TRENTON NEW JERSEY MAN FOUND GUILTY OF THE EXECUTION STYLE MURDER OF A 20-YEAR-OLD MAN
" Akmal Alvaranga Has Been Found Guilty On All Counts Of The Robbery & Murder In The Shooting Death Of Danny Diaz-Delgado."
June 19, 2022 11:32 A.M. ET By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
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TRENTON, NJ.- On Thursday, June 16, 2022, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri announced that a Mercer County Jury has found a 34-Year-Old Trenton, New Jersey man Guilty for Murdering a 20-Year-Old man, who was trying to purchase a PlayStation 4 for his younger brother.
On Thursday, June 16, 2022, A Mercer County Jury returned Guilty Verdicts on Akmal Alvaranga, 34, of Trenton on Charges of Murder; Felony Murder; Kidnapping; Robbery; Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose; and Unlawful Possession of a Weapon.
On March 24, 2018, at approximately 2:00 p.m., Members of The Hamilton Police Department responded to the Corner of Sixth Avenue and Assunpink Boulevard on a report of an Unconscious and Unresponsive man near the Canal.
Upon arrival, Police Officer located a male victim, later identified as Danny Diaz-Delgato, 20, lying face down and unresponsive with his hands tied behind his back and his face bound in tape, having sustained Multiple Gunshot Wounds to his Body, Head and Leg.
During a three week trial before Mercer County Superior Court Judge Darlene J. Peretska. Mercer County Assistant Prosecutor Rachel Cook presented evidence and testimony that Mr. Alvaranga and Co-Defendant Rufus Thompson lured Mr. Diaz-Delgato to an alley in Trenton under the belief that he was purchasing a PlayStation 4 for his younger brother.
The to men Kidnapped Mr. Diaz-Delgato at Gunpoint, Bound and Gagged him, and then held him in a Trenton Garage for numerous hours before driving him to Hamilton and Shooting him Nine Times.
Mr. Thompson previously Pleaded Guilty to The Murder of Mr. Diaz-Delgato and is serving a Forty Five Year New Jersey State Prison Sentence. Mr Alvaranga is Scheduled to be Sentenced on September 1, 2022. Mr. Alvaranga faces Life in Prison on the Murder Charge and Consecutive Prison Sentence of Fifteen to Thirty Years on the Kidnapping Charge as well as other Terms on the Robbery and Weapons Convictions.
" The State is grateful that the jury was able to review the overwhelming evidence in this case and come to a swift and just verdict," Assistant Prosecutor Cook said. " By all accounts, Danny was a remarkable person who was a great friend, loving brother, and devoted son. Tragically, Danny's young life was cut short after crossing paths with the defendant. While we can never get Danny back, it is our hope that his loved ones can find some comfort in today's verdict."
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