A Fairfax County, Virginia, man was sentenced to 100 years in prison in 2021 for killing a co-worker he targeted after stealing his lunch.
Authorities sentenced Bazen Barhe, 25, on Tuesday for the murder of Hernan Leyva, 58, at a store on Bailey’s Crossroads, WUSA 9. report Tuesday.
image show The man and victim in this incident:
Employee who brutally murdered co-worker for stealing lunch sentenced to 100 years in prison https://t.co/nC9ya76xBf pic.twitter.com/L2lQH30Pf9
— New York Post (@nypost) January 31, 2024
Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano be familiar with On this subject in a recent statement:
At the sentencing hearing, the defendant threatened to kill or injure others unless he received the harshest sentence. The judge sentenced him to 100 years in prison for first-degree murder, suspended for 30 years, making the defendant 70 years in prison.
Berge, of Alexandria, claimed that Leyva, who was a manager at Target, became angry when he took her lunch out of the office refrigerator. After this incident occurred on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, Berge began planning the murder over the next few days. The next day, April 15, Bahhe bought a hammer and two knives while leaving work at Target, and spent the following day, April 16, “training for murder,” he told detectives. Early on Saturday, April 17, Ms. Berge arrived at the employee parking lot and waited for Ms. Leyva. When Leyva arrived for work, Berge stabbed him to death and fled. Berge quickly confessed to the crime and pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in October 2023.
CA Descano today sentenced Bazen Barge, 25, to 100 years in prison for the 2021 murder of Hernan Leyva, 58, in the parking lot of the Bailey’s Crossroads Target where they both worked. It was announced that a judgment had been rendered. pic.twitter.com/1bqPJkZ8Zc
— Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Descano (@FairfaxCountyCA) January 30, 2024
According to Leyva’s obituary: used to live He is survived by his partner Esperanza, two sons, brothers, nieces and nephews, and many friends.
“Hernán Leyva was born in the countryside of El Salvador. He was very hardworking from an early age and was a well-known figure in his family. Hernán loved spending time with his family and friends,” the obituary reads. It is written in
“He always had a smile on his face and one of his special talents was his sense of humor. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him, loved him and laughed with him. It says “Deaf”.
