Port Chester Man Sentenced In 2015 Violent Spree

PORT CHESTER, NY — A Port Chester man was sentenced Wednesday, April 4 for his participation in a violent robbery spree which led to the death of another Port Chester man. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino Jr. announced that Daniel Thomas Jones, 27, will be going to prison as a second violent felony offender following his plea in the 2015 death of Arturo Arias Garcia of Port Chester.

Jones was sentenced on these counts as follows:

• 20 years in prison plus five years post-release supervision for first-degree manslaughter, a felony
• 20 years in prison plus five years post-release supervision for first-degree robbery, a felony
• 15 years in prison plus five years post-release supervision on each of two counts of second-degree robbery, felonies

All sentences will run concurrently with each other but consecutively to any undischarged period of parole from an earlier crime, Scarpino said.

On Nov. 25, 2015, around 2:50 a.m., Jones and two co-conspirators approached two men sitting in a pickup truck located in the Stop and Shop parking lot in Port Chester.

They assaulted and robbed the victims, stealing wallets, an iPhone, cash and a bank card. Both victims suffered head injuries requiring medical treatment.

Three days later, on Nov. 28, 2015, at about 4:40 a.m., Arturo Arias Garcia was confronted by Jones on Abendroth Avenue in Port Chester. Jones struck him in the head and Garcia fell to the pavement. Jones proceeded to steal the victim’s cash and credit card.

Around 5:10 a.m., Garcia was seen by a witness lying motionless on the sidewalk. He was observed motionless again by that same witness at 5:30 a.m. Five minutes later, the witness called 911. Police and EMTs responded and determined the victim had no pulse and were not able to revive him. The victim was later pronounced dead at Greenwich Hospital.

An autopsy determined that Garcia died from blunt force trauma to the head resulting in a fatal concussion.

An extensive investigation by the Port Chester Police and the District Attorney’s Office placed Jones on Abendroth Avenue in Port Chester at the time Garcia was attacked. Further investigation revealed forensic evidence linking Jones to the Nov. 25 parking lot robbery.

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