A shelf stocker acquitted of the deadly stabbing of an unhinged shoplifter at a Midtown CVS had his record wiped completely clean Friday as a judge tossed his remaining weapons charge.
“I’m officially a free man right now,” a smiling Scotty Enoe told The Post after his low-level rap for having brass knuckles in his pocket was dismissed at a Manhattan Supreme Court hearing.
Jurors at a July trial took just twenty minutes to acquit Enoe, 48, of manslaughter for fatally knifing Charles Brito inside the Broadway and West 49th Street store.
Enoe testified that he was merely defending himself from a “crazy” thief that had punched him repeatedly and threatened his coworkers.
But the jury still convicted Enoe of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree.
The Grenada-born shelf stocker, a lawful permanent resident, could have had his green card revoked and been deported had the misdemeanor rap stuck, according to his lawyer.
The Manhattan DA’s office — which had charged Enoe for the brass knuckles even though he didn’t use them in the the fatal struggle — ultimately agreed to toss the weapon possession count.
Judge Curtis Farber signed off on the agreement Friday, and formally dismissed what was left of the case.
“There is no reason to believe that Mr. Enoe is a danger to society,” Farber said from the bench, before wishing Enoe luck.
Enoe, who had never been arrested before the July 2023 episode, said after the hearing that he planned to go back to his job working six days a week stocking shelves for the beverage distributor Big Geyser.
His employers had helped pay to free him on $100,000 bail after he spent a week on Rikers Island after his arrest. He was released under strict conditions, including an ankle bracelet and a nightly curfew.
“I’m just trying to live my life,” Enoe told The Post Friday. “I’m not looking for trouble.”
After July’s swift acquittal, Enoe and his lawyer, Frank Rothman, blasted Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg for bringing the case at all. Enoe had faced up to 25 years in prison if convicted of manslaughter.
Rothman said Friday that he was glad that prosecutors eventually agreed to toss the remaining charge.
“It took them long enough, but I’m relieved that they finally did the right thing,” he told The Post.
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