Tag: Witness Intimidation
Injected With Fentanyl, Dumped Off MD Bridge: PA Man Gets Up To 100 Years For Killing Cousin
A witness in a prior shooting investigation was kidnapped, injected with fentanyl, and dumped off a Maryland bridge — a killing that now ties into a wider web of violence involving multiple family members, prosecutors said.
Steven Scott Gaddis, 28, of Pocopson Township, was sentenced to 43 to 100 years in state prison by Judge Thomas Sponaugle on Friday, March 28, Lancaster County officials announced Tuesday, March 31.
Gaddis pleaded guilty days before trial to conspiracy to commit third-degree murder, aggravated assault, intimidating a witness, and kidnapping in the death of Matthew Scott …
6 Injured At Allentown's Dominican Festival, Gunmen Sentenced: DA
A second gunman in a chaotic shootout near Allentown’s Dominican Festival has now pleaded guilty and been sentenced, closing out both major cases tied to the incident that injured six people, authorities announced Wednesday, March 25.
Miguel Ovalles-Ubri, 29, of Allentown, pleaded guilty to Aggravated Assault and Recklessly Endangering Another Person and was immediately sentenced to 4 to 10 years in state prison by Judge Anna-Kristie M. Marks, according to the release.
Prosecutors said Ovalles-Ubri cooperated with the investigation, was legally allowed to carry a firearm, and did not insti…
DC Gunman Serving Time In Teen Shooting Caught Sneaking Drugs, Weapons Into Jail: Feds
A DC man already serving time for a drive-by shooting that injured a 14-year-old boy heading to a WWE show with his father has been sentenced to more prison time for smuggling contraband inside while he was awaiting trial.
Stefon Freshley, 29, was sentenced Thursday, Sept. 25, to an additional 36 months in prison for conspiring to sneak dangerous items — including fentanyl, cell phones, and a knife — into the District’s Central Detention Facility, according to the US Attorney’s Office.
Freshley, who pleaded guilty in June, admitted to working with other detainees from the Clay Terrace…
‘If I Die, It Was Greg’: Pregnant Mass Teen Found Buried On Boyfriend’s Property, Police Say
The day before a pregnant Massachusetts teen went missing earlier this month, she sent a chilling text to her sister about her boyfriend: “My phone is at 4% and if I die, it was Greg.”
Two weeks later, police found the body of 18-year-old Kylee Monteiro, who had been stabbed to death and buried in the yard of her boyfriend’s grandparents in Rehoboth, authorities said.
Gregory Groom, 22, admitted to police that he killed Monteiro, the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office said. Despite that alleged confession, he pleaded not guilty to murder.
Monteiro was last seen alive on Aug. 6. Inve…
Woman Stabbed With Vape Pen, Trapped In Wawa, Threatened Not To Testify: Bucks DA
A woman was stabbed with a vape pen, blocked from leaving a Wawa, and terrorized for months by a man who later pressured her not to testify—now, he’s going to state prison, Bucks County prosecutors announced on Tuesday, June 11, 2025.
Anthony Ortiz, 34, of Philadelphia, was sentenced to 4 years and 5 months to 13 years behind bars after pleading guilty to a violent series of domestic assaults and attempts to silence his victim.
Three Months Of Brutality
The attacks began on June 29, 2024, when Falls Township Police responded to a domestic call and found Ortiz actively assaulting his girlfri…
Man Admits To Raping, Sexually Assaulting Pittsfield Child Multiple Times: DA
A 42-year-old man from Berkshire County has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of child rape, sexual assault, and witness intimidation, authorities announced this week.
Henrry Ospina Samaca, formerly of Pittsfield, admitted guilt to two counts of rape by force, two counts of aggravated statutory rape, two counts of intimidating a witness, and six counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office said in a statement.
A judge sentenced Ospina Samaca to 10 years in prison for the rape and statutory rape charges, authorities confirmed. He…
NJ Man Helps Cousin Kill Girlfriend’s Brother In Morrisville, PA, Sentenced To Decades
A Pennsylvania man was gunned down while sitting in a parked car with his family, and two men—including his sister’s abusive boyfriend and his cousin—have now been sentenced to decades in prison for his murder, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office announced on Friday, March 14, 2025.
