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Machete Killing Steps From LI Police Station Leads To Hefty Prison Terms
Three men who admitted to stabbing and beating a homeless man to death with a machete were sentenced to decades in prison, authorities announced Friday, March 27.
Brayan Heredia Escobar, 20; Jhon Lopez Campos, 19; and Julio Beltran, 40, were also homeless when they stabbed Candido Guadalupe Saravia Martinez to death steps from MTA Police headquarters in Central Islip, according to Suffolk County investigators.
Lopez Campos got 25 years, Beltran got 21 years, and Heredia Escobar got 20 years for the Feb. 18, 2025, attack, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said Friday.
“While not…
Roommate Attacks, Locks Woman In Room At Farmingdale Apartment, Police Say
A woman is facing multiple charges after allegedly attacking a woman and locking her inside a room during a violent dispute in a Long Island apartment, police said.
The incident happened shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, at a Farmingdale residence on Eastern Parkway, according to Nassau County Police.
Officers responded after receiving a 911 call from someone who said her friend was being held against her will.
When police arrived, they found Shawnequa Polite, 42, at the residence along with a 28-year-old woman who had visible injuries, police said.
An investigation revealed Polite, …
Trio Beat, Stabbed Man To Death At Homeless Camp Steps From Long Island Police Station: DA
Three foreign nationals were formally charged with murdering a homeless man just steps from a Long Island police station.
Brayan Heredia-Escobar, 19, of Guatemala; Jhon Lopez-Camps, 18, of El Salvador; and Julio Beltran, 39, of El Salvador, were indicted for second-degree murder in Suffolk County Court in the brutal killing of 39-year-old Salvadoran national Candido Saravia-Martinez.
The victim was found slain in a makeshift tent in Central Islip, near the intersection of Suffolk and Carleton avenues, at around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, as Daily Voice reported. The scene was just steps f…
Murder-Suicide Ends In LA Fitness Parking Lot On Long Island
Two men are dead following a suspected murder-suicide that ended outside a Long Island gym.
Officers were called to a Lindenhurst residence on Nevada Street for a man lying in the front yard just before 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 3. They found Marek Gusciora, 66, dead from a gunshot wound to his chest, Suffolk County Police said.
A little over an hour later, detectives located Augustyn Jedra, 69, who is homeless, dead in a parked vehicle behind the LA Fitness on Park Avenue, roughly four blocks south of the Nevada Street scene, police said.
Jedra died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound…
LI Man Who Forced Homeless Teen Into Prostitution In Exchange For Food, Shelter Gets Prison
A Long Island man will spend more than a decade in prison for forcing an 18-year-old homeless woman into prostitution.
Javesh Persaud, 34, of Shirley, was sentenced to 12 years behind bars in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, Dec. 11, after pleading guilty to sex trafficking and related charges.
Prosecutors said Persaud met the victim in July 2023 on Omegle, an online chat platform. She had been sleeping in New York City subways and told Persaud she was homeless.
Persaud offered her food, clean clothes, a shower, and a place to sleep. He then drove the victim to a parking lot in Shirley …
