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Harrowing Video Shows Moment Infant Revived After Fentanyl Poisoning At Lake Grove Home Harrowing Video Shows Moment Infant Revived After Fentanyl Poisoning At Lake Grove Home
Harrowing Video Shows Moment Infant Revived After Fentanyl Poisoning At Lake Grove Home A Long Island father and his suspected drug dealer are facing charges after an infant boy nearly died from fentanyl poisoning. Emergency crews were called to a Lake Grove home on Colmar Avenue on Saturday, Jan. 13 after getting a 911 call reporting an unresponsive 11-month-old boy. By the time they arrived, the child had turned blue, his eyes were rolled back in his head, and he was struggling to breathe, prosecutors said. He was loaded into an ambulance but stopped breathing on the drive to Stony Brook University Hospital. Medics then made the decision to pull over so a Suffolk County P…
Man Accidentally Shot GIrlfriend's 9-Year-Old Daughter In McDonald's Parking Lot: Philly PD Man Accidentally Shot GIrlfriend's 9-Year-Old Daughter In McDonald's Parking Lot: Philly PD
Man Accidentally Shot GIrlfriend's 9-Year-Old Daughter In McDonald's Parking Lot: Philly PD A North Philadelphia man faces assault and reckless endangerment charges after police said he accidentally shot his girlfriend's daughter.  Authorities said Derrick Marshall's gun accidentally discharged in the parking lot of the 3137 N. Broad St. McDonald's, striking the 9-year-old girl in the calf on Wednesday evening, April 10.  Marshall, 32, took her to Temple University Hospital, where she was treated and then taken to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, according to police. Her condition has since stabilized.  Authorities said they recovered two firearms…
Severed Remains Case: ID Released For Male Victim From Yonkers Severed Remains Case: ID Released For Male Victim From Yonkers
Severed Remains Case: ID Released For Male Victim From Yonkers For the first time, police have publicly named the second of two murder victims whose dismembered remains were found strewn across Long Island. In an update to the case on Friday, March 22, Suffolk County Police identified the male victim as 53-year-old former Westchester County resident Malcolm Brown, whose last known address is in Yonkers. Brown was in a domestic partnership with the other victim in the case, 59-year-old Donna Conneely, a Dutchess County native from Fishkill who had recently lived in Northern Westchester, in Yorktown, according to their Facebook profiles.  Earlier…
Severed Body Parts Suspect Caught Shoplifting At Lindenhurst CVS, Police Say Severed Body Parts Suspect Caught Shoplifting At Lindenhurst CVS, Police Say
Severed Body Parts Suspect Caught Shoplifting At Lindenhurst CVS, Police Say One of four suspects accused of dismembering and scattering the remains of two murder victims from Westchester County across Long Island is now behind bars on an unrelated charge. Amanda Wallace, age 40, was caught shoplifting at a CVS store in Lindenhurst on Friday night, March 15, according to Suffolk County Police. An employee called 911 at around 10:50 p.m. saying a woman was stealing beauty products from the store, located on East Montauk Highway. Earlier Report: Dismembered Remains Case: ID Released For 1 Of 2 Victims Police arrested Wallace a short time later on suspicion of…
Duo Nabbed For Murder Of Stamford Man Duo Nabbed For Murder Of Stamford Man
Duo Nabbed For Murder Of Stamford Man Charges for two Fairfield County men allegedly involved in the death of another man have been upgraded from assault to murder following an investigation. The Stamford Police Department Major Crimes Unit Squad in conjunction with the Stamford State’s Attorney’s Office has concluded its homicide investigation of Modesto Santiago-Gomez, age 20, found during the overnight hours on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, said Capt. Thomas Scanlon of the Stamford Police. Scanlon said the two suspects in the incident, Orlando Gomez-Perez age 18, and Juan Carlos Perez-Perez, age 25, both…
PA Man Accused Of Beheading Dad Found 'Not Competent For Trial' Judge Says PA Man Accused Of Beheading Dad Found 'Not Competent For Trial' Judge Says
