Sentence In Stalking That Led To Death Of New Rochelle Student

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — A sentence has been handed down in the stalking of a New Rochelle High School student who was stabbed and killed in January 2018. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino Jr. said Friday that New Rochelle High School student Carl Booker, 18, of New Rochelle, will be going to jail for stalking 16-year-old Valaree Schwab in an incident that led to her death.

Westchester County Court Judge Barry Warhit sentenced Booker to "shock probation," where he will be incarcerated in the Westchester County Jail, for six months and five years' probation.

Booker, along with Dominique Slack, pleaded guilty Dec. 14., 2018, to first-degree stalking, a felony.

Slack was sentenced in February to the same term.

On Jan. 10, 2018, Slack and Booker, while aiding, abetting and acting in concert with each other, another teen, a juvenile and other unnamed and unindicted co-conspirators, engaged in a course of conduct likely to cause reasonable fear of physical injury and did intentionally cause physical injury to the victim, Valaree Schwab, authorities said.

After stalking Schwab for some time, the group of teens, including Booker and Slack, physically confronted and assaulted Schwab on a sidewalk on North Avenue resulting 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 on North Avenue to try to get her keys back and was stabbed inside the restaurant. Schwab was pronounced dead later that day at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx.

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

A Westchester County Grand Jury indicted Brown, Booker and Slack in March 2018.

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