Upscale Cracc Murder: Suspect Arrested in Killing of Sneaker Reseller
The famed sneaker reseller was fatally shot in June.
A man allegedly connected to the murder of Upscale Cracc has been arrested.
According to PIX 11, 35-year-old Jayquan Straker of Poughkeepsie, NY was taken into custody by police on Saturday for the murder of the famed sneaker reseller, Javier Onsorio-Mejia a.k.a Upscale Cracc.
Osorio-Mejia, 31, was shot three times in his right leg in June in Manhattan’s Soho neighborhood at around 5:15 a.m. but later died from his injuries at a nearby hospital.
Law enforcement officials believe Osorio-Mejia and another female passenger were being followed by a gunman from a club in Queens. After the two pulled over, the suspect allegedly robbed and shot him before fleeing. Police say that Osorio-Mejia’s female passenger was not injured.
Sources told Complex in June that the murder happened while Cracc was on his way back to his home in Bayonne, New Jersey.
Straker faces multiple charges for murder, robbery, and criminal possession of a weapon.