STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Damien Hurstel of West Brighton, the 19-year-old suspect in a grisly decapitation slaying in his home, was arraigned virtually on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Hurstel appeared in Criminal Court in St. George via a video feed from his room at Richmond University Medical Center in West Brighton.<\/p>\n
He was arraigned on a murder charge in connection with the death of Anthony Casalaspro<\/a>, 45, his mother\u2019s boyfriend.<\/p>\n Here are the key developments from the arraignment:<\/p>\n He was ordered remanded without bail;His attorney, Mark Fonte, pleaded not guilty on his behalf.<\/p>\n Here is how the proceeding unfolded:<\/p>\n 3:04 p.m: Defendant appears on screen<\/p>\n Hurstel appeared on a TV screen in the courtroom from his hospital room. He was visible on the screen from the waist up.<\/p>\n He was motionless in the bed during the appearance.<\/p>\n When asked if he\u2019s spoken to his attorney about the case, he responded \u201cum, yeah.\u201d<\/p>\n He answered \u201cyes\u201d to other routine questions from the judge.<\/p>\n 3:07 p.m.: Prosecutors request remand<\/p>\n Prosecutors asked the judge for the defendant to be remanded without bail as he awaits further appearances.<\/p>\n Judge Biju Koshy agreed remand was appropriate in this case.<\/p>\n 3:09 p.m.: Enters not guilty plea<\/p>\n The defendant\u2019s attorney, Fonte, who was in the courtroom, entered a not guilty plea on his client\u2019s behalf. <\/p>\n He asked for medical and psychiatric attention for Hurstel and requested that his client be placed on suicide watch.<\/p>\n The judge adjourned the case until Friday, Oct. 10.<\/p>\n The brief hearing was concluded.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Damien Hurstel of West Brighton, the 19-year-old suspect in a grisly decapitation slaying in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-2271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}