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CT Sex Offender Gets Sentenced To Decades For Exploiting 4 Teens In New York: Feds
A repeat sex offender with a conviction in Connecticut, who targeted teenage girls and recorded the abuse, will spend decades in federal prison, authorities said.
Taiel Gookool, 31, was sentenced earlier this year to 35 years behind bars, followed by 20 years of supervised release, according to federal authorities, according to the US Attorney's Office, Northern District of New York.
Prosecutors said Gookool exploited four minors and possessed child pornography in 2024. He engaged in sexual acts with all four victims and recorded the abuse, or had the victims record it.
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Ramon Riveras Arrested For Fentanyl, Heroin Possession: DA
A man hauling 16,500 packages of fentanyl and heroin from New York City to the Capital Region was busted in a traffic stop, authorities said Monday, April 27.
Ramon Riveras, a 35-year-old Bronx man, was traveling through Albany around 7:45 p.m. on March 1 when he was stopped by New York State Police, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said.
During the traffic stop off the Washington Avenue Extension, officers found 16,500 glassine envelopes containing fentanyl and heroin, authorities said.
Riveras was arraigned Monday on first-degree and third-degree possession of a controlled su…
Murder: Mom With Neck Injury Leads Police To 2 Children Found Dead In Mass Home, Cops Say
A 49-year-old accupuncturist found bleeding in Vermont led police to a horrific discovery in Massachusetts, authorities said.
Janette R. MacAusland, 49, of Wellesley, Massachusetts, is charged as a fugitive from justice tied to a murder investigation after two children were found dead inside her home, according to police in Vermont.
According to The Independent, MacAusland's husband of nine years, Samuel MacAusland, had filed for divorce last October. The two were allegedly involved in a bitter custody battle over the 6- and 7-year-old children.
The Bennington Police Department was contact…
Quentin Rowlett Sentenced For Drug Possession: DA
A New York man who had 391 grams of cocaine and 125 grams of fentanyl in his possession has been sentenced to several years in prison, authorities announced Friday, April 24.
Quentin Rowlett, 37, was sentenced to eight years behind bars followed by five years of probation after pleading guilty to felony drug possession charges, the Albany County District Attorney’s office announced.
The guilty plea for Rowlett, of Albany, marked his second felony drug conviction, prosecutors said.
Albany County Sheriff’s deputies and the FBI searched Rowlett’s home on Marshall Street on Aug. 21, 2025, as p…
Award-Winning UMass Chef Accused Of Killing Wife In Campus Hotel Room
An award-winning chef at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, accused of beating his wife to death at a university hotel, has pleaded not guilty.
Jeffrey MacDonald, 36, of Wilbraham, is charged with murder and assault and battery on a police officer after his arrest at Hotel UMass, according to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office.
Campus police received a 911 call around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, reporting an emergency in Room 413. When they arrived, officers found the body of 31-year-old Emma MacDonald, authorities said.
Police said Jeffrey MacDonald attacked an officer …
