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Calverton Man Admits Slashing Ex-Girlfriend's Family With Knife Calverton Man Admits Slashing Ex-Girlfriend's Family With Knife
Calverton Man Admits Slashing Ex-Girlfriend's Family With Knife A Long Island pleaded guilty to pushing, biting, and slashing his ex-girlfriend’s family members while trying to get to her, authorities announced. On Monday, Aug. 21, the Suffolk County DA announced that 30-year-old Calverton resident Guillermo Ayala Jr. admitted guilt for the attack, which occurred in December 2022. According to both the court documents and Ayala’s guilty plea, on Dec. 2, 2022, he went shopping and to dinner with his ex-girlfriend, who is also the mother of his children. After their dinner, he drove around for hours demanding that she show him who she was talking to o…
Pool Hall Killing: Man Admits Gunning Down 27-Year-Old Father Of 3 During Port Jefferson Fight Pool Hall Killing: Man Admits Gunning Down 27-Year-Old Father Of 3 During Port Jefferson Fight
Pool Hall Killing: Man Admits Gunning Down 27-Year-Old Father Of 3 During Port Jefferson Fight Nearly five years to the day after a 27-year-old father of three was shot to death at a Long Island pool hall, his killer has confessed. See an updated story here: Pool Hall Killer Gets 23 To Life For Gunning Down Father Of 3 At Port Jefferson Business Alejandro Vargas-Diaz, age 41, pleaded guilty to murder and related charges in Suffolk County Court on Monday, July 24, for fatally shooting Albert Luis Rodriguez-Lopez in July 2018. According to the Suffolk County DA’s office, the two men got into an argument inside a pool hall in Port Jefferson on July 22, 2018. During the altercation, …
'Execution-Style Murder': Mastic Beach Man Indicted For Killing Victim Outside Bar, Fleeing 'Execution-Style Murder': Mastic Beach Man Indicted For Killing Victim Outside Bar, Fleeing
'Execution-Style Murder': Mastic Beach Man Indicted For Killing Victim Outside Bar, Fleeing A Long Island man, as well as his brother and a friend, have been indicted for their respective roles in the brutal killing of a man outside of a local bar. Joseph Scalafani, aged 34 of Mastic Beach, is accused of the shooting death of another Mastic Beach resident, 32-year-old Alex Smith, and then fleeing the state, the Suffolk County DA announced Tuesday, July 11. Scalafani first violated a restraining order to approach his ex-girlfriend on May 13, 2023, demanding she set up a meeting between him and Smith, according to the investigation. He went so far as to pull out a black handgun a…
Home Break-In: Serial Bellport Burglar Headed Back To Prison Home Break-In: Serial Bellport Burglar Headed Back To Prison
Home Break-In: Serial Bellport Burglar Headed Back To Prison A convicted felon who spent years behind bars for breaking into Long Island homes is heading back to prison after confessing to another burglary. Arnaldo Marcano, age 42, of Bellport, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, June 7. It followed his guilty plea to second-degree burglary in May 2023. Earlier Report: Repeat Offender: Parolee Admits Breaking Into Bellport Home, Stealing Cash The district attorney’s office said it was shortly after midnight on Feb. 24, 2023 when Marcano broke a window and entered a Bellport home, where he stole cash befor…
Riverhead Man Gets 23 Years For Sexually Assaulting 10-Year-Old Riverhead Man Gets 23 Years For Sexually Assaulting 10-Year-Old
Riverhead Man Gets 23 Years For Sexually Assaulting 10-Year-Old A Long Island man who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a child, and who was accused of doing so for months, has been sentenced to over two decades in prison. Riverhead resident Jose Carabantes Pineda, age 37, of Riverhead, was sentenced to 23 years in prison in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, April 6. It followed his guilty plea to the sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl, the Suffolk County DA announced. Earlier Report: Long Island Man Indicted For Alleged Sexual Abuse Of Child According to his guilty plea and investigation, on March 10, 2021, Carabantes Pineda took the girl to a R…
Deer Park Man Sold Fentanyl-Laced Pills To Undercover Cop, Jury Finds Deer Park Man Sold Fentanyl-Laced Pills To Undercover Cop, Jury Finds
Deer Park Man Sold Fentanyl-Laced Pills To Undercover Cop, Jury Finds A Long Island man was convicted by a jury of his peers for selling pills laced with fentanyl at an LIRR train station. Anthony Alexander, age 57, of Deer Park, was found guilty Thursday, March 30, of selling the opioid-laced pills under the guise that they were oxycodone, the Suffolk County DA said. Alexander sold what he said were oxycodone pills to an undercover investigator two times in January 2022. Subsequent testing of the pills sold to the investigator revealed that they were fentanyl, not oxycodone. Police arrested Alexander on January 20, 2022, at the Babylon train station. Inves…