Man Gets 4.5 Years After Admitting To Raping Child In Athol: DA
A 22-year-old man was sentenced to four years to four and a half years in prison in the 2023 rape of a child, authorities announced Thursday, March 6.
Anthony Rodriguez, of Puerto Rico, pleaded guilty to statutory rape of a child, assault and battery, and indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older, in the New Year's Day attack, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said.
Rodriguez must register as a sex offender, undergo sex offender treatment, and serve five years of probation once he's released, the prosecutor said.
Assistant District Atto…
State Employee Stole $130K From Former Norristown Hospital Resident Who Killed Her Sons: DA
A Philadelphia woman stole over $130,000 from a former Norristown State Hospital resident who was convicted of murdering her two young sons, using the funds for personal expenses, including a Puerto Rico vacation, officials announced on Monday, Dec. 23.
Bridget Nicole Compton, 51, is accused of stealing $132,480.01 from the TD Ameritrade account of Trinh Nguyen, a former Norristown State Hospital resident, officials in Bucks County, PA said. Nguyen is currently serving two life sentences for fatally shooting her sons, 13-year-old Jeffrey “JT” Tini and 9-year-old Nelson Tini, in their Upper M…
Two Arrests Made In Dad's Wantagh Roadside Robbery-Killing
Police have charged two men in the killing of a 32-year-old Amityville man found dead on a Wantagh roadway in September, according to Nassau County authorities.
Police say Anderson Ramirez, 34, of Central Islip, and Alex R. DeLarosa, 27, of Bay Shore, were arrested on Dec. 4 in connection to the fatal shooting of Yinauri A. Taveras, 32. The victim, originally from Amityville, had been splitting time between Puerto Rico and Westbury.
Officers responded to Wayside Lane in Wantagh on Sept. 11, 2024, at 12:13 a.m. for a report of an injured person. They found Taveras on the roadside with a guns…
Man Who Gunned Down Mom, Infant In Hartford Drive-By Busted In Puerto Rico: Police
A 23-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a young mother and her infant son in Connecticut was arrested in Puerto Rico, authorities announced.
Lance Morales, the suspect in the drive-by shooting that killed 20-year-old Jessiah Mercado and her 4-month-old son, Messiah Diaz, was taken into custody Saturday, Nov. 23, by the U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force, the Marshal Service said.
He was found at a home in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, and is being held on a $3 million bond.
The incident unfolded earlier this week when officers responded to Hartford Hospital after a vehicle arriv…
