went to work on Christmas, he was…assaulted whereas working behind the counter on the retailer,” stated Suffolk County Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina.
Earlier than the arrest was made, Catalina had referred to as out CVS and its insurance policies for not instantly releasing video from inside the shop to detectives.
“The video shouldn’t have been held for 18 minutes not to mention 18 hours, so it’s been fairly irritating,” stated Catalina. “Fairly frankly, that has hampered our means to make an arrest on this investigation. I’m shocked and appalled by it.”
In response, CVS stated that the video requested by Suffolk County police was despatched to them at 12:30 p.m. Friday.
“It took fairly a little bit of time to tug and package deal within the particular method they requested for. We requested they affirm receipt and talent to view, however haven’t but heard again,” a spokesperson for the corporate advised NBC New York.
With out video from inside the shop, the police commissioner stated detectives labored via the evening, talking with witnesses and canvassing for video at places exterior the CVS, which led them to a “particular person of curiosity” and the eventual arrest.
“Primarily based on the particular person of curiosity and his background, I can solely assume he was within the retailer for nefarious causes and it’s doable the confrontation was because of that. However it’s early within the investigation,” Catalina stated.
Pilaccio was arraigned Saturday in Central Islip.
