Passenger Seriously Injured After Drunk Driver Crashes Head-On In North Bellport: Police Passenger Seriously Injured After Drunk Driver Crashes Head-On In North Bellport: Police
Passenger Seriously Injured After Drunk Driver Crashes Head-On In North Bellport: Police A Shirley man was arrested for driving while intoxicated after a head-on crash seriously injured his passenger on Montauk Highway in North Bellport late Thursday, Aug. 28, Suffolk County Police announced on Friday, Aug. 29. Anthony Kaisser, 28, was driving a 2021 Dodge Charger eastbound on Montauk Highway when he crossed the double yellow lines into the westbound lane and collided head-on with a 2021 Toyota Venza near Weaver Avenue at 11:15 p.m., police said. His front-seat passenger, Marcus Jackson, was transported to NYU Langone Hospital – Suffolk in Patchogue with serious injuries, accor…
Doctor Who Smuggled Ancient Egyptian Artifacts Through JFK Lands In Club Fed Doctor Who Smuggled Ancient Egyptian Artifacts Through JFK Lands In Club Fed
Doctor Who Smuggled Ancient Egyptian Artifacts Through JFK Lands In Club Fed A Brooklyn man who trafficked hundreds of stolen Egyptian antiquities through JFK Airport will spend months behind bars. Ashraf Omar Eldarir, 52, was sentenced to six months in prison in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday, Aug. 27, after pleading guilty to four counts of smuggling. Eldarir, a licensed physician in Egypt, became involved in artifact smuggling during the country’s Arab Uprising in 2011, when looting of archaeological sites surged, prosecutors said. Between April 2019 and January 2020, he smuggled artifacts into the United States on at least four occasions. He later used fal…
Previously Deported Man Raped Child In Cohoes, Police Say Previously Deported Man Raped Child In Cohoes, Police Say
Previously Deported Man Raped Child In Cohoes, Police Say A Brazilian national who was previously deported from the US is accused of raping a minor in Albany County. Marcio Martins-Rodrigues, 35, was arrested Sunday, Aug. 24, following an investigation into a sexual assault involving a minor, Cohoes Police said. He was charged with first-degree rape involving forcible compulsion and second-degree rape following allegations that he engaged in sexual intercourse with a victim younger than 15, police said. Martins-Rodrigues had previously been deported from the United States and is in the country illegally, according to Immigration and Customs Enfor…
160+ MPH Driver Who Cost Montgomery County Sergeant His Legs In I-270 Crash Gets Max Sentence 160+ MPH Driver Who Cost Montgomery County Sergeant His Legs In I-270 Crash Gets Max Sentence
160+ MPH Driver Who Cost Montgomery County Sergeant His Legs In I-270 Crash Gets Max Sentence A Maryland man who drove more than 160 mph before intentionally striking a Montgomery County police sergeant — leaving him catastrophically injured — received the maximum possible sentence, authorities announced on Wednesday. Judge Harry Storm sentenced Raphael Mayorga, 21, of Frederick, to 22 years and 60 days in prison for the 2023 I-270 crash that left Sgt. Patrick Kepp without the use of his legs, according to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors said Mayorga was driving a Dodge Challenger in the early morning hours of Oct. 18, 2023, when officers attempted to st…
'Violent And Inhumane': Mass Man Charged With 2 Brutal Cold Case Killings In Lowell, Cambridge 'Violent And Inhumane': Mass Man Charged With 2 Brutal Cold Case Killings In Lowell, Cambridge
'Violent And Inhumane': Mass Man Charged With 2 Brutal Cold Case Killings In Lowell, Cambridge A former Lowell man is facing two murder charges after investigators say he was behind the violent deaths of two homeless men more than a decade ago, authorities announced.  Kevin Lino, 38, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of 54-year-old Gary A. Melanson in Lowell and 30-year-old Douglas Leon Clarke in Cambridge, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan announced on Wednesday, Aug. 27.  In 2010, police found Melanson’s body near the Rogers Street Bridge in Lowell. He had suffered multiple visible wounds, but the medical examiner at the time lis…
Nurse Punched At Nassau University Medical Center By Roosevelt Man: Police Nurse Punched At Nassau University Medical Center By Roosevelt Man: Police
Nurse Punched At Nassau University Medical Center By Roosevelt Man: Police A Roosevelt man is accused of punching a nurse in the face while receiving treatment at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 27. Roderick Essix, 62, of Roosevelt, became combative with a 66-year-old registered nurse who was caring for him at the hospital on Hempstead Turnpike around 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 26, according to the Nassau County Police Department. Detectives said Essix struck the woman with a closed fist to the left side of her face, causing substantial pain and minor bruising. Hospital staff immediately evaluated and treated he…
