Whitehall-Coplay, PA
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Woman Found Injured In Whitehall Ride Leads To Unzipped Driver’s Rape, Kidnapping Conviction Woman Found Injured In Whitehall Ride Leads To Unzipped Driver’s Rape, Kidnapping Conviction
Woman Found Injured In Whitehall Ride Leads To Unzipped Driver’s Rape, Kidnapping Conviction A man was convicted of raping and kidnapping a woman who was found injured and highly intoxicated along a quiet Pennsylvania road after a night at a bar, authorities said. Erik Contes, 43, of Whitehall Township, was found guilty of rape, kidnapping to facilitate a felony, sexual assault, and indecent assault on Thursday, Sept. 3, Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin Holihan said. The jury began hearing the case Tuesday, Sept. 1, before Judge Robert L. Steinberg and returned its verdict after several hours of deliberation. Contes faces 26 to 52 years in state prison. He will also be evalua…

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by Jillian Pikora
Piscataway, NJ
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Rutgers Puts On 'Saddest Fireworks Show I've Ever Seen' After Stunning Loss To Winless UMass Rutgers Puts On 'Saddest Fireworks Show I've Ever Seen' After Stunning Loss To Winless UMass
Rutgers Puts On 'Saddest Fireworks Show I've Ever Seen' After Stunning Loss To Winless UMass Rutgers' season opener ended with a thud, and then a sad bang. UMass, which went 0-12 last season, stunned Rutgers 37-21 at SHI Stadium in Piscataway on Thursday, Sept. 3, snapping a 16-game losing streak against FBS teams. The Scarlet Knights scored first before UMass rattled off 30 unanswered points, taking a 30-7 lead before Rutgers scored twice in the fourth quarter. Then came the fireworks. Videos from College Football Travel Guy show music playing, and fireworks cracked over a mostly empty SHI Stadium as Rutgers went ahead with a postgame show scheduled as part of its season-opening…

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by Cecilia Levine
Landover, MD
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Child Fighting For Life After Being Shot Inside Landover Home (DEVELOPING) Child Fighting For Life After Being Shot Inside Landover Home (DEVELOPING)
Child Fighting For Life After Being Shot Inside Landover Home (Developing) A child is fighting for their life after a shooting inside a Maryland home. Prince George's County Police were called to the 300 block of Tayside Way in the Landover area at approximately 7:45 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3, where officers found a child suffering from a gunshot wound inside a residence. The child was rushed to an area hospital in critical condition, police said. Now detectives are trying to determine exactly what happened. Patrol officers, detectives and the department's evidence team remained at the scene Thursday night as investigators began working to piece together the cir…

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by Zak Failla
Waterford-Halfmoon, NY
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Halfmoon Mom Accused Of Robbing Speedway With 5-Year-Old In Getaway Car: Sheriff Halfmoon Mom Accused Of Robbing Speedway With 5-Year-Old In Getaway Car: Sheriff
Halfmoon Mom Accused Of Robbing Speedway With 5-Year-Old In Getaway Car: Sheriff A New York woman is accused of robbing a Speedway while masked and armed with what appeared to be a pistol — then fleeing with her 5-year-old child in the waiting vehicle, authorities said. Trisha Lee Cayea-Lord, 44, of Halfmoon, is accused of entering the Speedway at 1513 Crescent Road around 2:14 a.m. on May 7, demanding cash from the register, and taking about $400, according to the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office. Cayea-Lord then ran from the store and got into a waiting vehicle, where her child was inside, the sheriff said following an extensive investigation. She was charged with se…

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by Jillian Pikora
Bay Shore, NY
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Bay Shore Art Teacher Arrested For Stalking Former Student He Had Sexual Relationship With Bay Shore Art Teacher Arrested For Stalking Former Student He Had Sexual Relationship With
Bay Shore Art Teacher Arrested For Stalking Former Student He Had Sexual Relationship With A Long Island high school art teacher was arrested after police say he followed a former student and investigators learned he had a sexual relationship with her while she was still 17. The 18-year-old woman spotted her former Bay Shore High School teacher, John Kennedy, following her from her home to Selden on Thursday morning, Sept. 3, Suffolk County Police said. Police were called around 10:40 a.m. after she arrived at her destination. Investigators say Kennedy, 53, had a sexual relationship with the then-17-year-old student while she was a senior last school year. He had also been seen …

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by Jillian Pikora
Hawthorne, NJ
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Grandmother, 2 Grandkids Among 4 Hurt In Route 208 Hawthorne Crash Grandmother, 2 Grandkids Among 4 Hurt In Route 208 Hawthorne Crash
Grandmother, 2 Grandkids Among 4 Hurt In Route 208 Hawthorne Crash A grandmother and two of her grandchildren were among four people injured in a three-vehicle chain-reaction crash on Route 208 in Hawthorne on Thursday, Sept. 3, according to incident photographer Boyd A. Loving. The crash happened on the northbound side near Grandview Avenue on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 3. Ambulances from Hawthorne and Wyckoff took all four victims to The Valley Hospital in Paramus, Loving said. Their injuries appeared to be non-life-threatening. At least two vehicles had to be towed from the scene. Traffic was restricted to the left lane while emergency crews worked…

