By Tiffany Williams –
On Thursday a jury in Providence Superior Court found Miguel Tebalan Rivera guilty of one count of second-degree murder and one count of possession of a knife with a blade longer than three inches during the commission of a crime of violence.
Thursday’s verdict came after a four-day trial, during which the state proved beyond a reasonable doubt that on December 23, 2015, Rivera stabbed Julio Perez Mejia and left him to die.
At about 6:30 p.m. on December 23, 2015, at approximately 6:30 p.m., Rivera walked into a Providence Police District sub-station on Broad Street and told patrol officers that he killed someone and offered to take them to the scene of the crime.
While in a police cruiser, Rivera directed officers to an apartment on Moore Street. Once inside that apartment, officers located Julio Perez Mejia in a large pool of blood, unresponsive and suffering from several stab wounds.
Emergency personnel responded to the scene and declared Mejia deceased at approximately 6:43 p.m.
Rivera is currently being held without bail at the Adult Correctional Institutions pending a sentencing hearing to be scheduled at a later date.