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Prince William
Police & Fire
Murder Suspect, 21, Charged In 2023 Double Richmond Highway Shopping Center Shooting: Police Murder Suspect, 21, Charged In 2023 Double Richmond Highway Shopping Center Shooting: Police
Murder Suspect, 21, Charged In 2023 Double Richmond Highway Shopping Center Shooting: Police Police in Prince William County have captured a 21-year-old murder suspect in connection with a double shooting earlier this month at a Richmond Highway shopping center last year, they said. Zaire Lee Davis, of no fixed address, is believed to have been arguing with 27-year-old Akeem Rashaud Williams and another man on the 13900 block of Richmond Highway on Jan. 16, 2023, when gunfire rang out, county police said. Williams, another man, and an occupied vehicle were struck by gunfire. Williams died at the hospital while another individual was hospitalized with minor injuries, police said. F…

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by Cecilia Levine
Fairfax
Police & Fire
Man Tried Abducting Sleeping Child, 4, In Fairfax County Burglary: Police Man Tried Abducting Sleeping Child, 4, In Fairfax County Burglary: Police
Man Tried Abducting Sleeping Child, 4, In Fairfax County Burglary: Police A 24-year-old man is facing charges after breaking into a Fairfax County home and trying to abduct a sleeping child, authorities said. Hyrum Baquedano Rodriguez forced his way inside of an apartment on the 7500 block of Little River Turnpike in West Springfield around 4 a.m. on June 15, Fairfax County police said. The mother was awoken to the sound of window blinds shaking and the sound of her 4-year-old daughter crying, police said. She found the window in the living room was open and child on the floor.  The child immediately told her mother someone had grabbed her. Officers se…

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by Cecilia Levine
St. Mary's
News
Killer Convicted Of Murdering Mother, Daughter In Lexington Park Killer Convicted Of Murdering Mother, Daughter In Lexington Park
Killer Convicted Of Murdering Mother, Daughter In Lexington Park Hundreds of pieces of evidence presented by prosecutors during an eight-day trial led to a murder conviction for a man who killed a St. Mary’s County mother and her young child in 2021. State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced that Lexington Park resident Carroll Key, Jr., 43, has been found guilty by a jury of the first-degree murders of 6-year-old Lyneasha Justice Greenwell, and her mother, Martina Lynn Patterson, 37. Prosecutors said that Key was identified as a suspect days after the mother-daughter duo were found in shallow graves buried in the 46800 block of Rogers Drive in Lexington…

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by Zak Failla
Atlantic
Police & Fire
Authorities Seek Public's Help ID'ing Human Remains Authorities Seek Public's Help ID'ing Human Remains
Authorities Seek Public's Help ID'ing Human Remains Authorities are intensifying their hunt for clues in the death of a man in Galloway. The Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office seeks the public's help and offered up a few clues like a stud earring and ring. Human remains were recovered in Galloway Township on June 7, 2021, the prosecutor said. The man was between 40 and 60 years old. His height was between 5-foot-5 inches and 5-foot-11 inches. The decedent was found with a metallic ring and single stud earring, silver in color (see images) Stud earringAtlantic County Prosecutor's Office The decedent was found with multiple layers of c…

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by Jon Craig
Hampden
Police & Fire
Holly Piirainen Killing: Tank Top At Center Of 30-Year-Old Cold Case, Hampden DA Says Holly Piirainen Killing: Tank Top At Center Of 30-Year-Old Cold Case, Hampden DA Says
Holly Piirainen Killing: Tank Top At Center Of 30-Year-Old Cold Case, Hampden DA Says The Hampden County District Attorney is asking the public to help police identify who owned a white tank top found near the body of 10-year-old Holly Piirainen in 1993.  The shirt has the word Boston written across the chest in purple, pink, and blue letters, District Attorney Anthony Gulluni showed during a press conference on Wednesday morning, Feb. 1. Though the tank top lacks a tag or any identifying marks that could help investigators figure out if it belonged to a man or woman or where it was manufactured. He hopes someone will recognize it and reach out to police.  Hampden Distri…

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by Josh Lanier
Yonkers
Police & Fire
Teen Duo Charged After Violent, Public Shootout In Yonkers, Police Say Teen Duo Charged After Violent, Public Shootout In Yonkers, Police Say
Teen Duo Charged After Violent, Public Shootout In Yonkers, Police Say Two teens are facing multiple charges after they exchanged gunfire on a public street in Westchester County, police said.  The shootout happened on Wednesday, Dec. 28 around 8:30 p.m., when police in Yonkers responded to Garfield Street where they found one of the teens with a gunshot wound to his leg. He was then taken to a local hospital in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries, and an investigation into the shooting was started, Yonkers Police said on Tuesday, Jan. 17.  Following this, police were able to determine through witness interviews, forensic evidence, an…

