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A crew member of the 'MSC Ravenna', who stabbed to death his supervisor, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison on Nov 7, 2022. Michael Dequito Monegro, 44, of the Philippines, was sentenced in federal court in Los Angeles. He pleaded guilty in May to committing an act of violence against someone aboard a ship that is likely to endanger the vessel’s safe navigation. Monegro was working on the 'MSC Ravenna' on a two-week run from Shanghai to Los Angeles in Sep 2020, when he stabbed the man as the vessel was about 92 miles off the Southern California coast, in a hallway outside a locker room. The two men struggled and fell down. Monegro got on top of his victim, stabbed him, pulled a second knife from his supervisor’s coveralls and attacked him with both knives despite other crew members trying to stop him, including throwing a trash can at him. Monegro stopped stabbing the victim only when he became too tired to continue. The captain, chief mate and chief engineer arrived. and the captain finally persuaded Monegro to get off the victim, who died on the ship. He was kept under guard in his cabin and arrested a week later when the ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles. Authorities didn’t indicate a motive for the attack. The victim left a wife and a daughter who was 17 at the time.

A crew member of the 'MSC Ravenna' who stabbed to death his supervisor when the ship was heading to Los Angeles pleaded guilty on May 2, 2022, to a federal charge that carries a potential life sentence. Michael Dequito Monegro, 43, of the Philippines, entered a plea to committing an act of violence against someone aboard a ship that is likely to endanger the vessel’s safe navigation, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He is scheduled to be sentenced in September. Monegro was working on the 'MSC Ravenna' on a two-week run from Shanghai to Los Angeles in September 2020, when he stabbed the man as the vessel was about 92 miles off the Southern California coast. He attacked his supervisor in a hallway outside a locker room,. The two men struggled and fell down. Monegro got on top of his victim, stabbed him, pulled a second knife from his supervisor’s coveralls and attacked him with both knives despite other crewmembers trying to stop him, including throwing a trash can at him. Monegro admitted that he only stopped stabbing the victim when he became too tired to continue. The ship’s captain, chief mate and chief engineer arrived and the captain finally convinced Monegro to get off the victim, who died on the ship. It didn’t indicate a motive for the attack or name the victim. Monegro was arrested a week later when the ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles.

A Filipino crew attacked another crew member with knives on board of the 'MSC Ravenna' on Sep 20, 2020, while the ship was underway in the Pacific, enroute from Shanghai to Long Beach. He stabbed his fellow seaman, also a Filipino, 17 times, inflicting numerous wounds. The victim died from the injuries. The Master of the ship persuaded the attacker to surrender, and he was locked in cabin. The man was arrested ipon the ship’s arrival at Long Beach on Sep 21 at 4 a.m. On Sep 28 he was charged with murder, facing life sentence of death penalty. The ship left Los Angeles on Sep 28, next bound for Oakland, ETA Sep 29.