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Murder suspect jailed in 1994 cold case

Troy Arrighi, left, 37, of Manhattan, was arrested

Photo credit: SCPD / Newsday file | Troy Arrighi, left, 37, of Manhattan, was arrested on Febtruary 14, 2013 in connection with the death of mechanic Mario Andujarat, right, during an attempted robbery in West Babylon in 1994. Andujarat, a native of the Dominican Republic, came to the United States in 1974, working mostly as a truck driver and mechanic at Diamond Trucking Co.in West Babylon He was killed by two masked gunmen on March 22, 1994.

The accused triggerman in a cold case dating to 1994 has been jailed without bail -- nearly 19 years after he allegedly murdered a mechanic he was robbing in West Babylon, according to the authorities.

The man, Troy Arrighi -- now 37 and living in Manhattan -- was arrested Feb. 14 by Suffolk County police. At court the next day, Judge Paul M. Hensley of First District Court in Central Islip...

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