After a night of heavy drinking, a Long Island man fatally beat a friend in his Hamptons home, then texted a handyman to help clean up, authorities said.
Jeremy Allen, 43, was attacked Saturday morning after a booze-fueled attack, with the beaten and stabbed body of his friend Christopher Hearn, 43, hidden under a tarp in the suspect's backyard. Police discovered him and arrested him. Newsday reported.
Authorities said Sunday that Allen and a drinking buddy got into a heated argument as they were discussing his upcoming 12-step program, which ended with Allen punching the victim and then stabbing him in the head, killing him. prosecutors announced at his arraignment. Exit.
Suffolk County Prosecutor Elana Tomaro told Southampton Municipal Judge Adam Grossman during the proceedings that video footage of the vicious attack exists and that it was “brutal and heinous to watch.”
Hahn and Allen have been charged with drunk driving several times since 2007, according to Newsday, but Allen's lawyer said in court that he had been drinking during “an altercation that escalated.” .
Enraged, Allen allegedly continued to beat Hearn for six hours, and prosecutors say Hearn pulled out a “large knife” and stabbed his friend in the “head and neck,” Newsday reported.
According to the outlet, Allen then texted a handyman in the area and asked him to help clean up the house.
When the handyman saw the bloody body, he told Allen he had to go buy bleach to do some work, and instead called Southampton police, who arrived at the scene shortly before 10 a.m. It is said that
Hearn was pronounced dead at the scene, and Allen was arrested about an hour after his body was discovered.
He was arraigned Sunday and ordered held without bail.
Allen also has a pending rape case in Southampton and is still on probation from a 2022 DUI conviction in Ulster County, Newsday reported.
Southampton police referred questions from the Post to Suffolk County police, who could not be reached for comment Sunday.
