Woman Charged In Body Parts' Case Jailed After Reportedly Stealing: DA

BABYLON, NY — One of four arrested and charged in relation to the discovery of grisly body parts across Long Island is now behind bars after a new petty larceny charge, Suffolk County District Ray Tierney's office said.

Amanda Wallace, 40, of Amityville, was arrested again on March 15 and charged with petty larceny, court docs said.

According to ABC7, she reportedly stole beauty products from a Lindenhurst CVS while wearing her court-ordered GPS monitoring device.

The DA's office said Wallace was arraigned on the petty larceny charge Monday before Judge James McDonaugh. Bail was set at $5,000 cash, $10k,000 bond, or $50,000 partially secured bond for the petty larceny charge, but she was remanded without bail on the case being handled by homicide for violating the terms of her release, the DA's office said.

Wallace is represented by attorney Keith O'Halloran, who was not immediately available for comment.

On March 6, four people were arrested 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, Jeffrey Mackey, 38, and Wallace, all of 25 Railroad Ave., in Amityville, and Alexis Nieves, 33, who is without a known residence, with first-degree hindering prosecution, tampering with physical evidence and concealment of a human corpse, police said.

Tierney spoke out against bail reform measures after the arrests.

"It is our understanding that the Suffolk County Police Department is still investigating these murders," Tierney said. "Unfortunately, due to 'bail reform' passed by the New York State Legislature in 2019, charges relating to the mutilation and disposal of murdered corpses are no longer bail-eligible, meaning my prosecutors cannot ask for bail. This is yet another absurd result thanks to 'bail reform' and a system where the Legislature in Albany substitutes their judgment for the judgment of our judges and the litigants in court. We will work with the Suffolk County Police Department to resolve this investigation as soon as possible and implore our Legislature to make common sense fixes to this law."

The release of the four back onto the streets without jail time sparked outrage.

New human remains were found in the ongoing investigation after body parts were found in a Babylon park, police 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, 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.

The woman whose body parts were found was identified by police last week; the man's identity has not yet been officially released.

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, 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.

Educators and parents worked hard to protect children from the gruesome discoveries unfolding close to their schools.

Detectives are asking anyone with information to contact the Homicide Squad at 631-852-6392 or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-Tips. All calls will remain anonymous.