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Criminal Convictions

Harford
Police & Fire
Rapist Who Assaulted Officer With Bodily Fluid Sentenced: Harford County State's Attorney Rapist Who Assaulted Officer With Bodily Fluid Sentenced: Harford County State's Attorney
Rapist Who Assaulted Officer With Bodily Fluid Sentenced: Harford County State's Attorney A 29-year-old rapist may spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of a host of crimes following his arrest in Harford County, authorities announced on Monday. Tavon Harvey has been sentenced to life in prison, with all but 67 years to serve, despite prosecutors from the Harford County State's Attorney's Office pushing for 85 years behind bars for a host of crimes. Harvey was arrested by members of the Aberdeen Police Department last year following an investigation into the rape of a woman in the unit block of North Law Street in December 2022.  He pleaded guilty in O…

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by Zak Failla
Arlington
News
Felon Gets Fresh Prison Time For Carrying 'Military-Grade Semi-Automatic' Weapon In DC: Feds Felon Gets Fresh Prison Time For Carrying 'Military-Grade Semi-Automatic' Weapon In DC: Feds
Felon Gets Fresh Prison Time For Carrying 'Military-Grade Semi-Automatic' Weapon In DC: Feds A man no stranger to law enforcement will spend more time behind bars after being sentenced for carrying what prosecutors described as a "military-grade semi-automatic" weapon when police in DC stopped him. Vernon Pernell Hendrick, 33, who has multiple convictions on his rap sheet, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for carrying a Springfield Armory model 1911 semi-automatic handgun, one of the most powerful handguns on the market, authorities announced on Wednesday. According to court documents, Hendrick - while on active supervised release for previous crimes - was stopped by …

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by Zak Failla
Eastchester
Police & Fire
Fugitive Wanted For Narcotics Trafficking Caught With Gun At Eastchester Gas Station Fugitive Wanted For Narcotics Trafficking Caught With Gun At Eastchester Gas Station
Fugitive Wanted For Narcotics Trafficking Caught With Gun At Eastchester Gas Station A fugitive wanted on federal narcotics trafficking charges and his two passengers were taken into custody following a traffic stop at a gas station in Westchester, police announced.  The arrests stemmed from an incident on Monday, Jan. 29 that began around 10:15 a.m., when authorities saw a 2023 Hyundai Sonata with tinted windows and an expired North Carolina registration traveling east on the Cross County Parkway, Westchester County Police said on Thursday, Feb. 1.  Officers then followed the Hyundai to New Rochelle Road in Eastchester and pulled it over as it entered a…

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by Ben Crnic
Montgomery MD
News
Oral Surgeon Who Supplied Patient Turned Lover With Drugs Sentenced For OD In Montgomery County Oral Surgeon Who Supplied Patient Turned Lover With Drugs Sentenced For OD In Montgomery County
Oral Surgeon Who Supplied Patient Turned Lover With Drugs Sentenced For OD In Montgomery County The Maryland oral surgeon who was found complicit in the overdose death of his former girlfriend will spend decades behind bars, authorities announced on Wednesday. Dr. James Ryan, 50, of Clarksburg, has been sentenced to 45 years in prison after being convicted for his role in the death of 25-year-old Sarah Harris nearly two years ago. State’s Attorney John McCarthy speaking after today’s sentencing hearing. In Circuit Court for Montgomery County, MD,... Posted by Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office on Wednesday, January 3, 2024 The Germantown doctor first knew Harris as a…

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by Zak Failla
St. Mary's
Police & Fire
Ex-Con Barred From Owning Firearms Busted With Stolen Gun In New Year's Leonardtown Stop: PD Ex-Con Barred From Owning Firearms Busted With Stolen Gun In New Year's Leonardtown Stop: PD
Ex-Con Barred From Owning Firearms Busted With Stolen Gun In New Year's Leonardtown Stop: PD A 43-year-old Maryland man barred from owning firearms was busted with a stolen gun during a holiday traffic stop, police said. While conducting the routine traffic stop for a violation, St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office Deputies found James Richard Nelson Jr. had a loaded firearm on Monday, Jan. 1, the sheriff's office said. A subsequent investigation, including a check of the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), revealed that Nelson is prohibited from owning firearms due to prior criminal convictions. Furthermore, it was found that the gun in his possession had been reported stolen …

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by Cecilia Levine
Atlantic
Police & Fire
Pleasantville Man Convicted In Murder Of Teenager Pleasantville Man Convicted In Murder Of Teenager
Pleasantville Man Convicted In Murder Of Teenager A 34-year-old man from Pleasantville has been convicted of killing a teenager in 2020, authorities said. Lewis Johnson has been convicted in the murder of 17-year-old C.W. on the 2000 block of Blaine Avenue in June 2020, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. Johnson drove down to Atlantic City from Easton, Pennsylvania to help his then-girlfriend Shaquana Lewis confront the parents of her daughter’s boyfriend after a physical fight between the kids the night before, the prosecutor said. But when they arrived at the boy’s house in the early afternoon on J…

