Who was Nicholas Tartaglione?

Nicholas Tartaglione was a former police officer arrested in 2016 for allegedly killing four people in Chester, New York. He later became Jeffrey Epstein's cellmate and bunkmate at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, where witnesses described them as friendly and said they frequently spoke together. Tartaglione pleaded not guilty to the charges, and his lawyer was vocal about criticizing conditions at the jail.

What happened in Chester, New York related to the Epstein case?

Chester is where Epstein's future cellmate Nicholas Tartaglione allegedly committed quadruple murder at the Likquid Lounge bar in 2016. While Chester has no direct connection to Epstein's crimes, the location became relevant to the Epstein investigation because Tartaglione and Epstein later shared a cell at MCC and were reportedly close, raising questions about the circumstances surrounding Epstein's death in custody.

Who was Nicholas Tartaglione?

Nicholas Tartaglione was a former police officer arrested in 2016 for allegedly killing four people in Chester, New York. He later became Jeffrey Epstein's cellmate and bunkmate at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, where witnesses described them as friendly and said they frequently spoke together. Tartaglione pleaded not guilty to the charges, and his lawyer was vocal about criticizing conditions at the jail.

What happened in Chester, New York related to the Epstein case?

Chester is where Epstein's future cellmate Nicholas Tartaglione allegedly committed quadruple murder at the Likquid Lounge bar in 2016. While Chester has no direct connection to Epstein's crimes, the location became relevant to the Epstein investigation because Tartaglione and Epstein later shared a cell at MCC and were reportedly close, raising questions about the circumstances surrounding Epstein's death in custody.

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Chester, New York is the location where Nicholas Tartaglione, Jeffrey Epstein's cellmate at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, was arrested in 2016 for allegedly killing four people at the Likquid Lounge bar.

Chester appears in legal documents related to Nicholas Tartaglione's criminal case, specifically court filings detailing charges for murders that occurred at 69 Brookside Avenue in Chester, New York. The connection to Epstein is indirect—Tartaglione later became Epstein's cellmate and bunkmate at MCC, where they reportedly spoke frequently. The mentions provide geographic context for Tartaglione's background rather than indicating any direct connection between Chester and Epstein.

Key Highlights

•Chester is the location of alleged murders committed by Nicholas Tartaglione at the Likquid Lounge bar in 2016
•Tartaglione later became Epstein's cellmate at the Metropolitan Correctional Center where they were described as friendly
•All mentions appear in legal filings related to Tartaglione's case, not in documents directly about Epstein
•Tartaglione's lawyer was a vocal critic of jail conditions at MCC

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nded, induced, procured, and caused the intentional killing of Martin Luna, in and around a bar known as the Likquid Lounge at 69 Brookside Avenue, Chester, New York (the "Likquid Lounge"), and did aid and abet the same. (Title 21, United States Code, Section 848(e)(1)(A); Title 18, United States Code

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artaglione and Epstein were friendly and frequently spoke while they were bunkmates. Mr. Tartaglione was arrested in 2016 for killing four people in Chester, N.Y. He has pleaded not guilty. Mr. Tartaglione's lawyer has been a vocal critic of the conditions in the jail, filing complaints to correction off

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