Joseph Rivera Biography – Wiki
Joseph Rivera, a man suspected of brutal ax murder, was released from a New York jail on Tuesday as a result of new state law before authorities re-arrested him hours later, according to local reports.
Age
Joseph Rivera is 21-years-old.
Charged & Arrested
Rivera suspected in a brutal hatchet murder was released from a New York jail on Tuesday as a result of new state law before authorities re-arrested him hours later, according to local reports.
Joseph Rivera, 21, was back in the Monroe County Jail on a second-degree murder charge in connection with the death of Heather Majors, 47, who was stabbed 30 times with an ax in her apartment in Rochester in July 10. WHEC-TV reported. Majors died from her injuries days later.
Rivera had been initially arrested in Rochester’s “Tent City” on July 22 for violating numerous conditions of his probation, and police alerted New York State Parole that he was a suspect in Major’s murder, according to a chronology that police in Rochester hit the middle.
Police said on parole that Rivera would remain in jail until December 2021 while investigators prepared for trial and that he would be charged with murder before his release date, according to the report.
However, Rivera was released at 9 a.m. Tuesday as part of New York’s new “Less is More” law, according to police.
Under the parole reform law, which Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday, parolees can no longer stay in jail for technical infractions.
Rochester police said officers were unaware that Rivera had been released until they were notified of parole an hour later. Investigators contacted the U.S. Marshals Violent Crimes Fugitive Task Force, which detained Rivera around 7 p.m. Tuesday without incident.
Rivera pleaded not guilty in court Wednesday, the Democrat and Chronicle reported. He was being held without bond in the Monroe County Jail.
