Amador: Sothe one that missed the train, and the others didnt. An alleged MS-13 gang associate was sentenced to 32 years in federal prison Thursday for his role in the killing of four young people who were lured into a Central Islip woods in April 2017. Escobar is charged in the quadruple April 2017 machete attack that left four young friends bludgeoned to death in a Central Islip park. Nassau and Suffolk counties are slated to receive $2.1 million in state funding to combat gun violence. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Roommate of gangster accused of dismembering Uber Eats driver remembers blood, disturbing noises, MS-13 felon dismembered Uber Eats driver before stuffing remains in trash bag: sheriff, Suspects with ties to MS-13 allegedly hold LI man hostage in sex-fueled plot, Ex-Honduras presidents son murdered by suspected MS-13 hitmen, dismissed the testimony of Escobars boyfriend. Three people were arrested in connection with the shooting in Center Moriches. Four other MS-13 members also accused of carrying out the fatal attack are awaiting trial, while two others have been sentenced to 50 and 55 years in prison. Credit: Newsday/Thomas A. Ferrara. During the trial,Siegel alsodismissed the testimony of Escobars boyfriend, Sergio Vladimir Segovia Pineda, and other MS-13 gangsters who took the stand. Ordered to kneel, and told they were going to die, the assailants made good on their promise except as to 22-year-old Elmer Alexander Arteaga-Ruiz. / CBS New York. Alexander Ruiz, 22, says he and his friends were brought into a wooded area of the park by Escobar to smoke marijuana. Other 08/13/2021 6:34 AM 123 SESAME ST Other 08/13/2021 6:34 AM 124 CONCH ST Other 08/13/2021 6:34 AM 42 WALLABY WAY What is The Best Tex-Mex Restaurant on Long Island? Antoinette CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - An MS-13 gang affiliate known as "Diablita," or "Little Devil," was convicted on federal racketeering and murder charges exactly five years to the day after the grisly. The 22-year-old man, who was driving a tractor trailer, had a loaded handgun without a permit, police say. The anger and grief of three murder victims' families filled a Suffolk County courtroom as two Central Islip men, convicted in the 2009 triple murder, were sentenced Wednesday to spend the rest . You heard [gang member] David Gaitan-Riveras testimony, Assistant US Attorney Justina Geraci told jurors. "Ms. Escobar maintains her innocence. By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy. The survivor, Elmer Alexander Artiaga-Ruiz, told the jury through an interpreter "La Diablita lured us to a park to smoke marijuana. The building receive major structural damage, officials say. 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"I They were just high school kids, Assistant U.S. Attorney Megan Farrell said during opening statements as the trial began late last month. One of the girls even said they In a rambling statement to the judge, Hasan Vaughan maintained his innocence, criticizing both the judge and prosecutor and claiming jurors were coerced into convicting him. Or to keep it anonymous, click here. Valerie Cincinelli paid her one-time boyfriend, John DiRubba, $7,000 to hire a hitman to kill estranged husband, Isaiah Carvalho, amid a bitter divorce and custody battle over their son. Escobar, who used the handle La Diablita, or Little Devil on social media, is believed to have lured the men to their deaths in an effort to curry favor with the gang members. She faces up to life in prison at her sentencing, which is scheduled for Sept. 14. I hate you," said Yolanda DeJesus, mother of murder victim Luis Calixto, Jr., 19. The store was ordered by the Suffolk County Supreme Court in late March to "immediately cease any operations that are a violation of the Town of Islip Code." Pet sloths are currently legal in New . It was unimaginable.. 