PA Man Accused Of Beheading Dad Found 'Not Competent For Trial' Judge Says A Pennsylvania man who beheaded his father and left the body in his bed calling it his "cadaver doll" has been ruled "not competent to stand trial," authorities stated in a release on March 4.  Donald Lawrence Meshey Jr., now 35 originally of 202 West Strawberry Street was arrested on Aug. 11, 2021, after admitting to police that he stabbed and dismembered his father, as Daily Voice reported at the time. He was charged with criminal homicide, abuse of a corpse, and tampering with evidence, court records show. Meshey Jr. appeared before Judge Dennis Reinaker virtually from the Lanc…
Homeowner Who Shot, Killed Schuylerville 20-Year-Old In Mistaken Driveway Case Sentenced Homeowner Who Shot, Killed Schuylerville 20-Year-Old In Mistaken Driveway Case Sentenced
Homeowner Who Shot, Killed Schuylerville 20-Year-Old In Mistaken Driveway Case Sentenced A homeowner in upstate New York who opened fire on a car, killing a 20-year-old woman, may well spend the rest of his life behind bars. Kevin Monahan, age 65, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison in a Washington County courtroom on Friday, March 1. It came one month after a jury found him guilty of second-degree murder and related charges in the shooting death of Kaylin Gillis outside his rural home in the town of Hebron. Earlier Report: 'Glue Of The Family': Funeral Set For Schuylerville Woman Slain In Wrong Driveway Shooting Investigators said it was just before 10 p.m. on…
Atlantic City Man Threatened Woman With Gun In Front Of Children: Police Atlantic City Man Threatened Woman With Gun In Front Of Children: Police
Atlantic City Man Threatened Woman With Gun In Front Of Children: Police An Atlantic City man was accused of threatening a woman in front of two children, authorities said. Eric Teasley, 32, was arrested on Tuesday, Feb. 20, the Atlantic City Police Department said in a news release. Officers responded to a report of an "extremely agitated" man with a gun going in and out of a home on the 300 block of North Connecticut Avenue at around 11:38 p.m. Investigators said he pointed the gun at a woman and also threatened her with violence in front of two children. An officer also found the gun was loaded with hollow-point bullets in the kitchen. Teasley was charged wi…
Plato's Closet Owner Faces New Child Porn Charges In Morris County: Prosecutor Plato's Closet Owner Faces New Child Porn Charges In Morris County: Prosecutor
Plato's Closet Owner Faces New Child Porn Charges In Morris County: Prosecutor A 35-year-old Lincoln Park resident accused last December of recording his employees using the bathroom at his clothing store has been hit with new charges, authorities said. Nicholas Zirpoli, who owns Plato's Closet in Roxbury, is now being accused of recording an underage female employee and a man using the bathroom at separate times in late 2022 and early 2023, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Investigations Robert McNally said. Zirpoli of Lincoln Park used a device to video record several male and female employees using the restroom and then destroying evidence last Feb…
Man Who Snatched Gun During Deadly Shootout With Cops ID'd By Philadelphia Police Man Who Snatched Gun During Deadly Shootout With Cops ID'd By Philadelphia Police
Man Who Snatched Gun During Deadly Shootout With Cops ID'd By Philadelphia Police Police in Philadelphia are seeking a 42-year-old man in connection with the shooting of a city officer that left another suspect dead. Jose Quinones-Mendez is believed to have snatched the firearm that fell from Alexander Spencer's grip, as he was shot and killed by the partner of a Philadelphia police officer, who was returning fire Friday, Jan. 26, officials said. The incident happened when 28-year-old Spencer fired at police responding to a grocery store on the 2800 block of N. Mascher Street. Quinones-Mendez, of N. Hancock Street, picked up the gun that Spencer dropped and fle…
Police ID Boy Killed By Man, Mom Who Told Family He Was Fatally Struck By Car: Philadelphia PD Police ID Boy Killed By Man, Mom Who Told Family He Was Fatally Struck By Car: Philadelphia PD
