Reader photo from June 23, 2024
A June 2024 stabbing spree that shocked neighbors and reignited calls for a safer 14th Street/First Avenue corridor moved closer to its legal conclusion this week.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg Jr. announced yesterday that Alejandro Piedra, 31, pleaded guilty to Murder in the Second Degree, Attempted Murder in the Second Degree and Assault in the Second Degree for the fatal stabbing of Clemson Cockfield, 38, and the wounding of two others in the East Village…