A Brooklyn man on Wednesday was sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing his former roommate inside the Brighton Beach apartment they once shared.
Pavel Orgaev, 62, of Brighton Beach, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after being convicted of first-degree murder, first-degree burglary and first-degree criminal contempt on December 6, 2024, following a jury trial, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.
On May 2020, while Orgaev and the victim, Dimitri Buvenov, 45, were living together in a basement apartment in Brighton Beach, an alleged physical altercation between the two left the victim with broken ribs. Orgaev was then arrested, and an order of protection was issued requiring him to stay away from the victim, prosecutors said.
Days later, on May 11, 2020, at approximately 3:30am, Orgaev walked from his nearby residence to his previous apartment. He then unlawfully entered the home and fatally stabbed Buvenov numerous times, according to prosecutors.
The victim was discovered inside the apartment and pronounced dead at the scene.
“This was a brutal and premeditated attack carried out in the supposed safety of the victim’s home," Gonzalez said in a statement. "The defendant ignored a court order, returned to the apartment they once shared and viciously took a life in a horrific act of violence. Today’s sentence holds him accountable for that harm.”
