A Manhattan grand jury has indicted two teenagers in the December stabbing death of a 17-year-old boy who immigrated to New York City from Venezuela with his family and was attacked on the street in the Financial District, according to prosecutors and court records.
The defendants are accused of assaulting Yeremi Colina during an argument near John and Nassau streets just before 8 p.m. on Dec. 5, 2024. An indictment unsealed in Manhattan Supreme Criminal Court on Wednesday charges one of them with murder in the second degree and both of them with gang assault.
Their listed attorneys did not immediately respond to calls seeking comment Thursday morning. A spokesperson for the Manhattan district attorney’s office said the teen charged with murder, who is 17, was remanded back into custody after a court appearance Wednesday and has another court date next Tuesday. He was arrested Wednesday morning in Lower Manhattan, while his alleged 16-year-old accomplice was arrested there on Dec. 24, police said…