Bouncer Sentenced to 50 Years to Life in Prison

A Brooklyn bouncer convicted of killing two men in 2005 received a sentence of 50 years to life yesterday after his violent acts led to a crackdown on nightlife security in Manhattan clubs, the Brooklyn district attorney, Charles Hynes, said. The bouncer, Stephen Sakai, was convicted of killing Wayne Tyson, 57, who the district attorney said was a patron of a strip club along Second Avenue in Brooklyn, Sweet Cherry. The club, where Sakai had worked security, was later shut down. Sakai was also convicted of killing Edwin Mojica, a coworker at a nightclub in Manhattan, Opus 22, the district attorney said. Sakai has been acquitted of a third murder, that of Irving Matos, another Sweet Cherry bouncer, but is due to go on trial for a fourth murder also linked to Opus 22.