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Man Behind 'Vicious' Slashing Of Bouncer On Long Island Gets Over Decade In Prison
A man who viciously attacked a Long Island bar bouncer, leaving him permanently disfigured, will spend over a decade in prison.
Darieo St. Leger, age 35, of Islip Terrace, was sentenced to 12 years behind bars in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, Aug. 8
According to prosecutors, it was around 12:40 a.m. on Oct. 23, 2022, when St. Leger and the bouncer began arguing outside the Ivy Kitchen and Bar in Huntington after the bouncer refused to let him inside.
Earlier Report: 'Enraged' Customer Admits Slashing, Disfiguring Bouncer At Huntington Bar
He admitted that he slashed the bouncer…
Former Podiatrist, Sister From Northern Westchester Charged In Alleged New Plot To Kill Wife
A podiatrist from the Hudson Valley has been accused of trying to get his wife killed for a second time, this time with the alleged aid of his sister.
Rockland County resident Ira Bernstein, age 49, of Montebello, and Northern Westchester resident Jaclyn Goldberg, age 40, of Bedford, have been indicted by a grand jury following an investigation conducted by the Town of Ramapo Police Department with the assistance of the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office.
From July 29, 2022 through September 21, 2022, Ira Bernstein is alleged to have solicited the murder of his wife S…
21-Year-Old Sentenced For Fatally Stabbing Man After Argument At Hempstead Park
A 21-year-old man will spend years in prison for fatally stabbing an acquaintance after an argument at a Long Island park.
Jose Ortiz-Trochez, of Hempstead, was sentenced on Wednesday, Sept. 14, to 19 years in prison and five years of post-release supervision for the fatal stabbing of 34-year-old Juan Gabriel Chic-Sian on March 28, 2019, Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly announced.
Ortiz-Trochez stabbed Chic-Sian in the abdomen in Hempstead, at Brierley Park, at about 11:45 p.m., Donnelly said.
Chic-Sian was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Ortiz-Trochez…
Decomposed Body Found In Connecticut Home ID'd As Ponzi Swindler, Jeffrey Epstein Mentor
A body found in a Connecticut home during a welfare check has positively been identified as Steven Hoffenberg, a longtime mentor of Jeffrey Epstein.
Hoffenberg, the one-time owner of the New York Post and businessman who spent 18 years in prison for a $460 million Ponzi scheme, was found in the New Haven County home around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 23, in the city of Derby.
According to the Derby Police, the medical examiner's office confirmed on Friday, Aug. 26, that the badly decomposed body was that of Hoffenberg.
An initial autopsy did not find signs of trauma on the body, the…
