Crime & Safety
City Man Gets 2½-Year Minimum for for Melee
Joesyan Miranda was at the scene when 2 were shot in Marvine-Pembroke in March, but DA cannot prove he was part of conspiracy to kill.
A Bethlehem man who was accused of playing a role in a March incident in which two people, including a woman , were shot, was sentenced to 2½ to nine years in prison, according to published reports.
Charges of conspiracy to commit homicide and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault were dropped against Joesyan Miranda, 23, of 375 Hamilton Ave. The Northampton County District Attorney did not have enough evidence to make those charges stick, according to The Express Times.
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Nonetheless, Miranda did plead guilty to aggravated assault for pulling out a box cutter during a March 20 melee in the city’s Marvine-Pembroke section.
The fight began when Miranda and Robinson Moyo-Torres confronted a teenager who was revving an engine. The teen reportedly knocked Moyo-Torres out with a punch to the face.
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Moyo-Torres and Miranda then left the scene at 1203 Randolf Road, but later returned with a shotgun, which Moyo-Torres allegedly fired into the crowd, hitting two victims but not seriously injuring them.
Moyo-Torres is currently scheduled to go on trial in November.
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