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by Jon Craig
Montgomery MD
News
'Don't Tell On Me': Man Gets Time For Shooting That Caused Chaos Outside Busy Chevy Chase Bar 'Don't Tell On Me': Man Gets Time For Shooting That Caused Chaos Outside Busy Chevy Chase Bar
'Don't Tell On Me': Man Gets Time For Shooting That Caused Chaos Outside Busy Chevy Chase Bar The 29-year-old District man who caused mayhem outside a popular Maryland bar before shooting a man amid an ongoing argument will spend decades behind bars. It will be a night to forget for David Lee Brown III, 30, who was sentenced to 55 years in prison with all but 35 years to serve after being convicted of multiple counts of assault and other offenses for his role in the shooting of Mame Faye during a dispute outside Clyde's Restaurant in Chevy Chase, officials in Montgomery County announced. Faye and several of his co-workers - including Sala Coleman - from Maggiano Little Italy in DC w…

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by Zak Failla
Baltimore
News
Convicted Felon Caught With Stolen Handguns In Baltimore Heading To Prison: Prosecutors Convicted Felon Caught With Stolen Handguns In Baltimore Heading To Prison: Prosecutors
Convicted Felon Caught With Stolen Handguns In Baltimore Heading To Prison: Prosecutors A 23-year-old with a checkered criminal history will spend time behind bars after being busted on weapons charges. Baltimore resident Tavion Thomas, a convicted felon, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison after he was caught with a pair of loaded weapons by police investigating a separate incident, federal authorities announced. According to his guilty plea, on Sept. 10, 2022, officers in Baltimore were advised that Thomas was wanted in the city for a violent crime, and they tracked him to the 3200 block of Belair Road, where he was with a group of people. Prosecutors say that he was …

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by Zak Failla
Baltimore
Events
YouTuber's Ill-Gotten Car Collection, Jewelry To Be Auctioned Off In Baltimore YouTuber's Ill-Gotten Car Collection, Jewelry To Be Auctioned Off In Baltimore
YouTuber's Ill-Gotten Car Collection, Jewelry To Be Auctioned Off In Baltimore The beloved car collection of a YouTube star who made his living while showcasing his hot rods is up for grabs following his conviction for an elaborate piracy scheme. Baltimore will be the place to be for gearheads and car collectors on Friday, Oct. 13, when the US Marshals auction off the multi-million dollar car collection of "influencer" Bill Omar Carrasquillo - also known as "Omi In A Hell Cat - after he was sentenced to more than five years in prison. Earlier story - Feds Bust NJ YouTuber In Multi-Million-Dollar TV Pirating Ring Carrasquillo, a New Jersey native, was sentenced earlie…

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by Zak Failla
Charles
News
Family Friend Sentenced For Sexually Assaulting 9-Year-Old Girl In Charles County: Prosecutors Family Friend Sentenced For Sexually Assaulting 9-Year-Old Girl In Charles County: Prosecutors
Family Friend Sentenced For Sexually Assaulting 9-Year-Old Girl In Charles County: Prosecutors It will be years behind bars for a Maryland man who was convicted earlier this year on multiple offenses in connection to his illicit contact with a child in Charles County, officials say. Waldorf resident Jose Eugenio Escobar-Argueta, 34, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being found guilty on a host of charges involing a 9-year-old child, according to the Charles County State's Attorney's Office. In January 2022, officers from the Charles County Police Department were called to a home in Fordington Place in Waldorf, where they met with the victim, according to the s…

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by Zak Failla
Essex NJ
Police & Fire
Inmates Convicted In Brutal Prison Beating: Essex County Prosecutors Inmates Convicted In Brutal Prison Beating: Essex County Prosecutors
Inmates Convicted In Brutal Prison Beating: Essex County Prosecutors Two Essex County inmates were convicted of attempted murder for savagely beating another inmate with a microwave oven and other weapons in Sept. 2021, authorities announced Wednesday, June 14. Seven inmates attacked Jayshawn Boyd at the Essex County jail in Newark, beating him unconscious by punching him in the face and stomping on his head, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said.  As a prison guard ran to get help, Byad Lockett and Darryl Watson struck Boyd in the head multiple times with a microwave, a beverage dispenser and a broom, Stephens said.  Watson …

