East Quogue Man Sentenced To Life In Prison After Torturing, Beating, Suffocating, Stabbing Friend: DA

EAST QUOGUE, NY — An East Quogue man was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole after torturing and killing his lifelong friend in a crime that rocked the bucolic community, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said.

Jeremy Allen, 44, was sentenced after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder and tampering with physical evidence, after torturing and killing Christopher Hahn, 43, the DA said.

The evidence at trial established that on September 27, 2024, Allen and Hahn spent the evening at a bar before heading back to Allen’s East Quogue home, Tierney said.

The two had been friends since high school, the DA said.

A few minutes after midnight, Allen began to brutally beat the Hahn for about 18 minutes, the sounds of which were captured on Allen’s exterior surveillance video, the DA said.

The rear exterior surveillance video then captured Allen dragging the bruised and semiconscious Hahn onto the rear deck, where he was left, brutally injured and unable to stand, Tierney said.

Later, Allen returned to the rear deck and repeatedly struck Hahn's head and body with a baseball bat, the DA said.

Allen, who was aware that Hahn was alive and in distress, was captured on video leaving and then returning with a plastic bag, then placing the bag over Hahn's head and securing it with a loose knot, Tierney said.

Allen then sat on a lawn chair a few feet from Hahn while watching him struggle to breathe for about eight minutes, Tierney said. Allen then retrieved a large knife from inside his home and slowly stabbed Hahn in the neck 10 times, the DA said.

He stood over him and watched as he took his last breaths, six hours after the torture began, the DA said.

After the murder, Allen covered Hahn with a blanket and then attempted to clean the blood inside the house and on the back deck, Tierney said.

Allen also contacted his handyman to help him come clean his house; when the handyman arrived, he observed blood throughout the home and saw Hahn's body covered by the blanket on the back deck, Tierney said.

Allen told the handyman that he could not leave the home given what he had just observed, the DA said.

The handyman, after persuading Allen to allow him to leave the home, fled and called the police, Tierney said.

Allen was apprehended by law enforcement at his home shortly thereafter, the DA said.

On January 21, 2026, Allen was convicted of first-degree murder, a Class A felony, and tampering with physical evidence, a Class E felony, after a jury trial heard before Supreme Court Justice Timothy P. Mazzei, the DA said.

On February 26, Allen was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, Tierney said. He was represented by Colin Astarita, who could not immediately be reached for comment.

"Christopher Hahn deserved better than to have his life violently taken by someone he once trusted," said Tierney. "For torture such as occurred here, a life sentence without parole is the only appropriate sentence."