Four people have been arrested in connection with the dismembered
body parts that have been found across Long Island.
Right now they've been charged with hindering prosecution,
tampering with evidence, and concealing a human corpse,
which under New York law are not bail eligible.
Alright, Fox 5, Jonah Goldberg Live in Central Islip and
Jody.
All four suspects have been released without bail.
Stephen, Natasha These bodies were allegedly mutilated before they were
disposed,
and tonight officials in Suffolk County are calling it failure
on Albany's part,
vowing to change the law after four defendants walked.
All four suspects arrested in connection with concealing,
altering and destroying body parts before scattering them in several
locations throughout Long Island walked free on Wednesday.
Stephen Brown, Jeffrey Mackey, Amanda Wallace and Alexis Nieves,
ranging in age from 33 to 40,
aren't going back to Railroad Ave.
in Amityville. Where are you going?
I don't know. It's uninhabitable due to damage to the
plumbing.
After an extensive search, according to prosecutors,
the four are charged with non bail eligible crimes,
including concealing a human corpse and tampering with evidence.
In court, prosecutors say the defendants used butcher knives and
meat cleavers to destroy human body parts and went through
barbaric lanes to conceal it all.
He didn't have anything to do with this and certainly
didn't kill anybody.
None of the defendants have been charged with murder in
connection with the killings of the victims,
a 53 year old man and a 59 year old
woman first found last week in Babylon Village.
They entered not guilty pleas.
Their attorneys didn't say how they knew each other or
their victims.
We maintain our innocence. We look forward to receiving.
Discovery and and whatever evidence they have,
and we plan on fighting it vigorously.
Criminal defense attorney Andrew Turkowski,
who is not tied to the case,
calls the bail reform process an absolute disaster.
This is the problem with taking the discretion away from
the judges.
Every case is different. And so in one case where
you have egregious sounding offenses,
if it doesn't fall into just the right category in
the statute,
then all of a sudden there's no bail available.
Turkowski says it's not uncommon for law enforcement to charge
crimes they have evidence of first.
I think that the detectives likely were able to put
the pieces of the puzzle together with regard to figuring
out who is involved in that part of the crime
or the movement of the bodies.
And perhaps that evidence was very clear and apparent to
them.
Whereas the evidence to actually establish arrests or the probable
cause necessary for.
Homicide or murder charges here that may take them additional
efforts,
maybe some lab testing or some other types of investigative
techniques.
The four were released with GPS monitoring devices and can't
leave Suffolk County.
They're due back in court this week and next prosecutors
anticipate additional charges in Central Islip.
Long Island. Jody Goldberg, FOX 5 News Natasha,
let's send it back to you.
Wow.