Authorities have charged a 24-year-old Trenton man and are holding another man as a material witness in connection with Sunday morning’s murder in Falls Township.
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Eric Sarceno was charged on Wednesday with hindering apprehension, possession of an instrument of crime and tampering/fabricating evidence. He was arraigned by District Judge Michael J. Burns and sent to county prison on 10 percent of $1 million bail.
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His brother, Magnor Sarceno, 19, of Trenton, is being held on without bail as a material witness, Assistant District Attorney Robert James said. Judge Diane Gibbons reportedly denied bail because Magnor Sarceno is considered a flight risk.
A third suspect investigators believe was involved in the murder of the Trenton man, whose name has not yet been released, still remains on the run. James said he could not comment on that investigation. Sources told LevittownNow.com on Thursday that Bucks County Detectives have spent the week in Trenton tracking down leads connected to the suspect.
The Sarceno brothers were arrested by Morrisville police moments after the violent assault on their drinking buddy around 8:30 a.m. on Sunday. Bucks County authorities were able to hold the men for several days on U.S. Immigration, Customs and Enforcement detainers.
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Officials have stated all four men involved are undocumented immigrants.
Police said earlier this week that an argument about the murder victim’s behavior during a night the partying is believed to have led to his beating and stabbing on a lonely part of West Post Road, which is on the Falls and Morrisville border. It has been reported that the three men did not initially intend to kill the man after coming to Morrisville from an illegal speakeasy in Trenton.
The assault was called in to 9-1-1 after a nearby resident saw something happening on West Post Road while he drank his morning cup of coffee.
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All four men arrived in Morrisville in a white work van police have processed for evidence.
Investigators collected surveillance video from the church nearby the crime scene. A church official told LevittownNow.com the building has 16 cameras and all video were turned over to investigators.
James said investigators recovered a tool they suspect was used as a weapon in the attack. .
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According to police, the murder victim and at least one of the other men worked at a landscaping business nearby the crime scene.
There was early confusion by authorities on whether the murder happened in Falls Township or Morrisville. It was later determined it happened in Falls, just a few feet over the border.
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