RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Two people were charged with murder on Monday in the killings of a couple whose remains were found scattered around Long Island earlier this year. Jeffrey Mackey, 39, and Alexis Nieves, 33, pleaded not guilty to killing Malcolm Brown and Donna Conneely, of Yonkers, at their arraignment in state court in Riverhead. Mackey, Nieves and two other people were previously charged with concealing a human corpse and tampering with evidence in connection with the discovery of body parts in Long Island parks in late February and early March. Assistant Suffolk County District Attorney Frank Schroeder said in court that Mackey stabbed Brown and Conneely to death and Nieves beat one of them with a meat tenderizer following a dispute over an earlier armed robbery. “While the case involves the cutting up of bodies of two human beings, the barbarity of those acts were only exceeded by the brutality of the murders themselves,” Schroeder said, according to Newsday. |
Alabama lawmakers adjourn session without final gambling voteInside Jackass star SteveAngel Reese invites Michael Jordan to watch her play for Chicago Sky ahead of WNBA seasonAir Vanuatu files for bankruptcy protection after canceling more than 20 flightsWNBA to use charter flights full time in upcoming season, addressing player safety concernsChevrolet Malibu heads for the junkyard as GM shifts focus to EVsRangers put reliever Josh Sborz on IL for the 2nd time this year with right rotator cuff strainAP Week in Pictures: Latin America and CaribbeanA look at what passed and failed in the 2024 legislative sessionTed Danson, Woody Harrelson, Jon Stewart to premiere new podcasts in early June