New Charges For 2 Arrested In Grisly LI Body Parts Case: DA

BABYLON, NY — Two charged in the grisly case of body parts found on Long Island have been arrested on additional charges for their roles in the murders of Malcolm Brown and Donna Conneely, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said Sunday.

Jeffrey Mackey and Alexix Nieves are scheduled to be arraigned Monday morning at the Arthur M. Cromarty courthouse in Riverhead before Supreme Court Justice John B. Collins, Tierney said.

Last month, it was determined that the two must continue to wear their ankle GPS monitors, Tierney said.

"The conditions placed on the defendants’ release, including GPS monitoring, have been extended and will remain in effect. The investigation into the deaths continues," the DA said.

Both Nieves, 33,who is without a known address, and Mackey, 38, of Amityville appeared in Suffolk 1st District Court after they were released without bail following their arrest.

Christopher Gioe, Nieves' attorney, did not immediately return a request for comment from Patch at the time.

John Halvorsen, attorney for Mackey, confirmed with Patch that his client must wear the monitoring device. "All the orders for the arraignment remain," he said.

He told Patch that Mackey and Nieves are "in a relationship." He added: "We maintain our innocence, like we pled at the arraignment."

Four people were arrested in March in connection with the grisly discovery of human remains in Babylon, West Islip and Bethpage, police said.

Suffolk County Police homicide squad detectives arrested and charged Steven Brown, 44, Mackey, 38, and Amanda Wallace, 40, all of 25 Railroad Ave., in Amityville, and Nieves, with first-degree hindering prosecution, tampering with physical evidence and concealment of a human corpse, police said.

Wallace was later arrested again on March 15 after a new petty larceny charge, court docs said.

According to an update by Suffolk County Police homicide squad detectives, an investigation into the human remains found in Babylon on February 29 resulted in a search warrant that was executed at a Railroad Ave. address in Amityville. No human remains were located during the search, police said.

Human remains were, however, later located in a wooded area across from 103 Lakeway Drive in West Babylon, police said. The scene was processed by the Suffolk County Police homicide squad and the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner, police said.

In addition, human remains were also located at Bethpage State Park; the scene was processed by New York State Police and the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner, police said.

The remains located in West Babylon and Bethpage are believed to belong to the same victims from the February 29 discovery, police said.

Both the victims had an address at the same location in Yonkers, however, it’s unclear when they last resided there, police said.

Based on the investigation, the discovery of the remains appears to be an isolated incident with no threat to the public, police said, adding that the investigation is continuing.

According to Suffolk County police, the human remains found at Southards Pond Park in Babylon belonged to both a woman and a adult male, including a woman's arm, leg and head, and a man's two arms, which had tattoos. The Suffolk County Medical Examiner determined that a severed head, right arm, left leg from the knee down, and a right upper leg found by a Suffolk County Police cadaver dog at the western side of Southards Pond Park were believed to be those of an adult woman, police said.

According to Suffolk County police, the first discovery was made when a high school student was walking to school and discovered a severed left arm on the west side of Seagal Boulevard at the eastern end of Southards Pond Park, between Park Avenue and Mason Avenue.

The student called her father, who then called 911, police said.

Following an investigation by homicide squad detectives, a cadaver dog from the canine unit discovered a leg in a mound of leaves on the western side of the park near Graham Place; the same dog continued searching the east side of the park and found a right arm about 20 feet away from the original discovery of the left arm, police said. The remains found on the eastern edge of the park appeared to be male, police said.