Crime Victims Rights' Week is this week and Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD) is looking for your help. SCPD hopes to garner information from the public to aid getting justice for victims.
The Suffolk County Police Department and Suffolk County Crime Stoppers will highlight several unsolved cases on the department’s social media pages during National Crime Victims’ Rights week. Crime Stoppers is offering fast-cash rewards for information leading to an arrest in each of the cases. The rewards will be issued within seven days of arrest.
“Our partnership with Crime Stoppers has been instrumental in solving cases for more than three decades,” Suffolk County Police Kevin Catalina said. “By highlighting these unsolved cases, we hope to bring justice to these victims and their families. We are asking the public to come forward with any information they think could aid in our investigations.”
Cases being featured include:
• Marco Tulio Pineda, 51, was murdered and found in a rear yard on Second Avenue in Central Islip on February 1, 2024.
• Santos Aguirre, 47, was killed while crossing Route 110 in Amityville on September 3, 2023. Aguirre was struck by two vehicles that fled the scene. One driver was arrested, and detectives are continuing to search for the driver of the other vehicle, a black 2015 to 2020 Mercedes Benz GLA SUV.
• Alberto Perea Vazquez was crossing Horseblock Road in Farmingville on December 11, 2023 when he was struck by a westbound vehicle. The driver stopped, exited the vehicle, then fled the scene. Vazquez was then struck by another vehicle that stayed at the scene. Detectives believe the vehicle that fled is a gray 2003 to 2007 four-door Honda Accord. Vazquez, 56, of Farmingville, died at the scene.
• Robert Twiford parked his vehicle on the off ramp of eastbound Long Island Expressway at exit 60, exited his vehicle and, while in the lane of travel, was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene on December 5, 2022. The driver of the fleeing vehicle stopped on Garrity Avenue in Ronkonkoma, exited his vehicle and examined it with a flashlight. The vehicle was described as a light-colored, possibly gray, 2015 to 2018 Ford Focus hatchback. Twiford, 61, of Melville, died at the hospital.
• A 45-year-old woman was assaulted in a wooded area behind Walmart, located at 1850 Veterans Memorial Highway in Islandia, on December 20, 2023. The woman was transported to a hospital where she was treated and released. Detectives are seeking the public’s assistance to identify and locate the suspect.
Anyone with information on any of these cases can call 1-800-220-TIPS or download the P3 tips mobile App or submit a tip online at www.P3Tips.com.