Edeedson Cine aka Eddy ‘Joshy’ Cine Jr., of West Babylon stabbed to death while working at Long Island CVS, Christmas night. John Pilaccio, of Lindenhurst, N.Y, known to cops is arrested. Victim had been called in to fill sudden open shift.
Authorities have arrested a suspect alleged to have stabbed a male employee working on Christmas night at a Long Island CVS location.
John Pilaccio, 43, of Lindenhurst was arrested in the fatal stabbing of 23-year-old Edeedson Cine inside the CVS at 20 East Montauk Highway, Suffolk County police said. The suspect was arrested a day after fleeing the Lindenhurst branch.
John Pilaccio, Lindenhurst ‘debt’ strapped customer confesses stabbing CVS worker to death
Pilaccio was charged with Murder Second Degree and was being held overnight at the Third Precinct ahead of his arraignment at First District Court in Central Islip on Saturday, Dec. 27, the Daily Voice reported.
Eddy ‘Joshy’ Cine Jr., of West Babylon, was stabbed in the chest while working behind the pharmacy counter just before 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 25. He was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Tragically the worker hadn’t been scheduled to come into work Christmas Day but had been called in at the last minute to fill in a shift at the Lindenhurst store, NBCNY reported. The 23-year-old had worked at the outlet for ten months and was known for his strong work ethic, the nytimes reported.
‘It appeared that this poor kid went to work on Christmas, he was…assaulted while working behind the counter at the store,’ said Suffolk County Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina.
‼️BREAKING: White Man Stabs Innocent Black CVS Worker To D*ath On Christmas Day — Killer Still Roaming Free!
23-year-old Edeedson Cine, a hardworking Black man from West Babylon, st*bbed in the chest while on the job at CVS.
Suspect: WHITE MALE in his 40s — fled the scene, NO… pic.twitter.com/H8w3l1XIKA
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‘Suspect was at the store for nefarious reasons’
While authorities have yet to determine what led up to the stabbing, the Police Commissioner offered preliminary remarks.
‘Based on the person of interest and his background, I can only assume he was in the store for nefarious reasons and it’s possible the confrontation was as a result of that. But it’s early in the investigation,’ Catalina said.
A GoFundme fundraiser on behalf of the victim’s family come late December 26 had raised over $20,753 of a $35K target.
