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Cops: Brentwood stabbing suspects linked to crimes
Photo credit: Newsday.com composite | From left, Alexander Aguilar, Edwin Ortiz, Jose Gomez Amaya.
Aguilar, 18, of Deer Park, pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the July 20 slaying of Edgar Villalobos. Amaya, 20, of Central Islip, and Ortiz, 19, of Brentwood, also pleaded not guilty to killing Villalobos. The DA said Amaya was the one who stabbed Villalobos, while Ortiz was the driver and later went back to the scene "and made sure he was dead by kicking him." Aguilar held Villalobos down during the attack, the DA said.
Edgar Villalobos was stabbed to death on Patton
Three men face charges in the stabbing death this week of a Bay Shore man, Suffolk police said Thursday, with one also accused of shooting a teen last month and seriously injuring him, and another charged with killing a man in May.
Suspects Jose Gomez Amaya, Alexander A. Aguilar and Edwin Ortiz are each charged with second-degree murder in the slaying of Edgar Villalobos in Brentwood on Monday,...
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