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2022-05-10 -Lurid Crime Tales-
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Bronx man said 'I wanted to kill them all!' after he plowed SUV into Times Square crowd killing girl, 18, and injuring 22 others, murder trial hears – as prosecutor insists driver knew exactly what he was doing
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Richard Rojas,
| ...an egregious case of attempted suicide by cop by a gentleman whose brief stint in the Navy did not cure the various problems he had before he enlisted, and twenty-three innocent bystanders paid for that fact... |
31, is on trial for killing an 18-year-old girl and injuring 22 others when he plowed an SUV through Times Square in 2017
- The trial is expected to take several months and include testimony from victims who suffered severe injuries
- Alyssa Elsman, 18, of Michigan, was killed. Her sister, Ava, 13, was injured
- Prosecutor Alfred Peterson told the jury in opening statements that it is 'impossible for him not to know exactly what was happening'
- After Rojas crashed his car, his first words to a traffic agent were, 'I wanted to kill them all,' the prosecutor said
- Defense attorney Enrico DeMarco said Rojas has a history of mental illness that made him unable to understand the consequences of his actions that day
- At the time, the U.S. Navy veteran told police after his arrest that he had been smoking marijuana laced with the hallucinogenic drug PCP before the incident
- Rojas pleaded not guilty at an arraignment in 2017 and has since been jailed at New York City's notorious Rikers Island jail complex
That’s five years. Whatever sentence he gets will have to include credit for time served, but at least while locked up he couldn’t try again, with the same consequences.
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