Guilty Plea in Park Robbery, Shooting

A Yonkers man accused of killing someone who didn't want to be robbed has pleaded guilty, Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. announced. It's been almost a year since Robert Daniels shot Joseph Huguet in Doyle Park.

Daniels, 28, pleaded guilty before Judge Barry Warhit to one count of Murder in the Second Degree, a class “A” Felony. He faces a maximum sentence of 25 years-to-life in state prison.

At 8:47 p.m. May 31, 2016, Huguet was in Doyle Park when Daniels attempted to rob him at gunpoint, Scarpino said. The victim refused to turn over his personal property, at which point Daniels shot him several times using a .380 caliber semi-automatic pistol and ran out of the park.

Yonkers police as well as an ambulance responded. The victim was transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

An autopsy conducted by the Medical Examiner’s office revealed that the victim suffered bullet wounds to the neck and torso with lacerations of the heart, lung, and liver as well as internal bleeding.

An intensive investigation by the Yonkers Police Department led to Daniels' arrest on June 2, 2016.

He will be sentenced on July 12, 2017.

Assistant District Attorney Nicholas DiCostanzo of the Superior Court Trial Division is prosecuting the case.