Suffolk County Police arrested a West Babylon man for killing another man during a robbery in 2024.
Donald Klune was sitting in his 2009 Mitsubishi on Brook Avenue in Deer Park when he was approached by at least one person and removed from his vehicle, punched and kicked at approximately 8:35 p.m. on December
11, 2024. The suspect or suspects fled the scene in Klune’s vehicle.
Klune, 65, of Deer Park, was transported to a local hospital where he died on December 13, 2024.
On May 11, 2026, police arrested Jason Buttchampagne, 25, and charged him with Murder in the Second Degree and Robbery in the First Degree for assaulting and robbing Klune. He was held overnight at the Sixth Precinct and arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on May 12, 2026.