Police ID Boy Killed By Man, Mom Who Told Family He Was Fatally Struck By Car: Philadelphia PD Police have arrested a 30-year-old Philadelphia man who they say helped a 28-year-old mother kill her 4-year-old son, whom she said died after he was struck by a vehicle, authorities announced. Dominique Bailey, of Lebanon Street, has been charged with murder, endangering the welfare of a child, false reports, abuse of corpse, and related offenses in the death of Damari Carter, Philadelphia police said on Saturday, Jan. 6 (Click here for photos of Damari from AIDBIPOC). Kevin Spence, 30, who lives on the 3800 block of Reno Street, was later charged in the case with criminal conspiracy, murd…
Road Rage: Man Cuts Other Driver With Large Knife After Crash In Wallkill, Police Say Road Rage: Man Cuts Other Driver With Large Knife After Crash In Wallkill, Police Say
Road Rage: Man Cuts Other Driver With Large Knife After Crash In Wallkill, Police Say A 24-year-old man has been slapped with assault charges after attacking a victim who he had been involved in a collision with in the Hudson Valley, police announced.  Orange County resident Jahri Evans, of the town of Wallkill, was arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 20 in connection with the assault that happened earlier in the day, state police said.  According to authorities, just before around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Evans and another 24-year-old Wallkill man were involved in a collision on Route 211 near the ramp to Route 17 eastbound.  After both cars came to a stop, Evan…
WV Man Arrested For Killing PA Roommate, Ditching Body In MD: US Marshals WV Man Arrested For Killing PA Roommate, Ditching Body In MD: US Marshals
WV Man Arrested For Killing PA Roommate, Ditching Body In MD: US Marshals A West Virginia man is accused of shooting one of his former roommates dead in Pennsylvania and dumping the body in Maryland before fleeing to North Carolina, authorities announced on Tuesday, Dec. 19.  Shane Adrian Bradley, 32 of Hedgesville, WV, had been staying with several other people in a home in the 14000 block of Ditto Road in Montgomery Township, Mercersburg when a "minor verbal altercation" ended with him shooting one of his roommates, Isiah Clark, Pennsylvania State Police detailed in a release.  The 20-year-old's body was then loaded into a car — wi…
Clothing Store Owner Secretly Filmed Employees Using Bathroom: Morris County Prosecutor Clothing Store Owner Secretly Filmed Employees Using Bathroom: Morris County Prosecutor
Clothing Store Owner Secretly Filmed Employees Using Bathroom: Morris County Prosecutor The owner of a Morris County clothing store is accused of secretly recording employees in the bathroom and then destroying the evidence, police said. Nicholas Zirpoli, 35, used a device to surreptitiously record both male and female employees using the restroom of Plato's Closet in Ledgewood on or about Feb. 26, 2023, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. Then, Zirpoli destroyed the files, police said. The Lincoln Park resident, who owns and operates the Route 46 store, was remanded to the Morris County Correctional Facility on charges of nine counts of invasion of privacy,…
Schuylkill County Man Took Meth From Trooper's Hand, Ate It, And Fled: PSP Schuylkill County Man Took Meth From Trooper's Hand, Ate It, And Fled: PSP
Schuylkill County Man Took Meth From Trooper's Hand, Ate It, And Fled: PSP A passenger caught with methamphetamine at a Schuylkill County traffic stop swallowed the evidence and ran away, according to state police.  Authorities said 37-year-old Shawn M. Tobin was the passenger in a Ford they stopped near Lang and Pike Streets in Port Carbon on Nov. 22.  When a trooper allegedly found drugs in the car, police said Tobin snatched it from his hands and "ingested it" before running away from the traffic stop on foot.  A short chase ended with his arrest, police said.  Tobin, of Middleport, was charged with evading arrest, resisting arrest, tamper…
Man Accused Of Tampering Evidence In Child Porn Investigation: Ephrata Police Man Accused Of Tampering Evidence In Child Porn Investigation: Ephrata Police
