Two charged in connection with cabbie’s murder

WHITE PLAINS – a Tuckahoe man was arraigned Friday on a charge of murder in the second degree for allegedly stabbing a cab driver to death in May.

Dequan Duncan, 26, was also charged with tampering physical evidence and criminal possession of a weapon, all in connection with the death of cabbie Geraldo Gutierrez.

Another man, Adam Arroyo, 26, of Yonkers, was also arraigned on charges relating to the homicide. He was charged with two counts of hindering prosecution in the first degree and tampering with physical evidence, both felonies.

On May 22 at about 11 p.m., Duncan hired a cab to take him from his Tuckahoe home to a Yonkers address, said District Attorney Janet DiFiore. When he arrived in Yonkers, he allegedly got out of the cab, walked up to the driver’s window and stabbed the driver several times in the neck and chest.

During the attack, the driver sped from the scene and crashed into a telephone pole several blocks away. He was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Duncan met up with Arroyo and both men fled to Arroyo’s house where they hid the murder weapon.

Duncan was remanded to the Westchester County Jail without bail and Arroyo’s bail was continued.