Pubdate: Sun, 15 Jul 2001
Source: Associated Press (Wire)
Copyright: 2001 Associated Press
Section: Domestic News
Author: Lukas I. Alpert, Associated Press

ARREST MADE IN KILLINGS OF THREE PEOPLE IN APARTMENT ABOVE NEW YORK'S 
CARNEGIE DELI

NEW YORK - A two-month hunt for a shooter in a robbery and triple murder at 
a marijuana dealer's apartment above the Carnegie Deli ended Sunday with an 
arrest outside a Miami homeless shelter where the man was staying, police said.

Sean Salley, 29, of New York City, was being held by authorities in Miami 
Sunday evening.  Charges were pending, but police said he likely would face 
three counts of murder and multiple counts of assault and weapons possession.

Salley was arrested just hours after the case was featured Saturday night 
on the Fox network's "America's Most Wanted" television program, which 
seeks the public's help in capturing criminals.

Within a few minutes after the show aired, police had received two tips 
placing Salley in Miami, New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik said 
during a press conference.

Five people were shot in the attack in the apartment above the famed 
restaurant. Police said Salley and another man planned to rob Jennifer 
Stahl, who was renting the apartment and dealing marijuana. Stahl, who was 
one of those killed, had bit parts in several movies, including "Dirty 
Dancing."

The pair got away with about $1,000 in cash and marijuana worth $1,800, 
police said.

"So if you want to sum it up in financial terms, they killed three people, 
shot two execution style, for $2,800," Kerik said shortly after the shootings.

If Salley chooses not to fight extradition, he could be returned to New 
York as early as Monday, police said. The Miami-Dade public defender's 
office did not immediately return a telephone call Sunday seeking comment.

Last month, Andre Smith, 31, of Irvington, N.J., was arraigned on murder 
and robbery charges in the case. He pleaded innocent.

Smith's fingerprints were found on duct tape used to bind some of the 
victims, police said.
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