In a hearing held in the National District, Judge Emmanuel López decreed three months of preventive detention for Yoan Manuel Jiménez Medina, accused of deceiving Enmanuel Contreras Medina over an iPhone 15 Pro‑Max and, indirectly, causing his death. Jiménez Medina, also nicknamed “Ángel”, was sent to the Correction and Rehabilitation Center (CCR) Las Parras.
The Public Ministry, represented by prosecutor Julia Laury Vásquez, filed the coercion request before the National District Prosecutor’s Office. It was established that, in early July 2026, Jiménez Medina posed as the legitimate seller of a 256 GB phone, capturing Contreras with a bank transfer of RD$15 000. The amount was half the price posted by Lenin Jhericop Núñez de León on Facebook Marketplace, who had advertised the device for RD$35 000.
The fatal encounter at La Javilla
On July 1, 2026, Núñez de León and Contreras agreed to meet at the La Javilla baseball stadium in Los Praditos. Contreras, believing he had already paid, arrived to pick up the phone. When asking for the money, Núñez de León chased him with a bat, struck him and left him in a coma before he was taken to a medical center. The patient died on September 9, 2026 from the injuries sustained.
Coercive measure and detention
Judge Rigoberto Sena, from the Judicial Office of Permanent Care Services, imposed preventive detention on Núñez de León, charged with voluntary homicide. Meanwhile, Jiménez Medina, who was on the run, was arrested on October 12, 2026 and transferred to CCR Najayo Hombres on September 16, 2026. The mandatory review of the measure is scheduled for January 19, 2027.
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