A previous Philadelphia authorities officer who shot and eliminated a 12-year-old kid 2 years ago was sentenced Monday to 8 to 20 years in jail for third-degree murder, authorities and court files stated.
Prosecutors had asked a judge to sentence Edsaul Mendoza, who shot Thomas “TJ” Siderio in the back on March 1, 2022, to serve 20 to 40 years behind bars.
That was partially because soon after the deadly shooting, Mendoza browsed online for airplane tickets to the Dominican Republic, where he has roots, districtattorney Clarke Beljean stated at a media rundown.
More than a week lateron, Beljean stated, Mendoza browsed the web for locations that wear’t have extradition treaties with the U.S. and discovered Cuba didn’t. He then browsed for airplane tickets there, Beljean stated.
Beljean called the shooting a “shocking criminaloffense.”
Mendoza, 28, hadactually been charged with first-degree murder, third-degree murder, voluntary murder and ownership of an instrument of a criminalactivity.
He concurred to plead guilty in an contract with districtattorneys that required his getting a sentence that abides by the sentencing standards for third-degree murder, for which the minimum is 7½ years.
Mendoza pleaded guilty to murder in April.
“That was a reasonable, simply and fair sentencing in this case,” Beljean stated, including, nevertheless, that TJ neverever had his day in court.
“Edsaul Mendoza got every advantage of the criminal justice system that he