Gibbering sicko David Mazariegos smiled and laughed Thursday as prosecutors revealed he admitted to beating a beloved churchgoing Italian man to loss of life for no purpose – chillingly telling cops he took his harmless sufferer’s “spirit.”
The seemingly deranged 25-year-old menace was arraigned in Brooklyn Prison Court docket on a first-degree homicide cost for his alleged cruel assault on Nicola Tanzi, 64, close to the Jay Road-MetroTech station Tuesday afternoon.
Senior Assistant District Lawyer Sapna Kishnani outlined horrific new particulars concerning the savage beating — a few of which got here instantly from Mazariegos’ damaged tooth-filled mouth.
“Police interviewed the defendant and he confessed to beating the sufferer, robbing him, and ‘taking his spirit,’ as he put it,” Kishnani instructed the court docket.
Mazariegos allegedly punched Tanzi within the face at a safety gate in Jay Road-MetroTech station, close to the place the safety guard had labored for 15 years, the prosecutor mentioned.
“He then proceeded to stomp on the sufferer not as soon as, not twice, however over and over and over even whereas the sufferer’s physique was completely limp,” Kishnani mentioned. “The sufferer was utterly unconscious and but the defendant continued to stomp on his physique.”
The mindless onslaught left Tanzi with a cranium fracture, a crushed nasal bone and a number of different accidents to his face, the prosecutor mentioned.
He died just a few hours later.
Mazariegos allegedly then rummaged by Tanzi’s pockets, stealing debit and bank cards that he used to purchase a samurai sword, Kishnani mentioned.
Each the sword and bank cards had been discovered on Mazariegos when police arrested him in Occasions Sq., prosecutors mentioned.
The harrowing particulars outlined by Kishnani additionally included the revelation that Mazariegos, of The Bronx, had a historical past of prison circumstances being dismissed due to his psychological well being.
“Given the horrific nature of the case as I’ve simply outlined it, the truth that this defendant is dealing with life with out parole and the defendant’s historical past that I’ve simply outlined we’re asking for remand,” Kishnani mentioned.
Mazariegos wore a tattered Tyvek go well with in the course of the listening to, which had much more holes than on Wednesday, when he flashed a sinister grin after a separate court docket listening to and disgustingly spat whereas being away carted by cops.
The deranged criminal’s protection lawyer didn’t ask for bail, however did request that Mazariegos obtain medical consideration.
Decide Philip Tisne remanded Mazariegos into custody with out bail.
— Extra reporting by Kyle Schnitzer and Joe Marino
