Crime & Safety
Man Charged With Murder In Uniondale Homicide: Police
Jorge Alexander Huezo Villatoro was arrested after Tadeo Alvarado-Chavez was found dead near Nassau Road, police said.
UNIONDALE, NY — A 35-year-old man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the death of a Roosevelt man who was found early Monday morning in Uniondale, Nassau County police said.
Jorge Alexander Huezo Villatoro, 35, of El Salvador, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Tadeo Alvarado-Chavez, 40, of Roosevelt, police said.
Officers responded to a 911 call for a person needing assistance near 979 Nassau Road at about 4:05 a.m. on Sept. 14, detectives said.
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Alvarado-Chavez was found at the scene and pronounced dead by a Nassau County police medic.
Huezo Villatoro was scheduled to be arraigned Friday, Sept. 18, at First District Court in Hempstead, police said.
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Police have not disclosed how Alvarado-Chavez died, what led to the homicide or whether the two men knew each other.
The investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS or 911. Callers can remain anonymous.
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