Alfredo Simon Being Held For Role In Fatal Shooting In Dominican Republic

Baltimore Orioles reliever Alfredo Simon is currently being investigated for his role in the New Year’s Eve fatal shooting of a 25-year-old man in the Dominican town of Luperon. Earlier on Monday, it was reported that Simon would be held in prison without bail for (up to) a year until the start of his trial. We now have a little more on the situation.

Updating the previous report, Dan Connelly says that Simon is actually in prison for the time being in Santiago pending the results of ballistics tests. Authorities are looking to confirm that the bullet that struck and killed Michael Esteban Castillo Almonte came from Simon’s gun.

Orioles reliever Alfredo Simon was involved in the fatal shooting of another man on New Year’s Eve in the Dominican Republic. On Monday he turned himself and his gun in to police, insisting that the whole thing was an accident. He was arraigned Monday evening, and, says Dionisio Soldevila:

According to the ruling, Simon will remain in a Dominican prison until the investigation is completed and his case proceeds to trial. However, he doesn’t just have regular lawyers - he has a powerful legal team being bankrolled by Miguel Tejada, and they’re prepared to fight this decision.