Overview

• Josny Jean, 31, was arrested Monday night and charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon in the killing of his 70-year-old neighbor; he pleaded not guilty and bail was set at $500,000 cash or $750,000 bond.
• A criminal complaint says video from inside the East 87th Street house shows the men arguing around 12:20 a.m. before the victim screamed and fell to the floor.
• Prosecutors allege Jean stabbed the victim eight times in the chest, dragged him to a car, and drove him to Brookdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead about an hour later.
• Court records state a bloody knife was recovered from Jean’s vehicle, and police determined the assault occurred at the victim’s residence as the motive remains under investigation.
• Both men lived in the multi-family Canarsie home, and the case arrives as the 69th Precinct reports a 33% year-to-date rise in murders, with five homicides recorded as of Sept. 7.