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Anderson, Carpenter, and Nelson were each sentenced to 22 years to life for killing Jervey Barfield. The terms follow an August jury verdict.
On Sept. 29, 2026, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced that Naquan Anderson, 28, Trevor Carpenter, 44, and Alvin Nelson, 45, were each sentenced to 22 years to life in state prison for the May 3, 2025, fatal stabbing and assault of Jervey Barfield, 33, in Upper Manhattan.
By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer ·
A sentence after a jury verdict is the judgment imposed on the counts of conviction. It is not a new accusation. On Sept. 29, 2026, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced that Anderson, Carpenter, and Nelson were each sentenced to 22 years to life. On Aug. 11, 2026, a jury convicted Anderson and Nelson of second-degree murder and first-degree gang assault, and convicted Carpenter of first-degree manslaughter and first-degree gang assault.
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office said that, as proven at trial, the defendants confronted Barfield at about 5:14 a.m. on May 3, 2025, near West 141st Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard, after an earlier dispute outside a deli nearby. Nelson and Anderson stabbed Barfield, and Carpenter assaulted him. Barfield died from stab wounds to his neck and torso and from blunt-force injuries to his head. Those are the facts the office said the trial proved.
Nelson was arrested on May 16, 2025, Carpenter on May 22, 2025, and Anderson on June 9, 2025. The Aug. 11 convictions and the Sept. 29 sentences are separate steps. Each term the District Attorney announced is 22 years to life.
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