A Lengthy Island man will spend 15-17 years behind bars for stabbing and wounding the mom of his youngsters whereas their youngsters had been at dwelling, then making an attempt to scrub up the crime scene as she ran exterior to hunt assist, the Suffolk County District Lawyer’s Workplace introduced on Tuesday.
Albaro Chacon, 38, of Brentwood, was sentenced on Monday after a jury declared him responsible on Nov. 19 of first-degree tried assault, second-degree assault and tampering with bodily proof, all of that are felonies. He was additionally convicted on three misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a kid.
The decision got here almost a yr to the day after Chacon burst into his girlfriend’s bed room the place she slept other than him, brandishing a knife, on Nov. 16, 2024. She was jolted awake to see her youngsters’ father coming at her, pointing a knife at her chest, prosecutors mentioned.
“You are going to die here,” Chacon growled as he tried to stabbed her. The lady deflected the dagger away from her coronary heart however was stabbed thrice within the arm as a substitute.
As they continued to struggle, the girl managed to throw Chacon apart whereas defending her 2-year-old niece, who was additionally within the room. She then ran exterior the home, flagged down a passing automobile and known as 911, the DA’s workplace mentioned.
The relentless Chacon lurched exterior after her simply as his automobile door opened and out popped their 6-year-old son, begging his dad to cease. That’s when the terrified mother observed their 5-year-old daughter was additionally within the automobile, realizing Chacon had deliberate to kill her and take off with the youngsters.
Nonetheless fleeing her wrathful associate, the girl ran again into the home. However as soon as inside, she noticed no hint of what had simply transpired, prosecutors mentioned. The ground she had bled throughout a couple of minutes earlier had already been scrubbed clear. The blood-soaked sheets had been stripped from the mattress and the home smelled like bleach.
When police arrived, they hauled Chacon to jail and took the girl to the hospital. Although she and her youngsters are protected now, they could by no means be the identical once more, prosecutors mentioned.
“The devastating harm inflicted by domestic violence is far reaching,” District Lawyer Raymond Tierney mentioned in a press release at Chacon’s conviction. “The defendant stabbed his girlfriend while children were present. Those children will live with the scars of that night for the rest of their lives.”
Chacon’s legal professional, Danielle Papa, has not commented on the case.