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by Cecilia Levine
Ocean Township, NJ
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'American Idol' Star Caught Shoplifting From Ocean Township Target: Report 'American Idol' Star Caught Shoplifting From Ocean Township Target: Report
'American Idol' Star Caught Shoplifting From Ocean Township Target: Report A 39-year-old former "American Idol" contestant is facing charges out of a Jersey Shore town for allegedly stealing from a Target store. Antonella M. Barba was charged on Monday, Aug. 10, and charged with shoplifting merchandise valued at less than $200 in Ocean Township (Monmouth County). Barba pleaded not guilty, and the case remains active. A court date is scheduled for Nov. 18. Barba, who lives in East Orange but is a Point Pleasant native, is accused of stealing from the Seaview Square Shopping Center on Route 66, NJ Advance Media reports. According to the outlet, police resp…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hammonton, NJ
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Why Shooter Who Killed Hammonton Army Vet In Florida Parking Lot Dispute Won't Be Charged Why Shooter Who Killed Hammonton Army Vet In Florida Parking Lot Dispute Won't Be Charged
Why Shooter Who Killed Hammonton Army Vet In Florida Parking Lot Dispute Won't Be Charged A woman who shot and killed a retired Army staff sergeant from New Jersey during a confrontation over a Walmart parking space in Florida will not be charged, prosecutors announced as they released video showing the deadly encounter unfold. Melissa Payne is immune from prosecution under Florida's Stand Your Ground law in the Tuesday, June 30 shooting death of Bart DiGuglielmo in North Lauderdale, the Broward County State Attorney's Office announced this week. DiGuglielmo, 62, a retired Army staff sergeant and Hammonton native, was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead …

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by Cecilia Levine
Greencastle, PA
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Chilling 'Demon' Searches Revealed As Bodycam Captures Discovery Of PennWest Soccer Star Chilling 'Demon' Searches Revealed As Bodycam Captures Discovery Of PennWest Soccer Star
Chilling 'Demon' Searches Revealed As Bodycam Captures Discovery Of PennWest Soccer Star Newly released bodycam footage shows the chilling moment a police officer followed an Apple AirTag to a missing PennWest soccer player's Jeep and discovered 18-year-old Karoline Heintz's bloodied body — while newly released phone evidence reveals her boyfriend's searches about demons, murder, fingerprints, and the death penalty. WARNING: The body-camera footage and evidence released in this case contain graphic and disturbing images. Daily Voice is not publishing photographs showing Heintz's body, but this article does include some disturbing descriptions. The footage and dozens of evidence …

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by Jillian Pikora
Arlington, VA
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33-Hour Workdays? Florida Woman's Federal Side Hustle In Maryland Gets Feds' Attention 33-Hour Workdays? Florida Woman's Federal Side Hustle In Maryland Gets Feds' Attention
33-Hour Workdays? Florida Woman's Federal Side Hustle In Maryland Gets Feds' Attention Richeline Anisso Fung may be the hardest-working employee in the federal government. The Florida woman who used to live in Maryland admitted that she claimed to work 33 hours a day while earning money from multiple agencies during her time in the DC area, according to the US Attorney's Office. Richeline Anisso Fung, 46, now of Pembroke Pines, Florida, pleaded guilty to making false, fictitious, or fraudulent claims while working as a full-time employee for the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. According to court documents, Fung was a full-t…

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by Zak Failla
Worcester, MA
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Worcester Man Charged In Stabbing After Argument Turns Fatal: DA Worcester Man Charged In Stabbing After Argument Turns Fatal: DA
Worcester Man Charged In Stabbing After Argument Turns Fatal: DA A Worcester man who told police he stabbed another man after a heated argument turned physical has been charged with manslaughter, authorities said. Lordly Churcher, 22, was held on $250,000 bail in connection with the Aug. 17 fatal stabbing of Wesley Humphrey, 30, also of Worcester, near Harvard Street and Blue Hill Avenue in Dorchester, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. Boston police found Humphrey with an apparent stab wound to his arm and chest area around 3:17 a.m. Paramedics took him to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Investigators used witness accou…

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by Josh Lanier
Arlington, VA
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Maryland Man Expected 9-Year-Old At DC Meetup, But Federal Agents Were Waiting: DOJ Maryland Man Expected 9-Year-Old At DC Meetup, But Federal Agents Were Waiting: DOJ
Maryland Man Expected 9-Year-Old At DC Meetup, But Federal Agents Were Waiting: DOJ "KingDaddy89" is heading to prison. A 40-year-old Maryland man has been sentenced to 108 months in federal prison after traveling into DC with a phone loaded with child pornography, federal authorities announced. Largo resident Marshall Day, also known by his moniker and "Mike LeRoy," pleaded guilty in March to one count of transportation of child pornography after investigators say he walked into a sting while expecting to meet a 9-year-old girl for sex. According to court documents, Day logged onto a fetish website on Oct. 8, 2025, and attempted to arrange a sexual encounter. During an …

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by Zak Failla