Stepfather indicted for choking teen stepson to death released by Bronx judge

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Stepfather indicted for choking teen stepson to death released by Bronx judge​

By
Larry Celona and
Patrick Reilly


April 5, 2023 8:55pm
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A stepfather charged with strangling his 15-year-old stepson to death earlier this year was freed without bail by a notoriously lenient Bronx judge on Wednesday — despite a request by prosecutors that he be remanded.
Tyresse Minter, 28, was indicted for criminally negligent homicide and manslaughter last week for allegedly fatally choking his teen stepson Corde Scott inside their Westchester Square apartment on Jan. 23, the Bronx District Attorney’s Office announced.
Minter was arraigned on Wednesday in Bronx Criminal Court before Judge Naiti Semaj, who ordered he be released on his own recognizance, even though the DA’s office asked he remains locked up ahead of his trial, prosecutors said.
The stepdad — who was on parole after being released from prison a month earlier — allegedly put his stepson in a chokehold during an argument in their home, cutting off the teen’s oxygen supply, according to the DA’s office.
Minter then allegedly wrapped his legs around Scott and held him until he lost consciousness. The teen died at the scene.

Minter has been charged with homicide in the death of his 15-year-old stepson, Corde Scott. Scott was allegedly choked to death by Minter during an altercation in their Bronx home on Jan. 23.
It remains unclear what the two were arguing over.


The stepfather didn’t call 911 until about 20 minutes after Scott lost consciousness, prosecutors said.


Minter was on parole for an assault that landed him in prison for three years, state Department of Corrections records show. He was released this past December.

Bronx Judge Naita Semaj-Williams ordered Minter be released after his arraignment on Wednesday.YouTube/BronxNet
The state DOC did not immediately return a request for comment from The Post.


Minter is scheduled to return to court on June 20.


Semaj, a Democratic judge who was elected in 2021 after earlier serving in Bronx Civil Court, has a history of cutting loose allegedly violent offenders.


In one case last May, she sparked outrage after she ruled in favor of 16-year-old rapper Camrin Williams, known as “C Blu,” who was accused of shooting and wounding an NYPD officer during a scuffle while he was on probation for a prior gun case.





Semaj ruled the cop had no reason to search the teen during a Jan. 18 incident and Williams’ case was dropped.


Minter’s release comes as Gov. Kathy Hochul is reportedly negotiating with state lawmakers to pass a budget that eliminates a rule requiring judges impose the “least restrictive means” that will ensure defendants return to court.

 

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Tyresse Minter, who is accused of killing 15-year-old stepson Corde Scott, to remain behind bars

The stepdad, who is on parole for an assault conviction, had previously been cut loose without bail by Bronx Judge Naita Semaj last month despite being indicted on manslaughter and criminally negli…

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April 12, 2023

Tyresse Minter, who is accused of killing 15-year-old stepson Corde Scott, to remain behind bars​

By
Ben Feuerherd


April 11, 2023 6:32pm
Updated




The Bronx stepdad accused of killing his 15-year-old stepson will remain behind bars on a parole violation — after initially being freed without bail in the slaying case, a parole official ruled Tuesday.
Accused killer Tyresse Minter was ordered remanded by Parole Revocation Officer Patrice Brathwaite at a lengthy preliminary hearing in Brooklyn Criminal Court.
Minter, who is on parole for an assault conviction, had previously been cut loose without bail by Bronx Judge Naita Semaj last month — despite being indicted on manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide charges.
The move immediately prompted outrage — including from Gov. Kathy Hochul — and Minter was then arrested on a parole violation and ordered jailed by a separate Bronx judge last week.
At Tuesday’s hearing, medical examiner Cynthia Harris testified about performing an autopsy on Minter’s stepson, 15-year-old Corde Scott, and signing his death certificate the day after the boy was killed on Jan. 23 in his family’s Bronx apartment.
The medical examiner ruled the manner of death was homicide caused by the deprivation of oxygen with compression to the neck, Harris said.

Tyresse Minter, 28, accused of killing his stepson Corde Scott, 15, will remain behind bars.Tyrese Minter./Facebook
Minter’s court-appointed lawyer, Michelle McGrath, argued that reps from the city’s Department of Correction and Community Supervision had not met their burden to continue to remand Minter.


McGrath called the death a “tragic accident” and pointed to a second page of the death certificate that stated a sickle-cell condition suffered by Scott could have contributed to his death.


The lawyer also argued Minter was trying to wrestle away a knife from the teen — who she said was in the throes of a suicidal episode — when he wrapped his legs and arms around him on the day he died.

The medical examiner ruled that Corde Scott died by homicide caused by the deprivation of oxygen with compression to the neck.Family via Bronx12
But Brathwaite sided with DOCCS in remanding Minter to custody, ruling he violated a term of his probation that prohibited him from having physical contact with excessive force.


Minter will have a final parole hearing later this month.