Stamford Man Released After Murder Charge Dropped

Joshua "Gunz" McNeill was released from custody after 42 months in jail after the state's attorney's office determined it lacked the evidence to convict him on the felony murder and robbery charges filed in the death of Denny "Pun" Alcantera on Stillwater Avenue. Tyrone "TT" Tarver, 25, was found guilty of was found guilty of felony murder, armed robbery and conspiracy to commit third-degree robbery in January 2013 and was sentenced to 50 years in prison. Darryl "Pretty D" Bonds was convicted in late May of felony murder, armed robbery and conspiracy to commit second-degree robbery and is facing up to 90 years in jail when he is scheduled to be sentenced in September. McNeill, who went with Tarver and Bonds to buy marijuana from Alcantara that day, according to witness testimony in the trials, never spoke to police about the murder. [...] Tarver and Bonds talked a little about the robbery and divvied up a small amount of pot, a couple hundred dollars in cash, a gold chain and a leather jacket taken from Alcantara, 22, after he was shot twice in the abdomen.