Man Accused Of Tampering Evidence In Child Porn Investigation: Ephrata Police A Denver man has been charged with tampering evidence in a child pornography investigation in Ephrata, authorities announced on Wednesday, Oct. 18.  Brian Christopher Robinson was under investigation after a tip that he may have downloaded child pornography was sent to the Ephrata police in August. A warranted search was conducted at the 27-year-old's apartment in the 50 block of Michael Lane, the police explained. "Child pornography was found on an electronic device owned by Robinson," the police said. The download happened on August 25, according to court documents.  He was arr…
Ex-Waynesboro Youth Baseball President Caught Creating Child Porn: AG Ex-Waynesboro Youth Baseball President Caught Creating Child Porn: AG
Ex-Waynesboro Youth Baseball President Caught Creating Child Porn: AG A further investigation into the former president of the Waynesboro Youth Baseball League has revealed another sexual assault on a child and secret recordings of both children and adults naked in his home, according to a release by the Pennsylvania Attorney General on Oct. 12.  Justin Travis Biser, 44 of Waynesboro, previously was arrested for allegedly committing numerous sex crimes on teenage girls and spilling government secrets, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. In addition to the sexual abuse of three children and an adult, he was also accused of sharing confidenti…
Prosecutor Details Sneaky Upskirt Tactics Utilized By Watchung Gas Station Cashier For Months Prosecutor Details Sneaky Upskirt Tactics Utilized By Watchung Gas Station Cashier For Months
Prosecutor Details Sneaky Upskirt Tactics Utilized By Watchung Gas Station Cashier For Months A cashier at a Sunoco station has been arrested for taking multiple upskirt photos of women while at work over the course of nearly two years, authorities in Somerset County said. Miguel A. Melchor-Gomez, 54, of North Plainfield, who worked at the Sunoco station on Stirling Road in Watchung, filmed underneath his unsuspecting victims' clothing in one of two ways from December 2021 to Aug. 19, 2023, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald. said. Melchor-Gomez either pretended that the credit card machine malfunctioned and directed his victims to the counter where he would stand clos…
Teacher Accused Of Enticing Minor In Newtown Teacher Accused Of Enticing Minor In Newtown
Teacher Accused Of Enticing Minor In Newtown A 68-year-old private music teacher from Fairfield County faces sexual assault charges after allegedly starting an inappropriate relationship with a young student, police said.  Newtown resident Richard Neal, age 68, was arrested by Newtown Police on Wednesday, Aug. 23 on sexual assault charges, the department announced.  According to authorities, the arrest followed an investigation into Neal's inappropriate relationship with a juvenile student to whom he had provided private music lessons.  When this relationship became known, Newtown Police Detective Chelse…
Blood-Stained Apartment, Steak Knife Lead To Capture Of Trenton Murder Suspect: Police Blood-Stained Apartment, Steak Knife Lead To Capture Of Trenton Murder Suspect: Police
Blood-Stained Apartment, Steak Knife Lead To Capture Of Trenton Murder Suspect: Police A Trenton woman is in custody on accusations she fatally stabbed a 61-year-old man last month, authorities said. Members of the US Marshals Service captured 42-year-old Shawnette Johnson on Thursday, July 6, in connection with the Monday, June 19 stabbing death of Ernest Denard, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said. Johnson is believed to have stabbed Denard in her apartment at 1100 Edgewood Avenue, around 10:45 p.m., Onofri said. Surveillance footage from the night showed Johnson let Denard into her apartment, and he left about 10 minutes later with blood on his shirt,…
Guilty Plea For Long Beach Man Charged With Fatal Uber Driver Shooting Guilty Plea For Long Beach Man Charged With Fatal Uber Driver Shooting
