Married Flatbush Man Who Strangled Ex-Girlfriend Gets Life: DA

FLATBUSH, BROOKLYN — A married man who strangled his girlfriend to death in view of her workplace surveillance cameras was given a life sentence, said prosecutors said.

Rolanso Lexune, 34, will spend between 24 years and life in prison for killing 25-year-old Deneisha Smith in the back room of her Flatbush office in 2016, the Brooklyn District Attorney announced Tuesday.

Lexune demanded Smith let her into her workplace — Bedford Technology at 2184 Bedford Ave. — the morning of Oct. 1, then shoved her into a back room of the store where he began arguing with his former girlfriend, prosecutors said.

Surveillance cameras filmed Lexune before grabbing Smith by the throat and strangling her to death, said prosecutors.

The young woman’s coworker found her three hours later, called 911, and emergency responders pronounced her dead at the scene, prosecutors said.

Lexune was arrested in the East Flatbush apartment he shared with his wife and children after police spotted found footage of his crime, prosecutors said.

Investigators later discovered that Smith had gotten an order of protection against Lexune after he hit her and stole her phone.

A Brooklyn Criminal Court jury found Lexune guilty of murder in May.

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