NEW CITY – A 20-year-old Garnerville man pled guilty in Rockland County Court on Wednesday to manslaughter in the shooting death of another man in the Town of Haverstraw on July 1, 2024.
Yandie Martinez was charged with killing Christian Alvarado, who he knew, over a disagreement at 4 p.m. on that date.
When sentenced in December, Martinez is expected to be sentenced to 20 years in state prison followed by five years of post-release supervision.
Surveillance from the area showed Alvarado initiated a fight in the street and then fled on foot. Martinez chased after the victim, who was able to get into his car. Buit as Alvarado drove away, Martinez fired several shots at the vehicle with a bullet piercing his lung and heart causing his death.
Video surveillance showed Martinez entered a nearby apartment, changed his clothes and with two others, fled the scene.
Following the incident, Martinez fled the jurisdiction, switched his phone and social media accounts to evade police.
Three weeks later, Martinez was
Located hiding out in an Airbnb in Piedmont, South Carolina, where he was taken into custody without incident.
He was extradited back to New York and committed to the Rockland County Jail.
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