Sentence In Stalking That Led To Death Of HS Student

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — One of the students who was stalking New Rochelle High School student Valaree Schwab before she was stabbed to death was sentenced Thursday. Dominique Slack, 18, who along with co-defendant Carl Booker, 8, pleaded guilty to first-degree stalking, a felony, was sentenced by Westchester County Court Judge Barry Warhit to "shock probation," where she will be incarcerated in Westchester County Jail for six months and will be on probation for five years.

Booker is scheduled to be sentenced March 15.

Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino Jr. said that, on Jan. 10, Slack and Booker acted in concert with each other, another teen, a juvenile and other unnamed and unindicted co-conspirators while engaging in a course of conduct "likely to cause reasonable fear of physical injury and did intentionally cause physical injury to" Schwab, 16.

Authorities said that, after stalking Schwab for some time, the teens — including Booker and Slack — physically confronted and assaulted Schwab on the sidewalk on North Avenue that resulted in a serious physical injury to Schwab.

At the time of the assault, Schwab dropped her house keys, and one of the teens picked them up.

Schwab then followed the group to Dunkin' Donuts at 646 North Ave. to try to get them back.

She was stabbed inside the restaurant and was pronounced dead later that day at Jacobi Medical Center.

Charges against Z'inah Brown, 18, including second-degree murder, are still pending.

A Westchester grand jury indicted Brown, Booker and Slack in March.

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Photo caption: From left, Dominique Slack, Carl Booker and Z'inah Brown. Photo credit: Westchester County District Attorney's Office.