Long Island Man Charged With Shooting Female Housemate In Overnight Dispute
A man is behind bars after shooting his housemate during an overnight dispute on Long Island, police said.
It happened on Wednesday, Jan. 1 at approximately 2:40 a.m. in Wyandanch.
Steven Merriman, 59, was having a dispute with a female occupant of the home, located at 82 Irving Ave., when he shot her in the arm, Suffolk County Police said.
The woman, 36, was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip with non-life-threatening injuries, said police.
First Squad detectives arrested and charged Merriman with second-degree assault. Additional charges are pendi…
Long Island Teen Stabs Mother To Death During Early Morning Dispute, Police Say
A 19-year-old is behind bars after stabbing his mother to death in an early morning dispute outside their Long Island home, police said.
It happened Sunday, Dec. 8 at 6:07 a.m. in Brentwood, Suffolk County Police said.
The teen, Akcel Arriaza, and his mother, Dora Villatoro-Arriaza, 46, were having a dispute in a parked vehicle in front of their home at 21 Adams Ave. when Arriaza stabbed his mother, according to police. Villatoro-Arriaza was pronounced dead at the scene.
Villatoro-Arriaza’s husband and three other children were inside the home at the time of the stabbing and were not…
