GUILTY MD - Luzviminda Monreal, 47, slain in Popeye's robbery, Brooklyn Park, 31 Aug 2014

Anne Arundel police have charged a 26-year-old Brooklyn Park restaurant employee with stabbing a co-worker to death over the weekend.

Moises Gomez-Castillo, of West Jeffrey Street in Brooklyn Park, has been charged with first- and second-degree murder, among other charges, police said Tuesday morning. Gomez-Castillo is charged in the slaying of Luzviminda Monreal, 47, of Laurel, who was found Sunday morning inside a store room in the back of the Popeyes restaurant at 5317 Ritchie Highway in Brooklyn Park, police said.

Gomez-Castillo was being held with no bond at the Jennifer Road Detention Center in Parole, a jail representative said.

Click to expand...

Through the investigation it has been determined that the motive for this murder was robbery. Information and evidence has been obtained to suggest that Gomez-Costillo pre-planned the robbery based on his knowledge of the management operations of this business. Gomez-Castillo has worked for Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen off and on for about seven years.

During the investigation detectives interviewed numerous people and served search warrants at several locations. Numerous items of evidence have been recovered linking Gomez-Castillo to this robbery/murder, including an undisclosed amount of currency believed to be currency removed from the business during the robbery.

Click to expand...

On Monday, Gomez-Castillo was sentenced to life in prison for Monreal-Benny's death. He pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in May...

Anne Arundel Circuit Court Judge Paul F. Harris Jr. called the killing a "tragic, senseless murder for $2,000"...

According to the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, he would be eligible for parole considerations after 15 years.

Click to expand...