By Patricia Breakey
Delhi News Bureau
May 09, 2008 04:00 am DELHI _ The New York City man being held in Hackensack, N.J., on a second-degree murder charge in connection with the stabbing death of a SUNY Delhi student has not waived extradition. Officials there, however, said he could be sent to New York to face the charge as early as today. Jose Antonio Lambert, 22, is being held in the Bergen County Jail on an arrest warrant issued by Delhi Town Justice Richard Gumo. Lambert is the fifth suspect charged in the death of Tyshawn Bierria, 22, of Queens. Bierria died May 1 after being stabbed multiple times on the State University College of Technology at Delhi campus in the early hours of April 27. According to a jail official, Lambert is not facing additional charges in New Jersey. The Bergen County Jail lists inmate information on its website. According to Lambert's listing, he is 5'7" tall, weighs 120 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. Delaware County District Attorney Richard Northrup said Thursday that extradition proceedings for Lambert are under way, but he is awaiting information from the state police about when Lambert will be brought to the Delaware County jail. Joel Smith, SUNY Delhi spokesman, said Lambert has never been a student at the college. Smith added that he has not received any information about when Lambert will be transported to Delhi. Last week, police arrested four people in connection with the stabbing, one of whom is a State University College of Technology at Delhi student. On Monday, a Delaware County grand jury declined to indict the four, though it did issue a sealed indictment. Northrup would not comment on the sealed indictment. An indictment is sealed, he said, when a defendant has not yet been brought before a local court for arraignment. The four men had been charged with first-degree gang assault, a class B felony, and one count of second-degree attempted murder, a class B felony, but they were all released after the grand jury issued no bills for a lack of evidence. Northrup has said neither the grand jury nor the police made mistakes in the analysis of the evidence. A grand jury is comprised of 16 to 23 people, and at least 12 have to vote to indict, Northrup said. The suspects who were not indicted Monday are: Jack Daniel Boampong, 19, of New York City and a SUNY Delhi student who was arrested Wednesday; William Dorsey Jr., 22, and Raymond Brightman, 21, who were arrested Tuesday; and Olanrewaju Ogunwuyi, 21, who was arrested late Monday. The latter three men are from New York City and are not SUNY Delhi students. Bierria was a second-year individual studies major with enough credits to graduate. He was injured during what appears to have been a brawl with several people at about 4:30 a.m. April 27 near Russell Hall, according to officials. Bierria's funeral will take place today in Queens. ___ Patricia Breakey can be reached at 746-2894 or at stardelhi@stny.rr.com.
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