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Teen Suspect In East Patchogue Ambush Slaying Nabbed After Nearly Year-Long Investigation
A Bellport teenager is in police custody after being charged in connection to the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old East Patchogue teen whose father found him dead outside their home, police said. Melquisedec Antonio Sanchez-Hernandez, 17, was arrested on Monday, May 20 and is expected to be arraigned on a murder charge on Tuesday for his role in the death of Emilio Sanchez Maldonado in the early hours of July 3 last year. Following a nearly yearlong investigation, Sanchez-Hernandez was busted this week while he was walking in North Bellport shortly before 6:45 a.m. on Monday., May 20. The t…
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Suspect At Large After Bellport Man Killed In Hit-Run Montauk Highway Crash In East Patchogue
A suspect is at large after a 30-year-old bicyclist from Bellport was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Montauk Highway in East Patchogue. The crash occurred approximately 1,000 feet west of Gazzola Drive, at approximately 4:30 a.m. Sunday, April 28, Suffolk Police said. Officers were dispatched after a passing motorist called 911 to report a body in the roadway, police said. Detectives determined the bicyclist, Alexis Velasquez, was traveling eastbound when he was stuck by an eastbound vehicle that fled the scene. Velasquez was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from th…
