Suffolk County prosecutors announced new charges against Jeffrey Mackey and Alexis Nieves in connection to body parts scattered throughout Long Island in late February and early March.
The suspects were arrested again Sunday and will be charged Monday at 9:30 a.m. in Riverhead. Newsday reports Mackey, 38, and Nieves, 33, will be charged with the murders of Malcolm Brown and Donna R. Conneely, whose dismembered corpses were spread through Southards Pond Park, Bethpage State Park and a wooded area in West Babylon.
The Suffolk County District Attorney’s office found itself at odds with the Governor’s office last month after Mackey and Nieves, along with suspects Steven Brown and Amanda Wallace, were released from custody after being charged with hindering prosecution, evidence tampering and hiding a corpse.
Gov. Hochul told FOX 5 “the DA should have done a more thorough investigation and brought murder charges or conspiracy-to-commit murder” against the suspects so they could’ve been held after evidence connecting them to the alleged murders was discovered in their Amityville home.
The DA fired back at the governor for being either deceitful or “completely clueless” about how the justice system works while the investigation was being conducted.
“Prosecutors have a duty to bring only charges that are supported by evidence,” The DA said in statement posted online. “Anything else would be unethical.”
Wallace and Brown, who the Journal News says are a couple, appeared together in court last month on charges connected to the ongoing body parts case. Wallace, 40, was busted for shoplifting in March days after being set free in connection to that investigation. It’s not clear if further charges are forthcoming against Wallace and Brown.