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Levittown Man Sentenced For 'Ruthless' Machete Killing Of 73-Year-Old Grandmother Levittown Man Sentenced For 'Ruthless' Machete Killing Of 73-Year-Old Grandmother
Levittown Man Sentenced For 'Ruthless' Machete Killing Of 73-Year-Old Grandmother Laraine Pizzichemi was still weakened from a battle with pancreatic cancer when her grandson's 27-year-old former friend broke into her Long Island home in September 2017 and hacked her to death with a machete during a robbery. Exactly five years later to the day, the 73-year-old’s killer, Benjamin Lopez, of Levittown, was sentenced to life in prison without parole Tuesday, Sept. 13, months after a Nassau County jury convicted him of first-degree murder. Lopez was “out for revenge” when he and a co-defendant, Deangelo Gill, forced their way into Pizzichemi’s Levittown home on Sunday, S…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Man Convicted For Machete Killing Of Grandmother During Levittown Home Invasion Man Convicted For Machete Killing Of Grandmother During Levittown Home Invasion
Man Convicted For Machete Killing Of Grandmother During Levittown Home Invasion A Long Island man has been convicted in the brutal machete killing of a 73-year-old grandmother during a home invasion. On Sept. 13, 2017, Benjamin Lopez, age 27, of Levittown, and a co-defendant, Deangelo Gill, broke into a home on Newbridge Road in Levittown seeking revenge on the resident, Mark Depperman, and planning to steal his marijuana and money, according to the charges by Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly said.  Once inside the home, they encountered 73-year-old Laraine Pizzichemi, Depperman’s grandmother. Lopez then hacked Pizzichemi to death with a mache…

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by Joe Lombardi