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Cousin revealed as ringleader in shocking, caught-on-video murder of NYC laundromat owner over $30K necklace
Five Far Rockaway residents were indicted Tuesday in the vicious caught-on-camera killing of a Brooklyn laundromat owner during a botched robbery that the victim’s cousin masterminded.
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Cousin revealed as ringleader in shocking, caught-on-video murder of NYC laundromat owner over $30K necklace
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Published April 2, 2024, 4:58 p.m. ET
WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO
The vicious, caught-on-camera killing of a Brooklyn laundromat owner was masterminded by his cousin in a conspiracy to steal his flashy, $30,000 gold necklace, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Five Far Rockaway men were indicted for murder, conspiracy to commit murder, robbery and other charges stemming from the killing of Money Perkins, 37, inside his East Flatbush laundromat on Dec. 1, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced.
Perkins was allegedly ambushed by his cousin Ronnie Butler, 46, and four other assailants who were armed with handguns and wearing big, heavy coats. Perkins and Butler had been feuding ever since the 2022 opening of his business, Money P. Clean, the DA said.
Butler reportedly planned the necklace heist with pal Louis Mercado, 48, who recruited Mercado’s 16-year-old stepson, Zecharyah Slay, and his alleged gangbanger friends Shaleek Riddick, 19, and Diante Stinson, 20, sources previously told The Post.
5 The group of men from Queens were indicted for murder, conspiracy to commit murder, robbery and other charges stemming from the killing of Money Perkins.
The stepson and friends were offered cash for their part in the crime, according to prosecutors.