New York AG: Corrections Officer Charged With Murdering Teen

arrest and arraignment of corrections officer Dion Middleton for killing of Raymond Chaluisant

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NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the arrest and arraignment of Dion Middleton, 45, of the Bronx, on charges of Murder in the Second Degree and Manslaughter in the First and Second Degrees in connection with the shooting death of Raymond Chaluisant, 18 (shown below).

Dion Middleton is a Correction Officer with the New York City Department of Correction (DOC).

Middleton was arraigned Friday before Judge Jeffrey Zimmerman of Bronx Criminal Court. Judge Zimmerman set bail at $1 million bond or partially secured bond, with $500,000 cash or credit card alternatives.

“My office is committed to a thorough and transparent investigation of every case where an officer of the law may have caused a death,” said Attorney General James. “I offer my sincere condolences to the family of Mr. Chaluisant, and the people of New York have my pledge that we will work to see that justice is served.”

On Thursday, July 21, shortly after 1 a.m. during an encounter in the vicinity of the Cross Bronx Expressway and Morris Avenue in the Bronx, Middleton is alleged to have shot at a car in which Raymond Chaluisant was a passenger, killing Chaluisant.

Middleton then left the scene and reported to work later that morning, where he was apprehended by the New York City Police Department (NYPD).

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