The shelf stocker acquitted of the lethal stabbing of an unhinged shoplifter at a Midtown CVS was relieved Friday when he had his file lastly cleaned.
“I’m formally a free man proper now,” a smiling Scotty Enoe instructed The Submit after a decide tossed his remaining weapons cost, a low-level rap for having brass knuckles in his pocket, throughout a Manhattan Supreme Court docket listening to.
Jurors at a July trial took simply 20 minutes to acquit Enoe, 48, of manslaughter for fatally knifing Charles Brito inside the shop at Broadway and West forty ninth Road.
Enoe testified that he was merely defending himself from a “loopy” thief who had punched him repeatedly and threatened his co-workers.
However the jury nonetheless convicted Enoe of legal possession of a weapon within the fourth diploma.
The Grenada-born shelf stocker, a lawful everlasting resident, may have had his inexperienced card revoked and been deported had the misdemeanor rap caught, in keeping with his lawyer.
The Manhattan DA’s Workplace — which had charged Enoe for the brass knuckles though he didn’t use them within the deadly wrestle — in the end agreed to toss the weapon possession depend.
Decide Curtis Farber signed off on the settlement Friday, and formally dismissed what was left of the case.
“There is no such thing as a motive to imagine that Mr. Enoe is a hazard to society,” Farber stated from the bench, earlier than wishing Enoe luck.
Enoe, who had by no means been arrested earlier than the July 2023 episode, stated after the listening to that he deliberate to return to his job working six days per week stocking cabinets for the beverage distributor Large Geyser.
His employers had helped pay to free him on $100,000 bail after he spent per week on Rikers Island after his arrest. He was launched below strict circumstances, together with an ankle bracelet and a nightly curfew.
“I’m simply attempting to stay my life,” Enoe instructed The Submit Friday. “I’m not in search of bother.”
After July’s swift acquittal, Enoe and his lawyer, Frank Rothman, blasted Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg for bringing the case in any respect. Enoe had confronted as much as 25 years in jail if convicted of manslaughter.
Rothman stated Friday he was glad that prosecutors ultimately agreed to toss the remaining cost.
“It took them lengthy sufficient, however I’m relieved that they lastly did the best factor,” he instructed The Submit.
