Police: Fatal stabbing at Commack motel

A Brentwood man was stabbed to death early Sunday after an apparent birthday party turned into a melee at a Commack motel, Suffolk homicide detectives said.

Stanley Davis, 18, was pronounced dead at 6:45 a.m. at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip, about 21/2 hours after officers from the Fourth Precinct responded to a 911 call at the Howard Johnson motel on Moreland Road.

Police found a fight in two rooms of the motel in which several people were stabbed and injured.

"We don't really know what it was all about," said Det. Lt. Gerard Pelkofsky, commanding officer of the Homicide Squad. "We don't have any suspects."

He said many of the people at the party have told police they didn't see what happened or that they weren't there when Davis was killed.

Police believe people rented two rooms for someone's 19th birthday party. Pelkofsky said at one point, there may have been 60 people crammed into one room before it spilled into the other. After 4 a.m., for some reason, a fight broke out.

"Some people were hit over the head with bottles," he said.

One of them, Curtis Johnson, 21, of Brentwood, was taken to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore for head injuries.

Police found a lot of empty beer and liquor bottles in the motel's courtyard, Pelkofsky said.

In addition to Davis, Jason Iglesias, 20, of 168 Timberline Dr., Brentwood, also was stabbed and was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip. His injuries were not life-threatening, and Pelkofsky said he was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after he "went crazy" at the hospital.

Steven Bangs, 23, of 40 Bradley St., Brentwood, was charged with obstruction of governmental administration for refusing to comply with police attempts to get the fight under control.

The investigation is continuing. Detectives are asking anyone with information on the stabbing to call the Homicide Squad at 631-852-6392.