Father was stabbed by son more than 40 times in Mastic apartment attack, DA says

A Lake Ronkonkoma man stabbed his father more than 40 times during a fatal attack inside the victim’s Mastic apartment earlier this month, according to a grand jury indictment unsealed in court on Thursday.

Sage Arias-Brown, 33, pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the Sept. 7 killing of his dad, 69-year-old social worker Edward “Ed” Brown, according to court records.

“This defendant is accused of viciously taking the life of his 69-year-old father as the victim desperately called the police for help,” Tierney said. “The facts in this case are heartbreaking. This indictment is an important step towards holding the defendant accountable for the brutal violence he allegedly inflicted on his own parent.”

Prosecutors said Arias-Brown entered his father’s studio apartment at about 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 7. A neighbor heard a loud bang, followed by the victim screaming, according to the indictment.

Prosecutors report that the elder Brown managed to call 911 during the attack, with the call capturing him screaming, “I’m being murdered. What are you doing to me, Sage?”

The neighbor told police that they witnessed Arias-Brown leave his father’s apartment several minutes after the 911 call was placed. Responding Suffolk Police officers soon found and arrested Arias-Brown about half a mile away from the scene.

Police inside the apartment found Brown unresponsive and covered in blood, prosecutors said. An autopsy determined he had been stabbed dozens of times in the torso, chest and neck. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Arias-Brown was ordered him held without bail, following his arrignment. He is due back in court Oct. 21 and faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted.

Services were held on Friday for Edward Brown, a beloved musician, at Mangano Family Funeral Home in Deer Park.

Brown was remembered by loved ones as a devoted father and social worker who spent his life lifting others up.

Born June 3, 1957, in West Islip, he is survived by his three sons — Sage, Jonah and Jesse — along with his brother, Matthew, and extended family.

Family described him as “a seeker, a philosopher, and a lifelong learner” with a gentle and restless spirit, and someone with a gift for helping the people around him see the best in themselves.

_{Top: Sage Arias-Brown with his father Edward Brown (Facebook/Ed Brown) and Arias-Brown (Facebook/Sage Arias-Brown)}