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by Sam Barron
Hackensack
News
Hackensack Ex-Con With Notorious History Going Away For A Long Time This Time Hackensack Ex-Con With Notorious History Going Away For A Long Time This Time
Hackensack Ex-Con With Notorious History Going Away For A Long Time This Time A notorious ex-con paroled just last year is already headed back to prison following a drug raid at his Hackensack apartment. Eleven months of freedom ended for Courry Rice, 40, when a Bergen County Regional SWAT team joined police from Hackensack and Maywood in hitting his Prospect Avenue home early Tuesday, Feb. 21. Seized were varying amounts of crack and Ecstasy, along with packaging materials and scales, Maywood Police Chief Terence Kenny said. Rice has a criminal history that includes a host of convictions involving drug dealing and violence, to go with multiple front-page news accou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Baltimore
News
Baltimore Man Used 3D Printer To Decorate Xmas Tree Of Weapons, Make Ghost Guns Baltimore Man Used 3D Printer To Decorate Xmas Tree Of Weapons, Make Ghost Guns
Baltimore Man Used 3D Printer To Decorate Xmas Tree Of Weapons, Make Ghost Guns A Baltimore man prohibited from possessing firearms was arrested for using a 3-D printer to manufacture ghost guns after a social media post caught the attention of law enforcement, authorities say. Kevin Wallace, 49, was arrested on Thursday, Dec. 29, after a search warrant was executed at a home in the 400 block of North Rose Street around 4:40 p.m., according to Baltimore police. Investigators found 20 guns that were in various stages of assembly inside of the dwelling, and say that Wallace was using a 3-D printer to manufacture the guns. A Christmas tree decorated in what appear to be g…

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by Annie DeVoe
Nassau
News
'Dangerous' Valley Stream Man Found With Guns, Drugs Sentenced To Prison 'Dangerous' Valley Stream Man Found With Guns, Drugs Sentenced To Prison
'Dangerous' Valley Stream Man Found With Guns, Drugs Sentenced To Prison A Long Island man will spend more than a decade in prison after being convicted by a jury on drugs and weapons charges. Jackson Metellus, age 41, of Valley Stream, was sentenced to 15 years behind bars in Nassau County Court on Monday, Dec. 12. It followed his November 2022 convictions on multiple charges stemming from an arrest at a home in Valley Stream. Prosecutors said Nassau County Police were called shortly before 6 a.m. on Oct. 13, 2020, with reports of a possible hostage situation at the home, where Metellus rented the first floor and the basement. After obtaining a search warran…

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by Michael Mashburn
Essex NJ
Police & Fire
Ex-Con Convicted Of Pouring Motor Oil In Estranged Wife's Newark Bedroom In Attempted Arson Ex-Con Convicted Of Pouring Motor Oil In Estranged Wife's Newark Bedroom In Attempted Arson
Ex-Con Convicted Of Pouring Motor Oil In Estranged Wife's Newark Bedroom In Attempted Arson A Newark man with seven prior convictions is facing yet another, this time for pouring motor oil on his estranged wife's bedroom wall and lighting it on fire, authorities announced. Delvin Wilson, 56, was found guilty of attempted arson and terroristic threats, said acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II in a statement Friday, Dec. 16. Police say Wilson was captured on video in October 2021 dousing the side of a 15th Avenue apartment building in motor oil before trying to set the wall on fire.  Investigators later learned that his estranged wife lived in the apartment …

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by Mac Bullock
Gloucester
News
Compulsive NJ Sex Offender, 76, Headed To Federal Prison For At Least 10 Years Compulsive NJ Sex Offender, 76, Headed To Federal Prison For At Least 10 Years
Compulsive NJ Sex Offender, 76, Headed To Federal Prison For At Least 10 Years A 76-year-old convicted South Jersey sex offender is looking at a minimum 10-year federal prison sentence after admitting that he collected hundreds of child porn photos and videos, authorities said. Joseph Cooper, 76, of Williamstown had served nearly 3½ years in federal prison on a 1999 child pornography conviction, which was followed by six months in the Gloucester County Jail for a 2011 child cruelty conviction, records show. Nearly a decade passed before authorities were at his door once again. “In October 2020, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Cooper’s residence …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Union
Police & Fire
Linden Man Sexually Assaulted Boy, 2 Girls, Woman: Prosecutor Linden Man Sexually Assaulted Boy, 2 Girls, Woman: Prosecutor
Linden Man Sexually Assaulted Boy, 2 Girls, Woman: Prosecutor A 35-year-old Linden man was ordered detained pending pending disposition after his arrest for sexually assaulting a boy, two girls and a woman, authorities announced. An investigation into Johan A. Osorno began last month, when the Linden Police Department notified he sexually assaulted the two children, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel said. During the investigation, police learned Osorno had also molested a now-adult female when she was a minor between 2018 and 2020, according to Assistant Prosecutor Bryan Tiscia, who is prosecuting the case.  A woman was al…

