Crime & Safety
Williamsburg Apartment Fall Homicide: Suspected Arrested , Police Say
John Morales faces a murder charge for pushing Miguel Santiago from the roof of a 25-story building in Williamsburg, police said.
WILLIAMSBURG BROOKLYN — A man accused of pushing another man off the roof of a 25-story apartment building has been arrested and now faces a murder charge, police sources said.
John Morales, 27, was arrested Wednesday and charged with killing 53-year-old Miguel Santiago, a man police found lying unconscious behind 60 Division Ave. early Monday morning, police said.
Santiago, of East New York, was rushed to Woodhull Hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to police.
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Morales, who has at least four prior arrests which include petty larceny, was arrested two days later, police said.
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