A New York man has been charged after authorities say he beat his wife's
would-be rapist to death with a tire iron.
Police initially recommended Mamadou Diallo be charged with manslaughter. But according to a charging document provided by the Bronx District Attorney's office, he was arraigned Tuesday on two counts of assault, criminal possession of a weapon and harassment.
Diallo, 61, was released without bail, according to Patrice M. O'Shaughnessy in the Bronx DA's office. He left the Bronx criminal courthouse Tuesday evening to cheers from a crowd of supporters, .
A grand jury will convene to determine whether there is enough evidence to indict Diallo, O'Shaughnessy said.
Diallo returns to court June 27, according to the district attorney's office. He will be asked if he wants to testify before a grand jury.
Diallo told police he received a frantic phone call Monday night from his wife, saying a man was inside their Bronx apartment and was attempting to rape her.
Nenegale Diallo, 51, told investigators she was home with her cousin when she heard a knock on the door. When she opened it, a man forced his way inside, exposed himself and attempted to remove her clothing, she said.
The cousin came to her aide and attempted to help fight off the assault, according to a law enforcement source. The wife was able to break free of the suspect and used a cell phone to call her husband.
Mamadou Diallo raced home, took the elevator to the sixth floor and found Earl Nash, 43, in the hallway. Police say Diallo then attacked Nash and beat him severely.
When police arrived, Nash was unresponsive and had suffered severe trauma to his head and body. He was taken to Lincoln Hospital, where he later died from his injuries, according to the NYPD.
Sources said that Nash left the apartment and got into the elevator as the woman's husband was coming to her aid. The woman pointed out Nash to her husband, and sources said the husband swung what appeared to be a tire iron at Nash.
The pair then scuffled, sources said. Nash allegedly whipped the woman's husband with a belt, and the husband in turn bashed Nash in the head and body with the tire iron.
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One of the blows appeared to fracture the left side of Nash's skull, and the man was pronounced dead on arrival to Lincoln Hospital.
The couple's son said he saw his mother and aunt being attacked.
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"He started beating on my mother and my aunt, and they started fighting back," said the son, Abdul Diallo. "He tried to rip their clothes off and he tried to sexually harass them."
He added, "I ran upstairs and saw the guy was in the elevator and he was bleeding, and my mother was sweating, her clothes were off. I didn't know what to think."
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The husband's family defended him Tuesday morning, claiming he was trying to protect his wife.
"I think he tried to do the best to defend his wife," said Mamadou Diallo, the brother of the husband, also named Mamadou Diallo. "Right now, it's very sad. I never know him to harm anything."
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"I don't expect anything less," said son Abdul Diallo. "I would do the same thing."
Diallo was led out of a police station in handcuffs late Tuesday afternoon and made his first appearance in court later in the evening. He pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges.
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He was released on his own recognizance, and prosecutors didn't put up much of an argument. Some strangers outside the court cheered when he walked out, saying they'd heard about the case and that he should not have been arrested.
The district attorney's office said Wednesday the manslaughter charges were dropped because the medical examiner has not yet determined a cause of death for Nash.
Police initially recommended Mamadou Diallo be charged with manslaughter. But according to a charging document provided by the Bronx District Attorney's office, he was arraigned Tuesday on two counts of assault, criminal possession of a weapon and harassment.
Diallo, 61, was released without bail, according to Patrice M. O'Shaughnessy in the Bronx DA's office. He left the Bronx criminal courthouse Tuesday evening to cheers from a crowd of supporters, .
A grand jury will convene to determine whether there is enough evidence to indict Diallo, O'Shaughnessy said.
Diallo returns to court June 27, according to the district attorney's office. He will be asked if he wants to testify before a grand jury.
Diallo told police he received a frantic phone call Monday night from his wife, saying a man was inside their Bronx apartment and was attempting to rape her.
Nenegale Diallo, 51, told investigators she was home with her cousin when she heard a knock on the door. When she opened it, a man forced his way inside, exposed himself and attempted to remove her clothing, she said.
The cousin came to her aide and attempted to help fight off the assault, according to a law enforcement source. The wife was able to break free of the suspect and used a cell phone to call her husband.
Mamadou Diallo raced home, took the elevator to the sixth floor and found Earl Nash, 43, in the hallway. Police say Diallo then attacked Nash and beat him severely.
When police arrived, Nash was unresponsive and had suffered severe trauma to his head and body. He was taken to Lincoln Hospital, where he later died from his injuries, according to the NYPD.
Sources said that Nash left the apartment and got into the elevator as the woman's husband was coming to her aid. The woman pointed out Nash to her husband, and sources said the husband swung what appeared to be a tire iron at Nash.
The pair then scuffled, sources said. Nash allegedly whipped the woman's husband with a belt, and the husband in turn bashed Nash in the head and body with the tire iron.
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One of the blows appeared to fracture the left side of Nash's skull, and the man was pronounced dead on arrival to Lincoln Hospital.
The couple's son said he saw his mother and aunt being attacked.
Husband Beats Would-Be Rapist to Death: NYPD[NY] Husband Beats Would-Be Rapist to Death: NYPD
A Bronx man allegedly beat an attacker to death with what appeared to be a tire iron after the attacker tried to rape the man's wife, law enforcement sources told NBC 4 New York. Marc Santia reports (Published Tuesday, May 31, 2016)
"He started beating on my mother and my aunt, and they started fighting back," said the son, Abdul Diallo. "He tried to rip their clothes off and he tried to sexually harass them."
He added, "I ran upstairs and saw the guy was in the elevator and he was bleeding, and my mother was sweating, her clothes were off. I didn't know what to think."
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The husband's family defended him Tuesday morning, claiming he was trying to protect his wife.
"I think he tried to do the best to defend his wife," said Mamadou Diallo, the brother of the husband, also named Mamadou Diallo. "Right now, it's very sad. I never know him to harm anything."
Husband Beats Would-Be Rapist to Death: NYPD[NY] Husband Beats Would-Be Rapist to Death: NYPD
A man trying to rape a woman in a Bronx apartment building was beaten to death by her husband, police said. Katherine Creag reports. (Published Tuesday, May 31, 2016)
"I don't expect anything less," said son Abdul Diallo. "I would do the same thing."
Diallo was led out of a police station in handcuffs late Tuesday afternoon and made his first appearance in court later in the evening. He pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges.
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He was released on his own recognizance, and prosecutors didn't put up much of an argument. Some strangers outside the court cheered when he walked out, saying they'd heard about the case and that he should not have been arrested.
The district attorney's office said Wednesday the manslaughter charges were dropped because the medical examiner has not yet determined a cause of death for Nash.
