STATEMENT FROM SUFFOLK COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY RAYMOND A. TIERNEY

The death of Evelyn Rodriguez at the memorial she set up for her daughter Kayla was a tragedy.  It did not have to happen.  We respect the work the jury put into this case.  We stand prepared to re-try the negligent homicide charge and are gratified that the jury found Ann Marie Drago responsible for stealing items from Kayla’s memorial. 

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Criminal complaints and indictments are merely accusatory instruments.

Defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. No one is above the law.

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