“This defendant allegedly entered his ex-girlfriend’s apartment to steal her stove which he was planning to sell in exchange for drugs,” Clark said. “His alleged disregard for the residents set in motion a chain of events that claimed the life of an innocent man, injured 11 others and has upended the lives of the residents.
The district attorney said the defendant, Samuel Calderon was arraigned Wednesday on a total of 17 charges, two counts of second-degree murder, four counts of first-degree assault, five counts of second-degree assault, first-degree burglary, second-degree burglary, third-degree burglary, first-degree reckless endangerment, second-degree criminal contempt and petit larceny before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Alvin Yearwood. She said he continues to be held in custody and is due back in court in May.
According to the investigation, shortly after midnight on Jan. 24, the defendant allegedly entered his ex-girlfriend’s apartment on the 13th floor of 3475 Bivona Street in the Boston Secor Houses, a NYCHA complex. Calderon allegedly removed the stove and by so doing caused a gas leak. The court heard that he is seen on video surveillance wheeling the stove down the hall on a dolly…