A New York woman was arrested last week on suspicion of brutally dismembering two bodies and scattering their parts across Long Island, days after being released under state bail laws.
Amanda Wallace is one of four people charged with disposing of the body parts of two victims at various parks on Long Island.
On Friday, she was arrested on suspicion of stealing beauty products from a Lindenhurst CVS store, where she is under court-ordered electronic monitoring, Newsday reported. Wallace, 40, of Amityville, has pleaded not guilty to petty theft.
According to police, at 10:50 p.m. Friday, a CVS employee alerted authorities to the suspected theft, and Wallace was taken into custody.
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Amanda Wallace appears in Suffolk First District Criminal Court on Monday, March 11, 2024, in Central Islip, New York. Ms. Wallace was arrested days after being released without bail in connection with the gruesome discovery of her severed body parts in Babylon, Long Island. (Fox News Digital Image Direct)
“I got my eyelashes and nail polish done,” Wallace told the officer, according to court documents obtained by the newspaper. “I forgot my money and really didn’t feel like walking home.”
Prosecutors asked Wallace to be held on $10,000 cash bail, telling the judge: “She committed this crime while wearing a GPS monitor, sir.”
Suffolk County Judge James McDonough ordered Wallace held without bail in the body parts case, saying he violated the terms of his previous release. Bail on the petty larceny charge was set at $5,000 cash, $10,000 surety bond, or $50,000 partially secured bond.
“At a minimum, you should be able to go nine days without being rearrested,” McDonough said.
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Jeffrey McKee appears in Suffolk First District Criminal Court on Friday, March 8, 2024, in Central Islip, New York. McKee was charged in connection with the gruesome discovery of severed body parts in Babylon this week and was released without bail. (Fox News Digital Image Direct)
Wallace and her boyfriend, Stephen Brown, 44. Jeffrey McKee, 38 years old. Alexis Nieves (33 years old). All have pleaded not guilty to first-degree hindering prosecution, concealment of human remains, and tampering with physical evidence by concealment or destruction.
Authorities said evidence against the suspects included human remains, a meat cleaver, a butcher knife, a large amount of blood and a surveillance camera.
The two victims have been identified as Malcolm Brown (53) and Donna Connealy (59). Their dismembered bodies were discovered on February 29 and March 5 in Babylon Park, Bethpage State Park, and a wooded area in West Babylon.
Stephen Brown and Amanda Wallace appear in Suffolk First District Criminal Court on Monday, March 11, 2024, in Central Islip, New York. Brown and Wallace were charged in connection with the gruesome discovery of severed body parts in Babylon last week and were released without bail. (Fox News Digital Image Direct)
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All four defendants were initially released without bail.
Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said that under New York’s 2019 reform law, charges that simply involve cutting up and disposing of a corpse are not eligible for bail.
Fox News Digital’s Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.
