Tag Archives: O’Shae Sibley

Suspect Pleads Not Guilty In Killing Of NYC Dancer

The New York Times reports: The 17-year-old charged with murder as a hate crime in the fatal stabbing last month of a gay Black dancer at a Brooklyn gas station pleaded not guilty at an arraignment on Friday. The teenager, Dmitriy Popov, entered the plea in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn, where he will be tried as an adult. He …

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Lawyer For Suspect In Hate Crime Killing Of New York City Dancer Says His Client Is A “Good Christian Boy”

New York City’s Pix11 reports: As loved ones prepare to celebrate the life of O’Shae Sibley on Tuesday in his native Philadelphia, the attorney for the teen accused in his stabbing death is speaking out. Dmitriy Popov, 17, of Brooklyn, was arraigned on multiple charges, including murder and a hate crime. The Kings County district attorney is charging Popov as …

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NYPD: Hate Crime Charge In Murder Of Gay Dancer

CNN reports: The 17-year-old suspected of fatally stabbing O’Shae Sibley has been charged with murder as a hate crime and criminal possession of a weapon, New York officials said Saturday. Sibley, a 28-year-old professional dancer, was stabbed to death at a Brooklyn gas station after dancing to a Beyoncé song last weekend. A friend of Sibley’s said the dancer was …

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Arrest Made In Murder Of Gay New York City Dancer

New York City’s NBC affiliate reports: The suspect in the deadly gas station stabbing of O’Shae Sibley is in police custody after turning himself in at a Brooklyn station house, a senior law enforcement official said. The suspect’s name has not yet been released by police. New York City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov said on Twitter that the man turned himself …

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