Guilty Plea For Long Beach Man Charged With Fatal Uber Driver Shooting A Long Island Man accused of shooting and killing an Uber driver in March 2022, as well as participating in a serious hit-and-run the year before, has pleaded guilty to both offenses, officials announced. Shaun Teemer, aged 24 of Long Beach, pleaded guilty to multiple charges for two different incidents on Wednesday, June 14, according to the Nassau County District Attorney. In a statement, District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly called Teemer “an extraordinarily violent defendant who has consistently broken the law.” Earlier Report: Long Beach Man Charged In Fatal Shooting Of Uber Driver A…
Suspect 'Secreted' Drugs From Body, Tried Hiding Them In Trooper's Seat, Police In Region Say Suspect 'Secreted' Drugs From Body, Tried Hiding Them In Trooper's Seat, Police In Region Say
Suspect 'Secreted' Drugs From Body, Tried Hiding Them In Trooper's Seat, Police In Region Say A New York State Police trooper got an unpleasant surprise while nabbing a wanted man in the region. The incident began when 26-year-old Nathaniel Mahabier, of Cobleskill in Schoharie County, was stopped for a vehicle and traffic violation on I-88 in Schoharie at around 2:50 p.m. Thursday, May 25. According to State Police, Mahabier initially gave a false name. He was arrested when the trooper learned his real identity and discovered that he had an active arrest warrant issued by the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. The arrest took a turn for the strange when, …
Tracking Device Foils Hoboken Bank Robber Tracking Device Foils Hoboken Bank Robber
Tracking Device Foils Hoboken Bank Robber A 24-year old man was arrested and charged with robbing a bank in Hoboken, after police were able to use a tracking device attached to his loot.  Hoboken police allege Jamil Deacon, a Hoboken resident, passed a note to bank tellers at the Santander Bank demanding $40,000 be handed to him and verbally threatened to shoot them if they did not comply. The suspect made off with $1,100, police said.  The money was equipped with a tracking device, allowing police to quickly track down Deacon at Second and Bloomfield Streets, where he was promptly apprehended, police said.  As…
South Jersey Man Kills His Parents: Prosecutor South Jersey Man Kills His Parents: Prosecutor
South Jersey Man Kills His Parents: Prosecutor A 34-year-old man from Cumberland County is accused of stabbing his parents to death, authorities said. Craig P. Williams, of Tipton Drive in Hopewell Township, has been charged with murder, desecration of human remains, hindering apprehension and multiple other charges, according to Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae. Police found Brenda L. Williams and Billy C. Williams Jr. stabbed to death at around 7:30 a.m. on Monday, March 13, Webb-McRae said. Members of the New Jersey State Police – Bridgeton Station arrived at the residence for a well-being check. Troopers discov…
Morristown Man Convicted In Hotel Beating Death Of GF's 3-Year-Old Son: Prosecutor Morristown Man Convicted In Hotel Beating Death Of GF's 3-Year-Old Son: Prosecutor
Morristown Man Convicted In Hotel Beating Death Of GF's 3-Year-Old Son: Prosecutor A Morris County jury has returned a guilty verdict against a 29-year-old man who beat his girlfriend's 3-year-old son dead at a hotel in 2021, authorities announced. Edwin Urbina was convicted of first-degree murder with an aggravating factor, second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, hindering apprehension, and tampering with evidence, following a seven-day trial, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. Sentencing has been scheduled before Superior Court Judge Stephen J. Taylor, on March 16. Urbina will remain held until then. The boy arrived at Morristown Medical Ce…
Poughkeepsie Woman Charged In Shooting Of 35-Year-Old Poughkeepsie Woman Charged In Shooting Of 35-Year-Old
Poughkeepsie Woman Charged In Shooting Of 35-Year-Old A Hudson Valley woman is being held in connection with the shooting of a 35-year-old man who is in critical condition. The incident took place in Dutchess County around 4:15 p.m., Friday, Feb. 24 in the area of South Clinton Street near Montgomery Street in the city of Poughkeepsie. When officers arrived on the scene after receiving a call regarding a shooting victim, they found a 35-year-old man with an apparent gunshot wound. The man was transported to an area hospital for treatment of a life-threatening injury, said Det. Sgt. Terrence Beam, of the city of Poughkeepsie Poli…
