NYC bodega worker freed after bail in murder case is lowered, but no charges for victim’s girlfriend

Jose Alba, a New York City bodega worker who is facing a murder charge in the fatal stabbing of Austin Simon in Manhattan, has been released from Rikers Island prison.

"Those four aspects of the package, the bail amount, the surrender of the passport, the electronic monitoring, and the travel restrictions, are the conditions that we believe will ensure the defendant’s return to court while the People continue to investigate this incident," the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said in statement to Fox News. 

Meanwhile, the girlfriend of the 35-year-old Alba is accused of stabbing – Austin Simon – remains without charges Friday, despite investigators saying in a criminal complaint that she brandished a knife herself from her purse and stabbed Alba in the arm during the fatal July 1 confrontation inside a Manhattan deli.