Bronx Man Stabs 14-Year-Old Boy, Knifes Neighbor’s Ring Doorbell

A Bronx man is accused of fatally stabbing a teenager and previously damaging a neighbor’s doorbell camera

Bronx Man Stabs 14-Year-Old Boy, Knifes Neighbor’s Ring Doorbell
Bronx Man Stabs 14-Year-Old Boy, Knifes Neighbor’s Ring Doorbell

Bronx: Startling video shows Waldo Mejia, the man accused of killing 14-year-old Caleb Rijos, attacking a Ring doorbell weeks before the stabbing. The footage, obtained by the Daily News, reveals Mejia using a large knife to stab the doorbell multiple times, leaving his neighbor terrified.

Mejia, 29, allegedly killed Caleb as the boy walked to school. At the time, he was already facing charges for damaging the neighbor’s doorbell in Mott Haven. The trouble started when Mejia pounded on the neighbor’s door early one morning, trying to get inside.

The neighbor confronted Mejia the next day, which seemed to trigger him. He kicked the neighbor’s door hard in retaliation. Ring footage captured Mejia trying to tamper with the doorbell camera before he returned with a knife and stabbed it multiple times, cracking the lens.

After his arrest for that incident, Mejia was released due to the charges not being bail eligible. This quick release made the neighbor uneasy, and he started checking his camera before leaving home.

On January 5, Mejia attacked a stranger at a subway station, stabbing him in the arm and chest. Then, just days later, he ambushed Caleb near his home, stabbing him twice in the chest. Caleb managed to call his father for help before collapsing.

Police quickly identified Mejia as the suspect after reviewing footage from the earlier incident. They arrested him returning to his building, where he was found with a bloody knife. Mejia has a lengthy criminal history, including previous arrests involving knives and guns.

During his arraignment, he was ordered held without bail on murder charges. The neighbor expressed his shock at the news of Caleb’s death, feeling sympathy for the boy’s mother and relief that Mejia is now behind bars.

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