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Kenneth Regan, 21, of Centereach and Douglas Coudrey, 22, of Eastport. PHOTO COURTESY OF NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
Douglas Coudrey, 22, of Eastport.
An Eastport man has been arrested for the second time within a month, again for a possible connection to a killing.
Nassau County Police say Douglas Coudrey, 22, was involved in a fatal shooting that occurred on Tuesday, January 14, at 5:30 p.m. in Plainview. He was already facing murder charges for another incident in New Jersey.
According to Nassau County Police detectives, police received a 911 call reporting a shooting victim in front of a house on Margaret Drive East. Police responded to the scene and found Justin Gottlieb, 27, at his home with gunshot wounds. He was transported to the hospital, where he later was pronounced dead.
Kenneth Regan, 21, of Centereach was also arrested in connection with the incident. Both Mr. Coudrey and Mr. Regan are being charged with second-degree murder and were arraigned Thursday morning, February 6, at 1st District Court in Hempstead.
At a press conference at Nassau County Police headquarters following the arraignment, Detective Lieutenant Stephen Fitzpatrick, the commanding officer of the Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad, addressed the arrests of the two men. He said video surveillance and a detailed investigation led detectives to the pair.
Mr. Coudrey’s earlier arrest came on January 22, when Suffolk County Police picked him up at his home. Authorities said that four days earlier, at 12:16 a.m., New Jersey State Police received a call claiming that shots had been fired on Interstate 80 westbound near Lodi, New Jersey.
The responding officers found a black 2019 Honda Civic in the middle lane of the highway. Police said the driver, identified as Luis Perez, 27, of the Bronx, was shot in the neck and chest and was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to police, the front-seat passenger, Jose Mercado, 24, also of the Bronx, was shot in the chest and taken by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center. A third passenger, unidentified by police, was uninjured.
Both Mr. Coudrey and Mr. Regan were charged in Lodi with one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose — all felonies.
Additionally, Mr. Coudrey has been charged in Suffolk County with criminal possession of a loaded firearm, possession of a controlled dangerous substance and felony escape. Mr. Regan was charged with criminal possession of a loaded firearm.
