Copiague Man Stabbed to Death at Wedding Party, Suspect Arrested

By Timothy Bolger Posted on May 21, 2017

Jose Collado-Nunez

A 28-year-old man was stabbed to death while attending a wedding party in his hometown of Copiague on Saturday night and a suspect was arrested the following day, Suffolk County police said.

Anyelo Rosario got into an altercation with Jose Collado-Nunez, 29, of Lindenhurst, who stabbed Rosario at the party at a home on Amerigo Vespucci Avenue at 8:20 p.m., police said.

The victim was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The suspect was also taken to a local hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries. He was later charged with first-degree manslaughter.

Collado-Nunez will be arraigned Monday at First District Court in Central Islip.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.