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The career criminal seen dragging the dead body of his longtime girlfriend on a dolly on Staten Island strangled her to death before trying to hide the body, prosecutors said Sunday.
Anthony Lopez, 31, was seen wheeling the body of Obiamaka Aduba, 26, on a wood and metal dolly on Post Lane near Richmond Terrace in Mariners Harbor Friday morning, police said.
Lopez, who has 52 previous arrests, ran from the cops after a neighbor spotted him moving the body. He shaved his head to conceal his identity but was nabbed Saturday, authorities said.
Anthony Lopez is suspected of strangling his longtime girlfriend to death and then wheeling her body around on a dolly on Staten Island.
(AP)
“The decreased is a longtime girlfriend,” said assistant district attorney Brooke Baranoski during the arraignment Sunday. “The defense and the deceased have a long history of violence in the past.”
Lopez pleaded not guilty to the *** charge and begged for methadone to help him cope with drug withdrawal symptoms.
Lopez allegedly shaved his head to evade police, but was picked up Saturday anyway.
(Jeff Bachner/for New York Daily News)
“He’s in distress,” his defense lawyer, Philip Ohene, said.
Judge William Garnett ordered Lopez held without bail until his next court date.