Crime & Safety
Brentwood Man Arrested for Fatal Stabbing at Howard Johnson
Police say Carlos J. Rodriguez fatally stabbed a Brentwood man and injured another outside of the Howard Johnson in Commack in November.
A Brentwood man was arrested Friday for during a large fight at the motel in Nov. 201o, according to Suffolk County police.
Carlos J. Rodriguez, 20, was charged with second degree murder for the death of 18-year-old Stanley Davis, of Brentwood. He was also charged with second degree assault for stabbing 20-year-old Jason Iglesias. Iglesias suffered non-life threatening injuries during the fight, which broke out in two rooms of the motel at approximately 4:20 a.m. on November 13, 2010.
A third victim, Curtis Johnson, 21, also of Brentwood, sustained head injuries during the brawl.
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Rodriguez will be held in custody until his arraignment in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead on Feb. 22.
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