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DA Recommends Menendez Brothers With NY Ties Be Resentenced
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has recommended brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez, who spent their childhoods in New Jersey and New York, be resentenced after spending decades in prison for the shotgun murder of their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion. The brothers, now in their 50s, should be freed and placed on parole for the murders of their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez in August 1989, Gascón said at a news conference Thursday, Oct. 24, that comes amid worldwide viewership of a series on their story on Netflix. The case now moves forward to a Los A…
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Estranged Son-In-Law Stabbed Woman To Death Outside Long Island Restaurant, DA Says
Prosecutors filed murder charges against a man accused of stabbing his mother-in-law to death as she left a Long Island restaurant. Erick Corado-Gonzales, age 27, of Glen Cove, was indicted on second-degree murder and related charges in Nassau County Court on Tuesday, Oct. 22, in the death of Ana Ruth Espinoza. The incident happened in West Hempstead, outside the La Candela Restaurant on Hempstead Turnpike, just after midnight Sunday, Sept. 29. Earlier Report: Suspect Nabbed, ID Released For Woman Fatally Stabbed Near Long Island Restaurant Prosecutors said Espinoza and other fami…
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Man Who Stabbed Wife To Death As Couple's Son Tried Saving Her In Lindenhurst Gets Decades
A Long Island man who confessed to stabbing his wife to death as their teenage son desperately tried saving her will spend decades behind bars. Ryszard Murawski, age 44, of Lindenhurst, was sentenced to 22 years to life in prison in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, Oct. 17. It followed his guilty plea to second-degree murder in the death of Wioleta Murawski. Emergency crews were called to the couple’s Lindenhurst residence on South 14th Street at around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3, after their 15-year-old son called 911 saying his father had stabbed his mother. Earlier Report: Man …
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Man Who Stabbed Son-In-Law To Death At Islip Terrace Home Gets 25 Years
A Long Island man who confessed to stabbing his son-in-law to death will spend decades in prison. Eduardo Vega, age 58, of Islip Terrace, was sentenced to 25 years behind bars in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, Oct. 17, in the death of 34-year-old Roshane McLaren. Prosecutors said Vega was living with his wife, Tanya Denis, along with her two daughters and their husbands when Vega got into an argument with McLaren in their backyard on Sept. 27, 2022. Earlier Report: Man Admits Fatally Stabbing Son-In-Law In Islip Terrace; Wife Cops To Being Getaway Driver The altercation escalate…
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Horrific New Details Out In 'Vicious, Senseless' Killing Of Man In Affluent Suffolk Co. Hamlet
A man accused of beating and torturing his longtime friend to death on Long Island was charged with first-degree murder. Jeremy Allen, age 43, of East Quogue, was indicted in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, Oct. 10, in the death of 43-year-old Christopher Hahn. According to prosecutors, Allen and Hahn returned to Allen’s Oakville Avenue residence on the evening of Friday, Sept. 27, after spending hours at a bar. The two had been friends since high school. Earlier Report: Man Accused Of Killing Guest At His East Quogue Home Shortly after midnight, surveillance video captured the s…
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Ronkonkoma Man Admits To Double-Fatal Shooting At Selden Residence
A Long Island man is facing decades in prison after admitting to fatally shooting two people inside a home. Brian Cordovano, age 50, of Ronkonkoma and formerly of Bay Shore, was arrested following a traffic stop in Smithtown, on Columbus Avenue, just before noontime on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. On Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at around 10:45 p.m. in Selden at 55 Hollywood Ave., Ian Saalfield, age 45, of Lake Grove, who had been reported missing by his wife nearly two weeks earlier, and the homeowner, Robert Julian, age 58, were found shot to death, Suffolk County Police said. Cordovano w…
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New Details: State Failed 'Committed Mother' Stabbed To Death At Long Island Home, Family Says
A New York man accused of murdering the mother of his child should’ve been locked up years ago, his own relatives insist. Long Island resident Brenda Guadalupe Alfaro-Alcantara, age 29, was found with multiple stab wounds in the basement of her Hempstead home on Botsford Street at around 8:40 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5. She was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Nassau County Police. Detectives arrested a suspect, 43-year-old Jose Funes-Zabala, of Roosevelt, on Monday afternoon, Oct. 7. He is charged with second-degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child. Earlier Report:&n…
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Trail Killing: Couple Gets Decades For Stabbing Man On Port Jefferson Bike Path
A Long Island couple will spend decades behind bars for their roles in the murder of a man on a popular walking and biking trail. Jose Martinez-Vazquez, age 25, of Port Jefferson Station, was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison in Suffolk County Court on Monday, Oct. 7, in the death of Benjamin Flores-Mendez. His girlfriend, Tiffany Diaz-Cabrera, age 21, of Port Jefferson Station, was given 15 years to life. Earlier Report: Trail Killing: Couple Confesses To Stabbing Of Man On Long Island Bike Path According to prosecutors, Martinez-Vazquez followed the 39-year-old Flores-Mende…
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Murder Suspect Nabbed, ID Released Of 29-Year-Old Woman Found Dead At Long Island Home
A suspect is in custody days after a woman was found stabbed to death at a Long Island home. Officers responded to a 911 call for an aided person in Hempstead at a Botsford Street residence on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 8:40 p.m. in Hempstead. Upon arrival, officers located the 29-year-old woman, now identified as Brenda Guadalupe Alfaro-Alcantara, of Hempstead, in the basement of the home with multiple stab wounds. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Late Monday afternoon, Oct. 7, Nassau County Police announced the arrest of 43-year-old suspect Jose W. Funes-Zabala, of Roosevel…
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6 Members of MS-13 Charged In ‘Brutal’ Slaying Of 21-Year-Old At Long Island Park
A half dozen members of the notorious MS-13 gang were slapped with federal charges in the murder of a 21-year-old man who was found dead at a Long Island park. The group is named in a 17-count superseding indictment that was unsealed in Central Islip federal court on Thursday, Oct. 3. It includes multiple racketeering offenses, including two murders, one attempted murder, and drug trafficking. Prosecutors laid out their case more than two years after Walter Ochoa, age 21, was shot in the chest and then stabbed to death by several MS-13 members at Uniondale Park on July 19, 2022. Ochoa was …
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29-Year-Old Woman Found Dead At Long Island Home
An investigation is underway after a woman was found dead at a Long Island home. Check here for a new, updated story: Murder Suspect Nabbed, ID Released Of 29-Year-Old Woman Found Dead At Hempstead Home Officers responded to a 911 call for an aided person in Hempstead at a Botsford Street residence on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 8:40 p.m. in Hempstead. Upon arrival, officers located a 29-year-old woman in the basement of the home with multiple stab wounds. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Her identity has not yet been released. The investigation is ongoing. Detectives reques…
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MS-13 Member 'Little Devil' Gets 50 Years For Gruesome Quadruple Murder In Central Islip
An MS-13 gang member who lured four men to a Long Island park where they were brutally murdered will spend decades behind bars. Leniz Escobar, age 24, of Islip Terrace, was sentenced to 50 years in prison in Central Islip federal court on Thursday, Oct. 1. It followed her April 2022 conviction for murder and related charges in the deaths of Justin Llivicura, Michael Lopez, Jorge Tigre and Jefferson Villalobos. According to prosecutors, Escobar – known by fellow gang members as “Diablita,” or “Little Devil” – helped lure five young men, including the four victims, to Central Islip Community…
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