Greenwich, CT
Police & Fire
Passenger Assaults Jeep Driver In Front Of Child While Traveling On I-95 In Greenwich: Police Passenger Assaults Jeep Driver In Front Of Child While Traveling On I-95 In Greenwich: Police
Passenger Assaults Jeep Driver In Front Of Child While Traveling On I-95 In Greenwich: Police A Westchester man faces assault charges after striking the driver of the vehicle they were both in while traveling on a highway in Fairfield County, police said.  The incident happened on Thursday, July 27 around 5:50 p.m., when Connecticut State Police received numerous 911 calls that reported an active assault occurring inside a Jeep traveling on Interstate 95 northbound in Greenwich in the area of Exit 5.  According to state police, the callers told troopers that the male passenger inside the Jeep was striking the driver, who was yelling to passing cars that they needed help.&n…

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by Ben Crnic
Waldorf, MD
News
Family Friend Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting 8-Year-Old Girl In Maryland: State's Attorney Family Friend Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting 8-Year-Old Girl In Maryland: State's Attorney
Family Friend Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting 8-Year-Old Girl In Maryland: State's Attorney A Maryland man has been convicted on multiple offenses stemming from an alleged illicit incident with an 8-year-old girl in Charles County.  Waldorf resident Jose Eugenio Escobar-Argueta, 34, may spend more than a decade in prison after being found guilty of multiple sexual offenses involving the child, officials said. In January 2022, officers from the Charles County Police Department were called to a home in Fordington Place in Waldorf, where they met with the victim, according to the state's attorney's office. While interviewing the girl, prosecutors said that she stated she w…

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by Zak Failla
Newburgh, NY
News
Hudson Valley Man Who Shot Wife 5 Times In Head With BB Gun Sentenced Hudson Valley Man Who Shot Wife 5 Times In Head With BB Gun Sentenced
Hudson Valley Man Who Shot Wife 5 Times In Head With BB Gun Sentenced A Hudson Valley man has been sentenced for shooting his wife in the head with a BB gun during an argument, officials announced. Steven Lillo, aged 39, of Newburgh, will spend four years behind bars for his actions in the domestic violence incident, Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced on Monday, July 24. Earlier Report: Newburgh Man Pleads Guilty To Shooting Wife 5 Times in Head With BB Gun The incident occurred in the early morning hours of July 24, 2021. During an argument with his wife, Lillo pulled out a BB gun and shot her in the head at close range five…

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by Sophie Grieser
Glen Burnie, MD
Police & Fire
Arrest Made After Dad Killed Defending Son In Violent Attack Outside MD Home: Police Arrest Made After Dad Killed Defending Son In Violent Attack Outside MD Home: Police
Arrest Made After Dad Killed Defending Son In Violent Attack Outside MD Home: Police A 26-year-old man has been apprehended for his alleged role in the death of a doting dad who was defending his son after an altercation at a Maryland middle school, authorities announced. Brooklyn resident Trevor Garrett Taylor has been arrested and charged with manslaughter and other offenses for the violent assault that left a father dead in May. Christopher Wright had his head strike the concrete outside his home in the 300 block of Arundel Road West in Brooklyn and he was reportedly struck in the face several time after an incident at his son's school involving Taylor. The inciden…

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by Zak Failla
White Plains, NY
Police & Fire
Man Stabs Victim In Chest, Back After Argument Turns Violent In White Plains: Police Man Stabs Victim In Chest, Back After Argument Turns Violent In White Plains: Police
Man Stabs Victim In Chest, Back After Argument Turns Violent In White Plains: Police A 45-year-old man faces assault charges after allegedly stabbing a 55-year-old victim after a violent argument in a Westchester apartment, police said.  The incident happened on Sunday, July 16 just after 10:45 p.m., when officers from the Greenburgh Police Department were sent to an apartment at 100 Manhattan Ave. in White Plains, where an active fight was in progress.  According to the department, officers found a 55-year-old man with multiple stab wounds when they arrived at the apartment and provided medical aid to him until Greenburgh EMS arrived and took him to a local hospi…

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by Ben Crnic
Mechanicsville, MD
News
Teen To Be Tried As Adult For Shooting 17-Year-Old Near MD Apartments: Sheriff Teen To Be Tried As Adult For Shooting 17-Year-Old Near MD Apartments: Sheriff
Teen To Be Tried As Adult For Shooting 17-Year-Old Near MD Apartments: Sheriff The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office has apprehended a teenage shooting suspect who will face prison time when he is tried as an adult, authorities announced. A 16-year-old shooter is in custody after deputies from the sheriff's office found a 17-year-old teen who had been struck multiple times in Lexington Park late on Friday, June 23 during an investigation.  Shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Friday night, deputies were called to the area of Gloucester Court to investigate reports of shots fired. Upon arrival, they found the teen suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, and he was treate…

