Bay Shore Man Indicted for Murder After Bicyclist Stabbed Nearly 10 Times Outside LIRR Station

A 24-year-old Bay Shore man has been indicted for murder in the fatal stabbing of a bicyclist outside a Long Island Rail Road station in July, more than a month after being tracked down and arrested by U.S. Marshals in Pennsylvania.

Suffolk County prosecutors say Adrien Arocho got into a verbal exchange with 34-year-old Yolandus Darrell Pratt, who was riding his bicycle through the Bay Shore LIRR station parking lot around 2:30 a.m. on July 5. Arocho, along with a 17-year-old, allegedly confronted Pratt, and Arocho displayed a knife and stabbed him roughly 10 times in the chest and torso. Both attackers fled the scene. Officers found Pratt bleeding and unconscious at 2:33 a.m.; he died shortly after at South Shore University Hospital.

Arocho was indicted on a charge of second-degree murder, a Class A felony that carries a sentence of 25 years to life if he's convicted. He was arraigned Thursday and is being held without bail. His next court date is set for October 6.

Arocho evaded capture for nearly two months after the killing before U.S. Marshals apprehended him in Pennsylvania on September 3. The 17-year-old co-defendant has also been indicted on second-degree murder and is scheduled for arraignment September 21.

Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney said in a statement: "No disagreement is ever worth brutal violence. We extend our condolences to Mr. Pratt's loved ones."