Prosecutor in Check-Cashing Case Awaits Autopsy
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The prosecutor in the case of two petty criminals who are accused of trying to cash a dead friend’s Social Security check said yesterday she was waiting for an autopsy report on how and when the man died.
An assistant district attorney, Courtney Groves, said she is waiting for the medical examiner’s report on the death of Virgilio Cintron, 66. She said a grand jury had not acted in the case of James O’Hare and David Daloia, both 65, but the investigation is continuing. Autopsy findings could help determine what charges the grand jury returns.
A Manhattan criminal court judge, Robert Mandelbaum, told Messrs. O’Hare and Daloia, who are free on $1,000 bail each, to return to court April 22
Both are charged with forgery, larceny, and improper handling of a body.
The two left Manhattan Criminal Court with a male acquaintance identified as “Joe.” On the street, an obviously ill Mr. O’Hare vomited several times.
Mr. O’Hare and Mr. Daloia were arrested Jan. 8 after they wheeled Cintron’s corpse down busy Ninth Avenue in an office chair to a check-cashing store and tried to cash his $355 Social Security check.