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by Zak Failla
Waldorf, MD
Schools
Teen Accused Of Assault, Inappropriately Touching Student At Area MS: Sheriff Teen Accused Of Assault, Inappropriately Touching Student At Area MS: Sheriff
Teen Accused Of Assault, Inappropriately Touching Student At Area MS: Sheriff A minor has been accused of assaulting and sexually offending a student at a Charles County middle school, the sheriff's office announced. This week, a School Resource Officer assigned to the Piccowaxen Middle School charged a juvenile dating back to an incident that played out on Wednesday, May 31. According to a spokesperson from the Charles County Sheriff's Office, while at school, the suspect made inappropriate comments to another student before grabbing the student's head and "forcefully pulling it to his groin."  The minor was charged with second-degree assault and fourth-degree…

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by Zak Failla
Yonkers, NY
Police & Fire
Student Accused Of Assaulting Teacher At HS In Yonkers Student Accused Of Assaulting Teacher At HS In Yonkers
Student Accused Of Assaulting Teacher At HS In Yonkers A 16-year-old girl faces charges and disciplinary action after allegedly assaulting a teacher at a high school in Westchester.  The incident happened in Yonkers on Monday afternoon, June 5, when a 16-year-old female student at Gorton High School allegedly struck a 50-year-old female teacher, according to Yonkers Police Lieutenant Dean Politopoulos.  The student, whose name was not released as a result of her age, was then arrested on Tuesday, June 6 following an investigation and charged with second-degree assault, a Class D felony.  She was later arraigned in the Youth…

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by Ben Crnic
Waldorf, MD
Police & Fire
BB Gun-Brandishing Bandit Shoots Relative, Breaks Door During Disturbance In Waldorf: Sheriff BB Gun-Brandishing Bandit Shoots Relative, Breaks Door During Disturbance In Waldorf: Sheriff
BB Gun-Brandishing Bandit Shoots Relative, Breaks Door During Disturbance In Waldorf: Sheriff Members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office had to be called in to help diffuse a sticky situation when a woman attacked her family with a weapon during a tirade in Waldorf. Tonnaysha Wilkins, 24, of Waldorf, is facing charges following a bizarre domestic disturbance that ended up with her in custody after she was found storming about outside a Seal Place home. The incident was reported shortly before 2 a.m. on Sunday, May 7 in the 6200 block of Seal Place in Waldorf. Upon arrival, officers said that they found Wilkins in the front yard holding what appeared to be a rifle. Officers de-…

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by Zak Failla
Massapequa, NY
News
Pizzeria Employee Wields Peel, Strikes Coworker Following Argument On Long Island: Police Pizzeria Employee Wields Peel, Strikes Coworker Following Argument On Long Island: Police
Pizzeria Employee Wields Peel, Strikes Coworker Following Argument On Long Island: Police A verbal squabble between two pizza workers got saucy when one decided to use his pizza peel as a weapon, police said. John Vano, age 50, of Merrick, was arrested on Sunday, May 7 following an argument with a coworker that turned violent, authorities claimed. Detectives said that on Saturday, May 6, Vano and his 42-year-old male coworker got into a verbal altercation at La Piazza, located at 2191 Merrick Road, at approximately 8:15 p.m. The fight escalated and Vano allegedly proceeded to strike his coworker in the head with a large pizza peel, lacerating the victim’s head. Vano then fl…

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by Sophie Grieser
Mechanicsville, MD
Police & Fire
Teen To Be Tried As An Adult For Fatal Shooting At St. Mary's County Sheetz, Sheriff Says Teen To Be Tried As An Adult For Fatal Shooting At St. Mary's County Sheetz, Sheriff Says
Teen To Be Tried As An Adult For Fatal Shooting At St. Mary's County Sheetz, Sheriff Says Investigators have apprehended a teenage suspect who will be tried as an adult after he allegedly gunned down a popular 26-year-old man outside a Sheetz gas station in St. Mary's County last month. A 15-year-old minor from Lexington Park is allegedly responsible for the murder of Marcus Anthony Day, 26, in Great Mills, according to investigators from the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office. Officers from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office were called shortly after 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4, to the Great Mills Sheetz in the 20700 block of Old Great Mills Road to investigate a report…

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by Zak Failla
Waldorf, MD
Schools
Student Chokes, Spits On Girl After Stealing Cell Phone At Maryland HS: Sheriff Student Chokes, Spits On Girl After Stealing Cell Phone At Maryland HS: Sheriff
Student Chokes, Spits On Girl After Stealing Cell Phone At Maryland HS: Sheriff A student at a Maryland high school is facing multiple assault charges after allegedly stealing a girl's cell phone and attacking her, according to the Charles County Sheriff's Office. Officials say that at approximately noon on Wednesday, may 3, a male student at St. Charles High School took a girl's phone and refused to give it back, and when she attempted to recover it outside the building, he got physical with her. It is alleged that when confronted by the girl, he grabbed her throat, choked her, and spat on her.  She reported injuries and had to be treated by a school nurse after…

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by Zak Failla