Cumberland County Man Convicted Of Killing Ex-Girlfriend's New Boyfriend Cumberland County Man Convicted Of Killing Ex-Girlfriend's New Boyfriend
Cumberland County Man Convicted Of Killing Ex-Girlfriend's New Boyfriend A 29-year-old man has been found guilty by a Cumberland County jury of murder, authorities said. Frank J. Baker, 29, of Seabrook, was found guilty on Wednesday, Feb. 1 in connection with the July 20, 2019 shooting death of Jair Rennie in Gouldtown, Fairfield Township, according to Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae. The victim was Beker's ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend, prosecutors said. Baker was convicted of first-degree murder, second-degree firearms offenses, third-degree conspiracy, hindering his own apprehension, tampering with evidence, and obstruction, the pr…
Teenage Pair Arrested In Shooting In Atlantic City Teenage Pair Arrested In Shooting In Atlantic City
Teenage Pair Arrested In Shooting In Atlantic City A pair of teenagers was arrested in connection with a shooting in Atlantic City, authorities said. An investigation conducted by detectives of the Violent Crimes Unit led to the identification of a suspect wanted for a shooting that occurred on January 13, 2023. On Tuesday, Jan. 31, at 7:46 p.m., Officers Bayron Zelaya-Chaves and Ivan Cruz, observed a vehicle parked at the corner of Dover and Ventnor Avenues. The officers recognized this vehicle from information obtained from a flyer distributed by detectives of the Violent Crimes Unit related to the shooting, identifying the suspect as Iva…
Tenant Hid Dead GF's Body In Trash Bag Found After Eviction By Trenton Landlord: Prosecutor Tenant Hid Dead GF's Body In Trash Bag Found After Eviction By Trenton Landlord: Prosecutor
Tenant Hid Dead GF's Body In Trash Bag Found After Eviction By Trenton Landlord: Prosecutor An evicted tenant was arrested and charged with disturbing human remains several weeks after a landlord found a decomposed body in a trash bag at the Trenton home, authorities announced. David Gibson, 44, was charged with disturbing or desecrating human remains, tampering with evidence, and hindering, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said Wednesday, Jan. 18. Gibson was evicted in November from the apartment on the 600 block of Beatty Street in Trenton, where the remains were found in a trash bag by the landlord on Friday, Dec. 23, Onofri said. According to a report by NJ.com, Gibs…
Twin Teens Charged In North Bergen House Party Captured In Viral Arrest Video: Police Twin Teens Charged In North Bergen House Party Captured In Viral Arrest Video: Police
Twin Teens Charged In North Bergen House Party Captured In Viral Arrest Video: Police "Hot Potato" was the name of the game for teen twin brothers who became uncooperative with police before a video of their struggle with the officers at the North Bergen house party went viral on social media. Officers from the North Bergen Police Department got a tip that someone had a gun at a house party on Broadway Avenue just after 11:15 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 16, Police Capt. David Dowd said.  View this post on Instagram A post shared by HudPost (@hudpost) A swarm of teens exiting the party out of the basement blaring loud music greeted…
Man Who Killed Morristown Mom For $11M Fortune Gets Prison Time Man Who Killed Morristown Mom For $11M Fortune Gets Prison Time
Man Who Killed Morristown Mom For $11M Fortune Gets Prison Time A 25-year-old man who killed his mom and hid her body in the family's North Jersey home in an effort to expedite his inheritance of her $11 million savings has been sentenced to prison. Jared Eng was sentenced to 22 years to life on Wednesday, Oct. 26, for the January 2019 murder that took place in New York City in the Tribeca apartment he shared with his mother Paula Chin, said the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Eng pleaded guilty in State Supreme Court to one count of murder in September. “This sentencing finally closes a challenging chapter for this family and their loved ones…