Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Thursday, May 12, that a former New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) employee was sentenced to 12 years in prison for shooting a building superintendent multiple times after being written up for a job infraction.

 

According to the investigation, as detailed by the prosecution, on Jan. 6, 2020, inside Fort Independence Houses, a residential housing complex located at 3340 Bailey Avenue in the Kingsbridge Heights section of The Bronx, the defendant, Frankie Corchado, 48, who worked as a supervisor of caretakers, met with Charles Newton, the superintendent, along with a manager. Corchado was written up for an infraction. He left the building and later returned with a gun, kicked open the office door of the victim, Newton, and shot him once in the leg and once in the chest.

 

After the victim fell to the ground, Corchado shot him again in the abdomen and fired another shot, hitting the victim’s foot. He attempted to shoot Newton at least two additional times during the attack, but the gun didn’t fire after the trigger was pulled. Newton was shot a total of four times.

 

He was treated at Saint Barnabas Hospital, undergoing several surgeries to remove bullet fragments from his abdomen. He also suffered from a collapsed lung and had a rod inserted into his leg. A bullet remains lodged in one of his legs, along with fragments in one of his feet.

 

In the context of the sentencing, Clark said, “The victim faced life altering injuries after he was shot four times at his workplace for writing up the defendant for an infraction. The victim suffered from a collapsed lung and other serious injuries. The defendant is now facing consequences for this senseless shooting of a civil servant. Fortunately, the victim was able to survive.”

 

Clark said Corchado was sentenced to 12 years in prison and five years of post-release supervision by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Ralph Fabrizio. He pleaded guilty to first-degree assault on April 20.

 

The case was prosecuted by senior trial assistant district attorney, Paul Irace, of trial bureau 60, under the supervision of Susanna Imbo, chief of trial bureau 60, and under the overall supervision of James Brennan, deputy chief of the trial division, and Theresa Gottlieb, chief of the trial division.

 

Clark thanked Detectives Andrew Greges and Robert Hoey of the 50^th precinct, and retired Lieutenant John Gogarty of the 50^th precinct for their work on the case.

 

Norwood News had previously reported on an elevator outage at Fort Independence Houses on Feb. 9.