Possible Medical Emergency Sends Gaithersburg Man Into Road Before Fatal Crash: Police
A possible medical emergency turned deadly on a Maryland roadway.
Tesfaye Fugago Liranso, 67, of Gaithersburg, died on Saturday, Aug. 8, more than two weeks after he was struck by an SUV on West Deer Park Road, Montgomery County Police announced on Tuesday, Aug. 11.
The crash happened at approximately 2:34 p.m. on Friday, July 24, near Hermosa Place in Gaithersburg.
City police officers responding to the scene found Liranso suffering from life-threatening injuries.
He was rushed to an area hospital in critical condition, where he remained until his death.
Investigators now believe there …
Disabled Person Left To Die On Christmas Eve 2025 In Wilton, Woman Arrested: Police
A physically disabled person was left to die on Christmas Eve 2025, and a Capital Region resident has been charged in their death, police said.
McKayla L. Irish, 30, of Glens Falls, was charged with first-degree endangering a incompetent or physically disabled person, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s office said Monday, Aug. 10.
Irish was assigned to care for a person on Ruggles Road in Wilton on Christmas Eve, investigators said. But instead of monitoring the person’s temperature every four hours, as she’d been instructed, she ignored her duty, according to the sheriff’s office.
The person I…
Pickup Truck Used As Weapon In Greenfield Crash, Suspect Also Facing Death Threat Case: Cops
An angry Capital Region man intentionally crashed into another person’s parked vehicle on Sunday, Aug. 9, police said.
Gerald Ovitt Jr., 54, of Porter Corners in Greenfield, used his pickup truck as a weapon against the victim’s Chevrolet Tahoe, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s office said Tuesday, Aug. 11.
The victim was near their Tahoe but not inside at the time of the 7:40 p.m. crash, cops said. The vehicle was parked on the victim’s property on Ormsbee Road in Greenfield, authorities said.
Ovitt was previously arrested earlier this year and accused of sending death threats to an unidenti…
23-Year-Old Holbrook Man Killed In NYC ‘Melee’ Outside Bar, Police Say
A Long Island man was stabbed to death in northern Manhattan early Monday, Aug. 10, police said.
The NYPD said Steven Bodnar, 23, of Holbrook, was killed in a “melee” on Nagle Avenue in Washington Heights around 12:45 a.m., Newsday reported.
Investigators said Bodnar was one of two 23-year-old men stabbed outside a bar, Karamelo, according to amNewYork. He was wounded in the abdomen and pronounced dead at Harlem Hospital, according to authorities.
The other man was taken to New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital in stable condition following a stab wound to the torso, News 12 Long Island rep…
2 Bar Fights Lead To 6 Arrests At Brewster Establishment, Sheriff Says
Two fights at the same Putnam County bar on consecutive days led to six arrests, including two people accused of assaulting an employee, authorities said.
The incidents happened at La Cantina Loca Restaurant and Bar on Route 22 in the town of Southeast on Sunday, Aug. 9, and early Monday, Aug. 10, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said on Tuesday, Aug. 11.
In the first incident, deputies were called to the establishment on Aug. 9 for a large fight that allegedly included an assault on an employee, according to the Sheriff's Office.
The ensuing investigation resulted in the arrests o…
