Posted on Jul 28, 2015
"Teenager Charged with Murdering Army Veteran Just Hours After 18th Birthday"
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From: The Blaze
Just hours after his 18th birthday, police say a Rhode Island man fatally stabbed an Army veteran during an altercation.
Erico Montalvo is charged with the alleged murder of 26-year-old Colby Mendonca, a veteran who served in Afghanistan for two years. He is also being charged with assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly stabbing Mendonca’s friend during the scuffle.
According to WJAR-TV, a judge ordered Montalvo to be held without bail after the prosecutor in the case said the teenager had already confessed to the crime to police. Montalvo reportedly showed no emotion when he appeared in court on July 17 as his charges were read to him.
Police say the altercation occurred behind a Walgreens in Providence, Rhode Island during the early morning hours on July 11, according to WPRI-TV. Mendonca and his friend were allegedly attempting to buy alcohol from a bootlegger when their vehicle was struck by Montalvo’s.
“The guy gets out, starts stabbing his [Mendonca’s] best friend, so my cousin, like the hero he is, he gets out, pulls the guy off him, didn’t know he had a knife on him, and he proceeded to stab my cousin,” Kevin Martins, Mendonca’s cousin, told WJAR.
“This is not supposed to happen, you know?” Martins said. “I mean, he fought in a war, you know? He’s here on our soil. This is crazy. It’s ridiculous.”
According to the Providence Journal, Mendonca’s friend was left badly injured. Mendonca later died at a Rhode Island hospital, survived by his three-year-old daughter.
“This man went over there, gave up two years of his life,” a friend of Mendonca’s told WJAR. “Didn’t get to see his daughter crawl. Didn’t get to enjoy that moment. He comes back here and dies on our home soil. Our home soil. He didn’t deserve this. Nobody does.”
Mendonca was buried with full military honors the same day as Montalvo appeared before the judge in district court. Montalvo’s hearing is set for July 28.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/07/26/teenager-charged-with-murdering-army-veteran-just-hours-after-18th-birthday/
Just hours after his 18th birthday, police say a Rhode Island man fatally stabbed an Army veteran during an altercation.
Erico Montalvo is charged with the alleged murder of 26-year-old Colby Mendonca, a veteran who served in Afghanistan for two years. He is also being charged with assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly stabbing Mendonca’s friend during the scuffle.
According to WJAR-TV, a judge ordered Montalvo to be held without bail after the prosecutor in the case said the teenager had already confessed to the crime to police. Montalvo reportedly showed no emotion when he appeared in court on July 17 as his charges were read to him.
Police say the altercation occurred behind a Walgreens in Providence, Rhode Island during the early morning hours on July 11, according to WPRI-TV. Mendonca and his friend were allegedly attempting to buy alcohol from a bootlegger when their vehicle was struck by Montalvo’s.
“The guy gets out, starts stabbing his [Mendonca’s] best friend, so my cousin, like the hero he is, he gets out, pulls the guy off him, didn’t know he had a knife on him, and he proceeded to stab my cousin,” Kevin Martins, Mendonca’s cousin, told WJAR.
“This is not supposed to happen, you know?” Martins said. “I mean, he fought in a war, you know? He’s here on our soil. This is crazy. It’s ridiculous.”
According to the Providence Journal, Mendonca’s friend was left badly injured. Mendonca later died at a Rhode Island hospital, survived by his three-year-old daughter.
“This man went over there, gave up two years of his life,” a friend of Mendonca’s told WJAR. “Didn’t get to see his daughter crawl. Didn’t get to enjoy that moment. He comes back here and dies on our home soil. Our home soil. He didn’t deserve this. Nobody does.”
Mendonca was buried with full military honors the same day as Montalvo appeared before the judge in district court. Montalvo’s hearing is set for July 28.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/07/26/teenager-charged-with-murdering-army-veteran-just-hours-after-18th-birthday/
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Take this "kid", who has no respect for human life, and all the other "bastards" that have committed this type of offense, plus all other gang members to Iraq where they can kill all the ISIS members that they want. Maybe when they are there being beheaded, they'll learn what "life is all about"and how precious it is? Just a thought.
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SSgt Alex Robinson
Correct. He has no value to human life and proved it. It's sad. I wonder home much parental involvement he has in his formative years.
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CPT (Join to see)
Good question! SSgt Alex Robinson, That is the shame of it, in this day and age, probably very little
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Where is the NAACP? Where are Jackson and Sharpton? Come one gents if you're going to scream for rights you have to scream for everyone's rights.
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SFC (Join to see)
I am sure that you and I both could have a healthy debate on the issues of Jackson, Sharpton, and the NAACP. But I do not think that this is the forum to do that on. Especially since none of this was mentioned in the article that we are commenting on. Regardless of his race, the perpetrator was a POS. He hurt one of us, therefore I am hurting because of it.
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MSgt Curtis Ellis
I really don't think this is a black or white issue... It's more of two idiots making bad decisions which cost one of them their life... And besides, you and I both know that if there is not a band wagon to jump on, you won't see Sharpton around... lol!
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