Breon D. McRae, 34, of Morrisville, PA, and Pacqi S. Lassiter, 29, of Trenton, New Jersey, were each sentenced to 40 to 80 years in state prison for conspiring to kill Clifton “CJ” Burgess-Williams Jr., 26, on Dec. 22, 2022, prosecutors said. McRae received an additional 4 ½ to 9 years for witness intimid…
Hanover Daughter, Son-In-Law Trap Mom Behind Dog Gate During Vacation: PA AG
In a horrifying case of betrayal and neglect, Ashlee and Brian Brady, both 32, of Hanover, are charged with locking Ashlee’s elderly mother in a basement behind a dog gate with only hot dogs and water, Attorney General Dave Sunday announced Friday, Feb. 14, 2025.
The woman, found soiled and confined in February 2024, was rescued by Emergency Medical Services after a relative’s desperate call. Investigators say the Bradys abandoned her during an overnight family getaway and spent over $10,000 of her money on vacations, alcohol, and personal luxuries.
Ashlee Brady, entrusted with power of att…
Third Man Charged For 2022 Slaying Of PA Dad: Court Documents
A third man has been arrested in connection with the killing of 27-year-old Shaheim "Mugga" Carr of York, on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, court documents show.
The dad of two was found shot dead in the 300 block of West Philadelphia Street in York at 11:13 a.m. on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, as Daily Voice first reported. Furman Dennis III, now 21 (19 at the time of the shooting), of York, is the forth person to have been arrested in connection with his death, as WGAL News 8 reported.
On July 11, 2022, 26-year-old Jacquez Davon Brown— who was out on bail for witness int…
Missing Lawrence Mom Found Dead In Haverhill, Neighbor Charged: DA
A mother of two who has been missing since last weekend was found dead in a wooded area in Haverhill, authorities said.
Carol Flaz-Burgos, 37, of Lawrence, was reported missing on Saturday, Aug. 31. Searchers found her body near Winnekenni Castle beside Kenoza Lake in Haverhill earlier this week.
Friends said she walked outside to throw away a bag of trash at her Broadway Street home and never returned. Her son called 911, which sparked the massive search.
What followed was a "full court press," with officers from multiple jurisdictions, helicopters, and police dogs …
'Barbaric Attack': 2 Men Who Burned Victim During Springfield Home Invasion Sentenced
Two men found guilty of torturing and permanently disfiguring a Springfield man during a 2019 home invasion were sentenced to decades in prison on Thursday, June 27, authorities said.
Paul Gayle, 30, and Malik Erskine, 24, both of Springfield, were found guilty of multiple violent felonies in the "barbaric attack," Hampden District Attorney Anthony D. Gulluni. Markendall Johnson, now 21, who was charged as a youthful offender because of his age on the day of the robbery, was also convicted in the case.
Gayle was sentenced to 35 to 40 years in state prison, and a judge gave …
2 Guilty of Trafficking 100 Lbs of Pot In Massive Grow Operation Uncovered In Western Mass
Police and prosecutors unearthed a $3 million marijuana grow operation in a small town in Berkshire County, and now two men are going to prison, authorities said. And it was all thanks to a busted electric box and two quick-thinking linemen.
Yebin Mai, 32, and Dem Wu, 52, both of Staten Island, New York, were both convicted by a jury of trafficking more than 100 pounds of marijuana, the Berkshire County District Attorney said on Tuesday, May 7. Mai was also found guilty of witness intimidation.
The men were arrested on July 30, 2020, after repairmen from Eversource Electric…
Triple Homicide In Pennsylvania Lands Maryland Man Life In Prison: Usdoj
More than seven years after a triple homicide in Pennsylvania, a Maryland man has been brought to justice.
Johnny Jenkins-Armstrong, 26 of Baltimore, MD was sentenced to life in prison and an additional consecutive 20 years for a "companion robbery charge," the United States Department of Justice stated in a release on Tuesday, Dec. 5.
His December 4th sentencing was for his role in the execution-style slayings of Wendy Ann Chaney, 39 of Hagerstown, MD; Brandon Cole, 47 of Fayetteville, PA; and Phillip Matthew Jackson, 36 of Mercersburg, PA, United States Attorne…
