Shakim Devega, 28, was discovered useless in a attainable murder on the Kingsboro Psychiatric Middle this week, cops mentioned.
Gregory P. Mango
A high-risk intercourse offender died at a Brooklyn psychiatric facility this week — and authorities consider he might have been killed in a struggle with a fellow affected person, cops mentioned Friday.
Degree 3 offender Shakim Devega, 28, was discovered unconscious and unresponsive — with trauma to his neck — contained in the Kingsboro Psychiatric Middle on Clarkson Avenue close to Albany Avenue in Crown Heights round 11:45 p.m. Tuesday, police mentioned.
Investigators consider he was concerned in a dispute with one other male who was additionally staying on the facility, cops mentioned.
He was pronounced useless on the Kings County Hospital Middle, authorities mentioned.
Whereas the town Medical Examiner’s Workplace has not made an official ruling on the way of demise, police say the workplace did discover neck fractures and noticed indicators of foul play.
The NYPD is investigating the case as a murder.
Devega sexually abused a 6-year-old boy in 2018, in accordance with the state intercourse offender registry.
He was convicted of first-degree tried sexual abuse in 2019, in accordance with the registry and state corrections data.
He was sentenced to 42 months in state jail, and was launched on parole final yr, the corrections data present.
His post-release supervision was set to run out in 2026.
He was additionally paroled in 2016 after serving over a yr on a first-degree tried theft conviction, the data present.
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