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‘Stupid, Senseless, Cheap kill’! Bronx man found guilty of fatally shooting neighbor he owed 40 cents for a ‘loosie’ cigarette

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><header id&equals;"a-headers">&NewLine;<h1><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;5e0b0b&semi;"><em>&&num;8216&semi;Cheap killer smoked another man over 40 cents&comma; now facing 25 to life for murder&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;em><&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;5e0b0b&semi;">&&num;8230&semi;Lamont Jones shot Ibushio Sealey five times&comma; including four shots to his back&comma; inside their building&period;<&sol;span><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<&sol;header>&NewLine;<article>A Bronx man was convicted Wednesday of shooting his neighbor to death in a dispute over a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;loosie” cigarette&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Prosecutors said Lamont Jones&comma; 45&comma; bought a cigarette in 2013 from Ibushio Sealey&comma; 35&comma; and owed him 40 cents&period; The two men feuded over the debt&comma; even after Jones paid Sealey his money&comma; officials said&period; The dispute turned deadly August 26 when Jones shot Sealey five times&comma; including four shots to his back&comma; inside their building on Andrews Avenue in the Bronx’s University Heights section&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The senselessness of this crime is incomprehensible&comma;” said Bronx DA Darcel Clark&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The victim and defendant had been arguing about the defendant’s delay in paying the 40 cents he owed for a loose cigarette&comma; and a petty matter led to the murder of one man and a possible life sentence for another&period;”<&sol;article>&NewLine;<h5><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-13813" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;04&sol;85709416&period;jpg" alt&equals;"85709416" width&equals;"635" height&equals;"384" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;Photo&colon; Matt Cardy&sol;Getty Images<strong><span class&equals;"a-credit"><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span>The two men feuded over the 40 cent cigarette debt&comma; even after Jones paid Sealey his money&comma; officials said&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<article>Jones&comma; after a two-week trial&comma; was found guilty of second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon&period; Jones faces 25 years to life in prison for the murder and up to 15 years on the weapon charge when he is sentenced on May 10&period;<&sol;article>&NewLine;<article>&NewLine;<h5 id&equals;"a-all-related"><em><strong>Lets us know what you think of this article&period; Like&quest; Dislike&quest; Funny&quest; Interesting&quest; Cool&quest;  Drop us a line in the comment box or join us on facebook and twitter to help us give you a better reading experience<&sol;strong> <&sol;em><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<&sol;article>&NewLine;

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