Man Connected To Cuomo Aide's 2015 Death Faces New Charges: Feds

BROOKLYN, NY — One of five men connected to a fatal shoot-out at the J'Ouvert Festival in 2015 has been arrested again, this time on weapons charges stemming from the incident, prosecutors announced.

Stanley Elianor — who was acquitted of murder but found guilty of reckless endangerment for the shooting in 2018 — was charged Monday with being a felon in possession of a firearm for the handgun and ammunition cops found him with after the September 7, 2015 shooting.

Prosecutors say Elianor, 29, was one of several Folk Nation and Hood Starz gang members that got into a shootout with rival gang the Crips at the festival.

A stray bullet from the shootout hit Carey Gabay, an aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in the head. He died a week later.

“Repeat offenders who possess firearms present an extreme danger to the community as this case tragically demonstrates with the senseless killing of Carey Gabay,” Acting United States Attorney Seth D. DuCharme said. “This Office and our law enforcement partners are doing everything in our power to take guns out of the hands of violent felons as a measure to prevent the senseless loss of life.”

Cops found Elianor with a black .45 caliber pistol and 27 different rounds of ammunition the day of the shooting, according to his indictment.

Elianor had been convicted of three felonies before his arrest in 2015, including an armed robbery in 2006, another shooting in 2009 and weapons charges after he was caught with a gun after jumping a turnstile, prosecutors said.

He's also been convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm in 2017 and on forgery charges in 2019, court documents show.

If convicted of the most recent charges, Elianor could face up to 10 years in prison.

Federal officials hinted that similar charges against other repeat offenders might be in the pipeline.

"We are methodically going down the list of these repeat offenders, and, as today's action demonstrates, we are committed to keeping them from terrorizing our besieged neighborhoods," FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge William Sweeney said, adding that anyone with tips about recent shootings can call 212-384-5000.

Elianor was one of five men prosecutors have charged in the 2015 shooting.

Kenny Bazile, the man believed to have shot Gabay, was convicted of manslaughter but acquitted on murder charges. Michah Alleyne was found guilty of manslaughter and Tyshawn Crawford cut a plea deal and testified during the trial.

Keith Luncheon was acquitted of murder, manslaughter, criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment.