Two men propped up corpse to cash cheque

Two men propped up corpse to cash cheque

Two men have been arrested in New York for carrying a dead friend through the streets and trying to cash his cheque.

David Dalaia and James O'Hare, were seen carrying Virgilio Cintron's body from their Manhattan apartment to a cheque-cashing store a block away.


David Dalaia and James O'Hare seen here propping up Mr. Cinton's body

"Hell's Kitchen has a rich history but this is one for the books," police spokesman Paul Browne told the New York Times.

"The witnesses saw the two men carrying Cintron with his head flopping from side to side and later the two individuals propped him up."

The men took Cintron's body inside the store, and tried to cash his cheque, worth about £180.

The store's clerk, who knew Cintron, asked the men if he was okay, and O'Hare told the clerk that he was, but had laryngitis and an arm cramp, Browne said.

Meanwhile, a police detective having lunch at a restaurant next door noticed a crowd forming around Cintron's body.

The detective called uniformed New York Police Department officers who arrested Dalaia and O'Hare at the store.

Cintron's body was taken to a hospital morgue. The medical examiner's office told police it appeared Cintron, 46, had died from natural causes.

Dalaia and O'Hare, both 27, were being held by police and faced cheque fraud charges.


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