Woman Fires Gun Outside PA Home Bordering 2 Schools, Triggering Lockdown: DA Woman Fires Gun Outside PA Home Bordering 2 Schools, Triggering Lockdown: DA
Woman Fires Gun Outside PA Home Bordering 2 Schools, Triggering Lockdown: DA Gunfire near two schools during a domestic dispute sent classrooms into lockdown and caused panic in the community, the Clinton County District Attorney announced in a newly released update on Tuesday, Aug. 27. Ashley D. Snook, 37, of Cedar Lane in Mill Hall, has pleaded guilty to opening fire with a 9mm pistol just steps from Central Mountain Middle and Mill Hall Elementary School during a domestic incident on the morning of Wednesday, May 28, prosecutors said. One of her shots struck a nearby parked car, prompting both schools to immediately lock down. Pennsylvania State Police rushed to…
Woman Points Shotgun At Man In Berks County Park After Blocking Road To Leave: Police Woman Points Shotgun At Man In Berks County Park After Blocking Road To Leave: Police
Woman Points Shotgun At Man In Berks County Park After Blocking Road To Leave: Police A woman is accused of pointing a shotgun at a man and blocking the road to keep him from leaving a park, police announced in a release on Tuesday, Aug. 26. Diana Lynn Wendler, 60, of Sinking Spring, was arrested after Spring Township officers were called to Willow Glen Park around 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 17, 2025, for reports of a woman threatening a man with a gun, according to police and court documents. Berks County dispatchers told police that Wendler was allegedly preventing the victim from leaving the area. When officers arrived, they observed her walking toward her home on Park Aven…
Drunk Driver Going 98 MPH Kills NJ Dad In Limerick Township Crash: Affidavit Drunk Driver Going 98 MPH Kills NJ Dad In Limerick Township Crash: Affidavit
Drunk Driver Going 98 MPH Kills NJ Dad In Limerick Township Crash: Affidavit A Philadelphia man is accused of causing a deadly high-speed crash on Route 422 while intoxicated, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele announced on Tuesday, Aug. 26. Andrew Ryne Hilferty, 35, was charged with Homicide by Vehicle–DUI, Homicide by Vehicle, Recklessly Endangering Another Person, Reckless Driving, Careless Driving, Driving at Safe Speed, and Following Too Closely after the June 29 crash that killed 36-year-old Ryan Reyes of Bridgeport, New Jersey. Pennsylvania State Police said Hilferty was driving a 2014 Chevrolet Cruze eastbound on Route 422 near mile marker 1…
Boarding Owners Let 21 Dogs Die In Washington County, Police Say Boarding Owners Let 21 Dogs Die In Washington County, Police Say
Boarding Owners Let 21 Dogs Die In Washington County, Police Say Two owners of a dog boarding facility in upstate New York are facing criminal charges after 21 dogs were found dead. Washington County deputies were called Sunday, Aug. 24, to Anastasia’s Acres Dog Boarding on Allen Road in Argyle for a report of deceased animals, the agency said. Investigators determined that the facility’s owners, Robert Palulis, 48, and Anastasia Palulis, 38, failed to provide adequate water and ventilation, resulting in the deaths of 21 dogs, according to police. Another dog required medical treatment. Both owners were each charged with 22 counts under New York’s Agric…
Glen Cove Daycare Worker Accused Of Abusing Boy For Years; More Victims Sought: Police Glen Cove Daycare Worker Accused Of Abusing Boy For Years; More Victims Sought: Police
Glen Cove Daycare Worker Accused Of Abusing Boy For Years; More Victims Sought: Police A man is accused of sexually abusing a child for years while employed at a Westbury daycare center, Nassau County police announced on Tuesday, Aug. 26. Jose Rodriguez, 49, of Glen Cove, was charged after a victim reported that Rodriguez inappropriately touched him starting in 2016 when he was 10 years old, the Special Victims Squad said in a release. The abuse allegedly continued until the boy was 13. On Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, Rodriguez walked into a Dunkin Donuts where the victim now works. After Rodriguez left the store, the victim contacted police, detectives said. Rodriguez was arreste…
York Chiropractor Who Used Hidden Camera To Film Naked Female Patients, Including Minor Jailed York Chiropractor Who Used Hidden Camera To Film Naked Female Patients, Including Minor Jailed
York Chiropractor Who Used Hidden Camera To Film Naked Female Patients, Including Minor Jailed A York chiropractor who admitted to secretly filming undressing female clients—one of them a minor—has been sentenced to jail, according to court records. Tyler Grego Mitcheltree, 29, of York Haven, was sentenced on Wednesday, Aug. 21, to serve one to two years in York County Prison on a felony child pornography conviction. He was also sentenced to two years probation on 21 counts of misdemeanor invasion of privacy, to be served after his release, court records show. Mitcheltree had practiced at Motive Health, a chiropractic and wellness clinic in the 200 block of West Market Street. That l…