Defendant: Sheppard Adeghe (DOB 07/25/85)

Oct. 18, 2018 -- Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced that Sheppard Adeghe of Yonkers was sentenced to 20 years in state prison for Manslaughter in the First Degree, a B violent felony, in the shooting death of Elias Flores. County Court Judge Barry Warhit presided.

Background
On Aug. 10, 2016, at approximately 7:15 p.m., a car drove into the emergency room area at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Yonkers. The victim, who was suffering from a gunshot wound, was dropped off and later pronounced dead. An autopsy by the medical examiner determined the cause of death to be a single bullet that passed through the victim’s arm and entered his chest.

Detectives from the Yonkers Police Department located the car that transported the victim to the hospital. Bloodstains were found in the backseat. Two days later, Aug. 12, 2016, Adeghe applied for and was issued an emergency United States passport. That same day he boarded an international flight to Amsterdam, The Netherlands. From there, he flew to Edinburgh, Scotland.

In the course of their investigation, Yonkers detectives obtained information leading to the identification of the defendant, placing Adeghe on Poplar Street at the time the victim was shot and just before his arrival at the hospital.

On Aug. 26, 2016, Yonkers Police received a tip Adeghe was in Edinburgh. On Sept. 1, 2016, police in Scotland executed a Federal warrant and detained the defendant. Extradition proceedings were commenced which resulted in Adeghe’s return to the United States with the assistance of the United States Department of State and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Assistant District Attorneys Julia Cornachio and Brian Bendish of the Superior Court Trial Division prosecuted the case.

police photo of Sheppard Adeghe

Sheppard Adeghe

 In compliance with the Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 3.6, you are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

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