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by Cecilia Levine
Nassau
News
Hempstead Man Convicted Of Violent Assault, Robbery Of Female Housemate Hempstead Man Convicted Of Violent Assault, Robbery Of Female Housemate
Hempstead Man Convicted Of Violent Assault, Robbery Of Female Housemate A Long Island man with a lengthy criminal history who was charged for an alleged violent assault and robbery of his female housemate has been convicted and faces life behind bars, the Nassau County District Attorney announced. Johnny Shorter, age 42, of Hempstead, is facing years in prison after being found guilty of pistol-whipping and robbing a woman of money and other belongings before attempting to flee from police with a loaded gun in October 2020. Specifically, Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly announced that Shorter was convicted by a jury before Judge Howard Sturim of: …

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by Zak Failla
Burlington
News
Man Accused Of Torching Mom's South Jersey Home, Killing 2, Was Arrested 187 Times: Prosecutor Man Accused Of Torching Mom's South Jersey Home, Killing 2, Was Arrested 187 Times: Prosecutor
Man Accused Of Torching Mom's South Jersey Home, Killing 2, Was Arrested 187 Times: Prosecutor A 63-year-old man from Burlington County found guilty of causing the deaths of his mother and her companion in a house fire was sentenced to 11 years in New Jersey state prison, authorities said. Kurt Smith was sentenced on Thursday, Feb. 10 in Superior Court in Mount Holly, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. He must serve 85 percent of the sentence before becoming eligible for parole. During Thursday’s proceedings, it was noted that Smith had been arrested 187 times and has 16 felony convictions, Coffina said. Smith, who lived at the residence in the 500 block of Wil…

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by Jon Craig
Wilton
News
Norwalk Man On Federal Supervised Release Sentenced For Possessing Gun Norwalk Man On Federal Supervised Release Sentenced For Possessing Gun
Norwalk Man On Federal Supervised Release Sentenced For Possessing Gun A convict from Fairfield County is heading back to prison for violating conditions of his supervised release by possessing an illegal weapon and crack cocaine. Sentrell Bookhardt, also known as “Scab,” 33, of Norwalk was sentenced in Bridgeport district court to 84 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for illegally possessing a firearm and violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction. U.S. Attorney John Durham said that in January 2014, Bookhardt was sentenced in Hartford federal court to 60 months in prison, followed by three …

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by Zak Failla
Mount Vernon
Politics
Mount Vernon City Council Orders Richard Thomas To Leave Mayor's Office Within 24 Hours Mount Vernon City Council Orders Richard Thomas To Leave Mayor's Office Within 24 Hours
Mount Vernon City Council Orders Richard Thomas To Leave Mayor's Office Within 24 Hours Mount Vernon Mayor Thomas may be out of office sooner than expected as the City Council is forcing him to leave his post after his criminal convictions earlier this week. On Monday, July 8, Thomas pleaded guilty to a pair of misdemeanor charges and agreed to resign from his office as of Monday, Sept. 30. However, in a surprising move, on Wednesday, July 10, the Mount Vernon City Council unanimously voted on legislation to remove Thomas from office and swore in his successor, City Council President Andre Wallace, as the interim mayor, while Councilwoman Janice Duarte became the council …

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by Zak Failla
Essex NJ
News
13 Illegal Immigrants Arrested By ICE In 4-Day New Jersey Operation 13 Illegal Immigrants Arrested By ICE In 4-Day New Jersey Operation
13 Illegal Immigrants Arrested By ICE In 4-Day New Jersey Operation U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 13 immigration violators in New Jersey during a four-day surge effort, the agency said. The operation targeted aliens who have been issued a final order of removal in the past five years, have failed to depart the United States, and have received criminal convictions or have pending criminal charges. “As this operation clearly demonstrates, ICE continues to focus its efforts first on public safety threats,” ERO Newark Field Office Director John Tsoukaris said.  “The vast majority of the individuals targeted in this effort ha…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hudson
News
Bayonne Man Arrested In Real Housewives Home Invasion Has Extensive Criminal Record: Report Bayonne Man Arrested In Real Housewives Home Invasion Has Extensive Criminal Record: Report
Bayonne Man Arrested In Real Housewives Home Invasion Has Extensive Criminal Record: Report A Bayonne man accused of attacking "Real Housewives of New Jersey" cast member Dina Manzo and her ex-fiancé touted a laundry list of criminal convictions before the violent 2017 incident. James Mainello -- who wracked up six disorderly persons offenses and 36 criminal convictions since 1993 -- was charged earlier this month with robbery, aggravated assault, theft, weapon possession, burglary and criminal restraint in connection with the Holmdel attack. The 51-year-old was charged with aggravated assault for using a baseball bat during a different attack. He also was charged with federal rob…

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by Cecilia Levine