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by Ben Crnic
Suffolk NY
News
Police Release 911 Calls Of Gilgo Beach Murder Victim Police Release 911 Calls Of Gilgo Beach Murder Victim
Police Release 911 Calls Of Gilgo Beach Murder Victim Police officials on Long Island have released three 911 calls connected to the death of Shannan Gilbert whose disappearance led to the discovery of the Gilgo Beach serial killer murders. During Gilbert's call to 911 dispatchers, she can be heard saying over and over "there is someone after me." (Click here to listen.) But during a press conference on Friday, May 13, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison said that although Gilbert's body was found in the area of those killed by the serial killer, investigators do not believe that her death was a murder and is not related to the…

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by Kathy Reakes
Armonk
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16-Year-Old Charged In Westchester Murder Caught On Video 16-Year-Old Charged In Westchester Murder Caught On Video
16-Year-Old Charged In Westchester Murder Caught On Video A 16-year-old has been indicted for allegedly fatally shooting a man in Westchester County in an incident caught on video. The Yonkers Police Department reported that the Delaware teen was booked by police on Monday, Aug. 9 on the charge of second-degree murder in the death of Javon Merrill, age 27, of Yonkers.  Police said the teen, who was not identified because he is classified as a juvenile offender, is accused of shooting Merrill in the chest shortly before 9:40 p.m. Oct. 27, 2020, inside the Triangle Deli at 286 Ashburton Ave. Investigators used surveillance video, int…

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by Nicole Valinote
Bucks
Police & Fire
Bucks DA Opposes Clemency For Man Who Killed 58-Year-Old Woman Bucks DA Opposes Clemency For Man Who Killed 58-Year-Old Woman
Bucks DA Opposes Clemency For Man Who Killed 58-Year-Old Woman A man convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a 58-year-old woman in her Bristol Township apartment in 1990, will appear Thursday morning before the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons seeking clemency -- a motion strongly opposed Bucks County District Attorney’s Office. John Brookins has professed his innocence for nearly three decades, despite authorities linking overwhelming amounts of evidence to him in the Dec. 20, 1990 murder of Sheila Ginsberg, Bucks County Chief Deputy District Attorney Jill Graziano said in a letter to the Board of Pardons. Authorities …

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by Nicole Acosta
Paramus
Police & Fire
Couple Found Dead In Paramus Home From Apparent Overdoses, Authorities Say Couple Found Dead In Paramus Home From Apparent Overdoses, Authorities Say
Couple Found Dead In Paramus Home From Apparent Overdoses, Authorities Say A Paramus man and his live-in girlfriend were found dead of apparent drug overdoses at his parents' home over the weekend, authorities said. He was 47, she was 51, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. His 77-year-old mother called police from their Forest Avenue home across from Van Saun Park shortly before 11 a.m. Saturday after finding him on the kitchen floor and her in a bedroom, thinking they'd both "just passed out" after using drugs, the chief said. Police found unused drugs and paraphernalia, he added. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office assisted, along with the Bergen County Sh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Nassau
News
Man's Murder Conviction Overturned After He Served 33 Years In Prison Man's Murder Conviction Overturned After He Served 33 Years In Prison
Man's Murder Conviction Overturned After He Served 33 Years In Prison A 62-year-old Fairfield County man who spent 33 years in prison in New York for the murder of a teenager had his day in court and his conviction has been overturned on Long Island. Keith Bush of Bridgeport, who has maintained his innocence for 44 years since his arrest in 1975, had his conviction overturned this week after a case review found new evidence that proved his innocence. When he was a 17-year-old student at Bellmore High School, Bush was arrested and charged with killing 14-year-old Sheresa Watson, who was found strangled to death by someone who attempted to rape her on Jan.…

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by Zak Failla
Armonk
News
Suspect Charged With Murder Of Woman Found Wrapped In Blanket On Side Of Westchester Parkway Suspect Charged With Murder Of Woman Found Wrapped In Blanket On Side Of Westchester Parkway
Suspect Charged With Murder Of Woman Found Wrapped In Blanket On Side Of Westchester Parkway A man has been charged with murdering a woman who was found strangled to death wrapped in a blanket on the shoulder of the Sprain Brook Parkway in Westchester more than a decade ago. Christopher Gonzalez of the Bronx was indicted on two counts of first-degree murder, three counts of second-degree murder, rape and criminal sexual act for his role in the death of Angel Serbay in 2005 in Yonkers. On Sept. 3, 2005, at approximately 8:18 a.m., the New York State Police were dispatched to the northbound side of the Sprain Brook Parkway, just north of the Jackson Road overpass, to investigate…

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by Zak Failla
White Plains
News
New Details Released After Man Found Dead Along Shoulder Of Road In Westchester New Details Released After Man Found Dead Along Shoulder Of Road In Westchester
New Details Released After Man Found Dead Along Shoulder Of Road In Westchester Click here for an updated story: ID Released Of Man Found Dead Along Shoulder Of Busy Westchester Road A police investigation has revealed that a man found dead alongside the shoulder of a road in Westchester was shot on Monday morning. At approximately 8:20 a.m., members of the Yonkers Police Department responded to the vicinity of eastbound Tuckahoe Road by the New York State Thruway overpass on a report of a body discovered at that location. A passerby had discovered the body and immediately called the police. Upon arrival, responding patrol units observed a male, who appeared to be i…

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by Joe Lombardi