2 Surrender in Bronx Beating of Boston-Area Radio Host

2 Surrender in Bronx Beating of Boston-Area Radio Host
By MICHAEL WILSON
Published: September 22, 2008
The police said Monday that they had arrested both suspects in the baseball-bat beating of a Massachusetts radio talk-show host last week in the Bronx.
The first suspect turned himself in on Sunday night, while the second, who was believed to have wielded the bat in the Sept. 14 attack, turned himself in on Monday afternoon.

The first suspect was identified as Gavin Scott, 20, of 762 East 211th Street in the Bronx. The second suspect was identified as Jamal Roman, 26, of 722 East 216th Street .

The police said Mr. Roman was believed to have struck the victim, Pelagio De La Cruz, 52, in the head repeatedly with the bat in the attack, which was captured on video. Mr. Scott is believed to be the suspect seen rifling the victim’s pockets after the attack, the police said.

Both men were charged with attempted murder, assault, robbery and criminal possession of a weapon, the police said.

Mr. De La Cruz, who works for WESX-AM, a Spanish-language station in the Boston area, was in the Bronx visiting his children, who live with their mother on Davidson Avenue in University Heights, the police said. He was attacked at about 3:30 a.m. while trying to enter the building.
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