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MS-13 Leader Admits To 7 Brutal Murders, Including Brentwood High School Students MS-13 Leader Admits To 7 Brutal Murders, Including Brentwood High School Students
MS-13 Leader Admits To 7 Brutal Murders, Including Brentwood High School Students An MS-13 leader formally confessed to his role in seven murders and other violent crimes that devastated Long Island. Jairo Saenz, 28, also known as “Funny,” pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in Central Islip federal court on Tuesday, Jan. 14. Saenz, a high-ranking member of the MS-13 gang’s Brentwood/Central Islip Sailors clique, admitted to taking part in a reign of terror that included the murders of 14-year-old Nisa Mickens and 15-year-old Kayla Cuevas in September 2016, prosecutors said. The Brentwood High School students were brutally attacked with a machete and baseball bats af…

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MS-13 Member Gets Decades For 'Barbaric' Machete Killings Of Long Island Men, Other Crimes MS-13 Member Gets Decades For 'Barbaric' Machete Killings Of Long Island Men, Other Crimes
MS-13 Member Gets Decades For 'Barbaric' Machete Killings Of Long Island Men, Other Crimes A member of the notorious MS-13 gang will spend decades in prison for his role in brutally killing two Long Island men and other crimes. Jonathan Hernandez, age 26, of Brentwood, was sentenced to over 43 years in prison in Central Islip federal court on Wednesday, Jan. 31. It followed his guilty plea to racketeering charges in May 2022 stemming from his participation in the January 2016 murder of Michael Johnson and the killing of Oscar Acosta three months later. According to prosecutors, Hernandez is a member of the Sailors clique of MS-13 and wanted to increase his status in the gang. …

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'Blight On Community' Long Island Motel That Housed Alleged Sex, Drug Trafficking Ring Sold 'Blight On Community' Long Island Motel That Housed Alleged Sex, Drug Trafficking Ring Sold
'Blight On Community' Long Island Motel That Housed Alleged Sex, Drug Trafficking Ring Sold Nearly a year after the owner and several employees of a Long Island motel were charged in an alleged sex and drug trafficking operation, the property has a new owner. The Sayville Motor Lodge, located in Sayville on Sunrise Highway, was sold to another company, the US Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District announced Tuesday, Oct. 3. US District Judge Joanna Seybert approved the sale for $2 million, with the payment from the state’s proceeds going to prior lenders on the property. The remaining proceeds will be forfeited to the government, which will seek to have the funds given to vic…

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Suffolk County MS-13 Member Admits To Two Murders, Attempted Murder, Drug Conspiracy Suffolk County MS-13 Member Admits To Two Murders, Attempted Murder, Drug Conspiracy
Suffolk County MS-13 Member Admits To Two Murders, Attempted Murder, Drug Conspiracy An MS-13 street gang member on Long Island will face life in prison after admitting to his role in two murders, and attempted murder to further a drug conspiracy, federal prosecutors announced. Brentwood resident Jonathan Hernandez, age 24, a member of the Sailors Locos Salvatruchas Westside (Sailors) clique of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, pleaded guilty to racketeering charges. Specifically, US Attorney Breon Peace said that Hernandez admitted to his participation in the Jan. 28, 2016 murder of Michael Johnson, the April 29, 2016 murder of Oscar Acosta, and attempted …

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