She is one of four arrested and charged in relation to the horrific discovery of body parts scattered over Long Island. When they were released without bail, the case sparked a furious outcry from the public who demanded accountability from Suffolk County legislators and law enforcers.
It seems that Amanda Wallace couldn’t stay out of trouble; she is now charged with petty larceny, Suffolk County District Ray Tierney’s office said.
Wallace, 40, is accused of stealing beauty products from an Amityville CVS store. At the time of the theft, she was wearing the court-ordered GPS monitoring device.
The DA’s office said Wallace was arraigned on the petty larceny charge Monday before Judge James McDonaugh. In an ironic twist, this time 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.
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 and the speedy release, without bail, of all four suspects. “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.”
