Schumer Statement on Return of Robin Valentin - Accused in 2001 Slaying of Livery Cab Driver Jose Gutierrez - to NY Today

SCHUMER STATEMENT ON RETURN OF ROBIN VALENTIN - ACCUSED IN 2001 SLAYING OF LIVERY CAB DRIVER JOSE GUTIERREZ - TO NY TODAY

Formerly one of NYPD's Most Wanted, Valentín arrived from Belgium today

Valentin fled to Dominican Republic in 2001 and was caught in November

Upon arrival in the US Friday, Valentin will be arraigned, formally charged with murder and held to in jail to stand trial in the Bronx

US Senator Charles E. Schumer today praised the City, County, and Federal law enforcement officers who helped capture Robin Valentín - who was one of the NYPD's Most Wanted Criminals for allegedly murdering José Gutiérrez, an auxiliary police officer in the 44th Precinct in The Bronx, in August 2001 - and delivered him to back to New York today. Valentín fled to the Dominican Republic shortly after the killing and was captured in Belgium in November. At Schumer's urging, the US Marshals Service and Interpol had made Valentín's capture one of their highest priorities. Now that he has returned to New York, he was be jailed today and charged for murder at Bronx's 45th Precinct House.

"This is another step forward to bring justice within reach for the members of José Gutiérrez' family, who have suffered so long. We've waited so long for Valentín to be in our hands, and now that he is returning to New York we all look forward to him getting what he deserves in a New York City courtroom,"Schumer said. "From the US Marshals to the FBI to the NYPD to the Bronx County DA, it took incredible coordination and teamwork from the men and women in law enforcement to capture Valentín and bring him back. Without them, we would not be on the road to a final and just trial."