Thursday, September 14, 2017

Beltway Boxer Faces First-Degree Murder Charges In 2009 Cold Case!

Prince George's County Police have charged 27-year-old Larry Recio with first degree murder and attempted first degree murder in the 2009 fatal shooting of a 19-year-old woman during a graduation party.

According to both WTOP Radio and WRC-TV, police say Recio opened fire on a group of men during a dispute.  The woman that was killed, Shai Caldwell of Bowie, MD, was not one of the intended victims. Three other people, also not intended victims, were injured.

Authorities say the break in the case came when the Cold Case Unit turned up additional witnesses and evidence that linked Recio with the shooting.

From October of 2013 to July of 2014, Recio, a native of Lanham, MD, was a super welterweight boxer known as "The Cuban Assassin."  Recio was undefeated as a pro at 7-0, five KO's.  Recio was also a prominent amateur.

Recio is currently an inmate at Hazelton Federal Correctional Institution, a medium-security prison in West Virginia after being sentenced to five years for a felony possession of illegally possessing a firearm, according to online court records.  Recio was arrested in May of 2015 after being spotted by a Prince George's County gang unit handling a gun.  Recio was previously convicted of a crime that had him spend a year in prison, making it illegal for him to have a gun.

Recio is scheduled to be released sometime in 2019 and extradited to Prince George's County where he will face charges in Caldwell's death.

1 comment:

nicole4u2day said...

Innocent until proven guilty!!