3 Arrested After 2 Shot Outside LI Lidl: PD; Shopper Horrified, LI Communities To Get $2.1 Million To Combat Gun Violence. "Do I This story has been shared 341,355 times. Two men are dead after a car crashed into an oil tanker truck in Islip early Saturday morning, Suffolk County Police said. Topics you care about, straight to your inbox. All rights reserved. Two men, 51 and 25, were killed early Saturday in separate crashes in Islip, according to state police. It is not clear if the shootings are connected. A jury found Leniz Diablita Escobar, whose nickname is Spanish for Little Devil, guilty Monday of racketeering, conspiracy to commit murder, obstruction of justice, and murder in aid-of racketeering following a four-week-long trial at Central Islip federal court, not far from the scene of the deadliest mass murder on Long Island in years. Escobar disposed of a sweatshirt stained with the blood of a victim, threw her cell phone from a moving vehicle when she was being followed by police, and falsely told detectives that she and Gomez were victims of a robbery in the park on the night of the murders, authorities said. 774. Thanks for contacting us. MS-13, a notoriously vicious gang also known as La Mara Salvatrucha, was founded by Central American immigrants in Los Angeles in the 1980s. Central Islip Crime Data total Crime Index 24 (100 is safest) Safer than 24% of U.S. neighborhoods. Henna Harris, 47, of Central Islip faces a top count of second-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and up to 10 years' incarceration; Harris also nfaces up to 8 1/3 to 25 years . Topics you care about, straight to your inbox. The fifth intended victim,Elmer Alexander Arteaga Ruiz, now 22, ran for his life and managed to get away. This trial is highlighting the ongoing challenge. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. claims the teen was told she couldn't attend a school trip. A man was driving while intoxicated when he crashed, seriously injuring the 20-year-old passenger, police said. Following a pick up from your hotel by private vehicle, transfer to Lisse and skip the long lines to enter the legendary gardens. A Central Islip Senior High School student suffered "serious and severe injuries" after another girl allegedly attacked her from behind on March 17 as she walked to class, according to a . The defendant showed utter disregard for human life by leading the victims into a killing field, to their slaughter, to enhance her stature with her fellow cold-blooded murderers within the MS-13 gang. 480. More than a dozen armed gang members and would-be gang members, including [Sanchez], appeared out of the darkness, surrounded the victims, forced them to the ground and, ignoring their pleas for mercy, marched the victims deeper into the woods where they were butchered with machetes, knives and an ax, and bludgeoned with club-like tree limbs, Assistant U.S. Attorney Megan Farrell wrote in a presentencing memo. The worker became trapped between two industrial lifts while working Monday morning, police said. Visiting Circuit Court Judge Joseph Bianco said that while Sanchez had accepted responsibility for his role in the killings, he had other factors to consider in sentencing him, including the harm caused by the crime. Copyright 2023 Newsday. One shouted behind me, 'Hack him!' A "dangerous sexual predator" who terrorized Long Island's South Shore with rapes and burglaries in the 1980s has died in prison at age 60. The boat was secured to a dock in Islip Canal, police say. Gomez, who pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in connection with the murders, is awaiting sentencing. The fire consumed the gas station's Bolla Market convenience store, the Islip Terrace Fire Department says on social media. Prosecutors said Escobar later bragged to her MS-13 boyfriend over several phonecalls that she was happy she set up the massacre. Suffolk PD will receive free vegan donuts, in thanks for the county's new Lost Pet Network. Eight or nine covered their faces with sweaters, told us to get down on our knees. Police set up a crime scene at a park in Central Islip, Long Island where four mutilated bodies of young men were found on April 13, 2017. 2,339. Escobar was tried as an adult and faces a likely sentence of life imprisonment. In April 2017, when she was 17, authorities say Escobar helped the MS-13 gang commit the murders of four men. The victims were identified as 16-year-old Justin Llivicura of East Patchogue, 20-year-old Michael Lopez Banegas and Jorge Tigre of Bellport, Jefferson Villalobos of Pompano Beach, Fla., both 18, police have said. It will be etched in my memory, as it will be for everyone after this. Wednesdays shooting is the fourth in Suffolk since Saturday night and the third with a fatality. Didnt have a stable childhood.. Two potent storms are expected to impact the Northeast this weekend, causing Long Island to experience heavy downpours. Ruiz ran for his life, and his four friends were killed. It happened at the federal courthouse in Central Islip on Monday. Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press whos been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. (Aug. 11, 2009) Credit: Steven Bloomfield, Privacy Policy |Terms of service |Subscription terms |Your ad choices |Cookie Settings |California Privacy Rights |About Us |Contact Newsday |Reprints & permissions |Advertise with Newsday |Help. We have just started what is going to be a three- or four-week trial," defense attorney Jesse Siegel said. Police have arrested the man they believe stabbed and killed 34-year-old Roshane McLaren last week.. Anderson Sanchez, 23, had pleaded guilty to racketeering in December 2021 for his participation in the killing of Justin Llivicura, Michael Lopez, Jorge Tigre and Jefferson Villalobos. Suffolk County Police investigate the crime scene where four bodies were found in the woods near the Central Islip Recreation Center in April 2017. text messages on her phone that said they were They took away everything from me.. A group of MS-13 members. In court, Escobar repeatedly smiled and joked with her defense team, telling one of her lawyers on the opening of the trial, Big day.. The four victims bodies were found by police piled on top of each other in a wooded area next to the Central Islip Recreation Center on April 12, 2017. But one of them, one of them managed to still be here on the map and he knows stuff about me.. Police have not made any arrests in connection with the shootings in West Babylon and Amityville. A fifth victim escaped the massacre perpetrated by over a dozen members of the vicious, transnational criminal organization. CI Student Says She Couldn't Go On Field Trip Because She Is Black, Man Indicted After Zip Tying Central Islip Family, Stealing $6K: DA, Need An Outfit For Prom? In sports, she covered Super Bowl XLVI, World Series with both the Yankees and the Mets, NBA Finals with Michael Jordan and the death of Arthur Ashe. Those five young men, in the prime of their lives, had no idea that Escobar was leading them to their death into a killing field where MS-13 gang members lay in wait, armed with machetes, an axe, knives, tree limbs, and a chisel, said Breon Peace, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. "He's a monster, like they said in court.". Prosecutors said Escobar and another young woman associated with MS-13 lured the four victims and a fifth target to a community park in Central Islip on April 11, 2017. "Justice was done," said juror Linda LaRock. DiRubba. 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I already know that. A fifth intended victim who fled the scene testified at the trial. A Long Island native, he joined Newsday in 2022. By: News 12 Staff. bullied and discriminated against. L. to R.: Leniz Four victims were beaten and hacked to death with tree limbs, machetes, and knives in what federal prosecutors described in court papers as a horrific frenzy of violence.. "I hope you rot in hell," added Charles Holder, stepfather of Katrice and Mykier Daniels, two sisters who were also killed. They had weapons machetes. WYANDANCH, NY A 32-year-old Wyandanch man killed on Wednesday morning is the fourth shooting victim in a matter of days on Long Island, police said. Anna Schier, Patch Staff Islip | News | Oct 3 Islip Terrace Man Arrested, Charged In. 34,724. Sign up for discounts by becoming a Long Island Press community partnerhere. Three MS-13 gang members have been charged with the murder of 24-year-old Kenneth Evans, Jr. in Brentwood, New York, on November 28, 2015. . Before the murders, Calixto and Katrice Daniels, who was Vaughan's girlfriend, burglarized Vaughan's home, taking a laptop computer, jewelry and possibly drugs. Prosecutors say the victims were marked for death for posing in social media photos disrespecting MS-13. 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The first storm which will possibly bring up to 2 feet of snow and rain to . A man who was killed and a woman who was seriously injured after an intoxicated teen driver struck them have been identified, police say. WYANDANCH, NY A 32-year-old Wyandanch man killed on Wednesday morning is the fourth shooting victim in a matter of days on Long Island, police said. The victims, who were all between 16 and 20 years old, were lured to the area by two women so the MS-13 gang members and associates, including Sanchez, could attack them in retaliation for possibly being affiliated with another gang and posing as MS-13 members, prosecutors said.
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