In recent days, two people’s dismembered body parts were found scattered around Long Island, New York, and four people were arrested, due to the state’s progressive bail reform law. The suspects have been returned to the streets, drawing harsh criticism from local officials.
The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday that four suspects have been charged with concealing a human corpse, hindering prosecution and tampering with physical evidence.
In recent days, various body parts, including the severed heads, arms, and legs of a man and a woman from Yonkers, New York, were discovered in Babylon. The first gruesome discovery was made by a girl on her way to school on Thursday.
However, under the 2019 Bail Reform Act, mutilation and murder and abandonment of a corpse are non-bailable, meaning prosecutors cannot request bail or detain suspects. Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney said. Speaking while breaking the law.
Police arrested four people in connection with the dismemberment of two bodies in New York, but they were released under the state’s progressive bail reform law. (J. Conrad Williams Jr./Newsday RM (via Getty Images), left, James Carbone/Newsday RM (via Getty Images), right)
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“This is yet another absurd result of ‘bail reform’ and the Albany Legislature’s ability to substitute its own decisions for those of judges and litigants,” Tierney said. .
“We will work with the Suffolk County Police Department to resolve this investigation as quickly as possible and urge Congress to make common sense amendments to this law.”
The suspects, Stephen Brown, 44, Jeffrey McKee, 38, and Amanda Wallace, 40, of 25 Railroad Avenue, Amityville, were arrested by Homicide Squad detectives. and was prosecuted. The same goes for Alexis Nieves, 33, who is homeless.
All four suspects have been released on supervised release and are required to wear GPS anklets, report to probation once a week, remain in Suffolk County and surrender their passports, Fox News has learned. They are scheduled to be arraigned March 6 in First District Court in Central Islip.
Police searched the home at 25 Railroad Avenue on Monday and found additional body parts belonging to the two victims the same day in a wooded area across from 103 Lakeway Drive in West Babylon. A body was also found at Bethpage State Park. No body parts were found in the house.
The home at 25 Railroad Avenue in Amityville was searched Monday. (Google Maps)
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New York State Senator Dean Murray (R) also criticized the “capture and release” of suspects, calling it “just another example of the failure of Democrats’ so-called criminal justice reform.”
“In what world is this going to keep Long Islanders safe?” Murray fumed in a statement.
“This means the state Legislature and the governor must reverse dangerous policies like “bail reform,” “raising the age,” “less is more,” and “clean slates,” and get back on track. Another prime example of why: We provide law enforcement with the tools they need to keep our communities safe.”
Newly elected Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine said the law would allow people charged with dismembering bodies and leaving body parts in the community to be released without posting bail. He said it had become.
Several body parts were discovered on Long Island, New York, on Thursday and Monday. (Fox 5 New York)
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“It is outrageous and completely unacceptable in a civilized society that prosecutors are handcuffed and those charged with this heinous crime are ordered released by the state,” Romaine said in a statement. said.
“Despite the great work of the Suffolk County Police Department and District Attorney Ray Tierney, the failed NYS bail laws of 2019 continue to put the public at risk. These laws must be changed immediately, and I We support all efforts by law enforcement to force change in Albany to make Suffolk County a safer place to live. ”
The series of gruesome discoveries began Thursday morning when a girl on her way to school discovered a severed arm on the side of the road east of Suthers Pond Park.
This led to a police search and further body parts, including the man’s right arm and right leg, were discovered.
FOX News’ Henry Nakari contributed to this report.
