Police have been seeking Cintron, considered armed and dangerous, ever since May 21 stabbing in the North End
Luis M. CintronSPRINGFIELD - Luis M. Cintron, a 37-year-old city man wanted for murder in the May 21 stabbing death of Carlos E. Beslanga, turned himself in to city police Monday morning.
Cintron, considered armed and dangerous, allegedly stabbed the 32-year-old Newington, Conn. man once in the chest in an alleyway abutting 66 Cumberland St.
Police said Beslanga was urinating in the alley when Cintron confronted him. Words were exchanged and an altercation ensued, during which Beslanga received a single knife wound that pierced a lung and his heart, police said. He was pronounced dead at nearby Baystate Medical Center, located less than 100 yards from the alleyway where his life ended abruptly around 4:30 p.m.
The stabbing took place in front of Beslanga’s wife, mother and children, according to police. Beslanga was in Springfield visiting relatives and about to travel home to Newington.
Police said that Noemy Ramos, 33, who lived with Cintron at 66 Cumberland St., allegedly ran down the street at Cintron’s behest and hid the knife in the sewer before fleeing with him in a white Honda.
Noemy RamosRamos contacted police through her lawyer and arranged to surrender to officers at the McDonald’s in the city’s South End on May 23.
Ramos denied two charges of accessory after the fact of murder in District Court the following day and was ordered held in lieu of $150,000 cash bail or $1.5 million surety.
Cintron walked into the Springfield Police Department with his attorney and turned himself in to Capt. Peter Dillon, Sgt. John M. Delaney, aide to Police Commissioner William J. Fitchet, said. The suspect is slated to be arraigned later today in District Court.
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