By Hank Russell
A Glen Cove man who was one of seven people directed by a Bay Shore man to kidnap and murder a man who parked his car in front of her home was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for kidnapping and murder.
On September 17, 2022, just before midnight, Linver Ortiz Ponce, 29, parked his red Chevrolet Camaro in front of Kayla Alvarenga’s home in Bay Shore. Angry that he had parked in front of her house, Alvarenga confronted the victim and ordered him to move his car.
After the dispute, Alvarenga called Christopher Perdomo, of Glen Cove, and three adolescents, who were between 16 and 17 years old, and instructed them to go to her house and remove Ortiz Ponce from the front of her home.
The co-defendants then drove to Alvarenga’s house in a BMW that they had stolen just hours earlier, after carjacking a young woman in Bay Shore. The four dragged Ortiz Ponce from his vehicle while he slept in the car, beat him, and then stole his vehicle. The victim then fled on foot to a nearby gas station, where he attempted to hide behind vehicles. Alvarenga then instructed her co-defendants to find, abduct, and kill Ortiz Ponce.
Alvarenga and two adolescent co-defendants got into the victim’s vehicle, and Perdomo and the three other co-defendant adolescents got into the stolen BMW, all in search of the victim. When Alvarenga spotted Ortiz Ponce at the gas station, she alerted the co-defendants in the BMW.
Video surveillance from the gas station captured Ortiz Ponce being abducted at gunpoint while being dragged into the BMW. Alvarenga then instructed the co-defendants in the BMW to follow her to a church parking lot. On the way to the church, Perdomo beat the victim with a gun.
Once they arrived at the church, the seven defendants allegedly beat Ortiz Ponce until Alvarenga ordered Perdomo to kill him. Perdomo then shot the victim multiple times as he attempted to crawl away, killing him. The defendants then allegedly fled the scene in both stolen vehicles before they abandoned the Camaro in a wooded area in Smithtown and abandoned the BMW in Brentwood. The defendants then allegedly took a rideshare to Alvarenga’s house, where proceeds from Ortiz Ponce wallet were distributed amongst them.
Perdomo was apprehended in Georgia in May 2024. On September 12, 2025, he pleaded guilty to the following charges:
- Murder in the First Degree, a Class A felony
- Kidnapping in the First Degree, a Class A felony
- Robbery in the Second Degree, a Class C violent felony
- Criminal Possession of a Weapon, a Class C violent felony
Perdomo, 29, of Glen Cove, was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.