Crime & Safety
Grandmother’s Fiancé Stabbed To Death In Trailer; Teen Charged With Murder: Police
Police say the 61-year-old victim was stabbed multiple times inside a trailer parked in the driveway of a Catherine Street home on Sunday.
EAST NORTHPORT, NY — An 18-year-old man was arrested Sunday after police said he fatally stabbed his grandmother’s fiancé inside a trailer parked in the driveway of an East Northport home.
Officers responded to a 911 call reporting a stabbing at 8 Catherine St. at 3:42 a.m. Sunday, according to Suffolk County police.
Police said Joseph Falvo, 61, of East Northport, had been stabbed multiple times in the living room of the trailer by Noel Bermudez-Chin, his fiancée’s grandson.
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Falvo was transported to Huntington Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Bermudez-Chin, 18, of East Northport, was found a short time later on Laurel Hill Road in Northport, according to police.
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He was charged with second-degree Murder and was being held overnight at the Third Precinct ahead of his arraignment Monday, March 30, at First District Court in Central Islip, police said.
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