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Dix Hills-Melville, NY
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Ex-Leader Admits To Stealing $76K From Dix Hills Children's Soccer Club
A man who helped run a Long Island soccer club for children admitted in court that he embezzled more than $76,000 from the group to use on personal expenses, the authorities said. Matthew Dickson, age 44, of Dix Hills, pleaded guilty on Friday, Sept. 6, to a single count of petit larceny, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. As part of his plea deal, Dickson must repay $76,237 to the soccer club, write a letter of apology to the board of directors, serve three years probation, and complete 400 hours of community service, the prosecutor said. Dickson served …
Rockville, MD
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Rockville Driver Who Provided Gun To Shooter Caught On School Bus Camera In Maryland Sentenced
A 21-year-old getaway driver implicated in a Montgomery County shootout will spend decades in prison for an incident that was caught on camera, authorities announced on Friday. Callen Baker, 21, of Jefferson, was sentenced by a Circuit Court judge to 400 years in prison, with all but 30 suspended following a shooting in March 2023. Baker and Zachary Ciccantelli, 24, both of Rockville, were found guilty earlier this year on an 18-count indictment that includes charges of assault and weapons offenses, according to the Montgomery County State's Attorney. Prosecutors say that on March 1, 2023,…
Saint James-Nesconset, NY
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New Details: Ex-Husband Shot Way Into St. James Home Before Killing Woman, Her BF, DA Says
Authorities have released new details in the case of a New York couple who were shot to death inside their home. Long Island resident Daniel Coppola, age 50, of St. James, was arraigned on four counts of first-degree murder in Suffolk County Court on Friday, Sept. 6, in the deaths of his ex-wife Kelly Coppola and her boyfriend, Kenneth Pohlman. Suffolk County Police found Mrs. Coppola, age 50, and Pohlman, age 52, dead from gunshot wounds inside their St. James residence on Brasswood Road shortly before midnight on Wednesday, Aug. 28. Earlier Report: Accused Murderer Ranted About Pr…
Philipstown, NY
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Movie Production Crew To Film Scenes In Cold Spring: Here's Where
A production crew for a major upcoming movie is set to film scenes in a Hudson Valley village, impacting traffic in the process. Filming for the third movie in the "Knives Out" series, "Wake Up Dead Man," will take place in the Putnam County village of Cold Spring on Sunday, Sept. 8, officials announced on Friday, Sept. 6. Sunday's filming schedule includes: Filming on Fair Street at the intersection with Main Street from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., with traffic being controlled intermittently by Cold Spring Police; Filming on Fair Street between Northern Avenue to Route 9D…
Smithtown, NY
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Smithtown American Airlines Mechanic Who Smuggled $250K Worth Of Cocaine On Flight Gets Prison
An airplane mechanic from New York will spend nearly a decade behind bars for smuggling over 25 pounds of cocaine on an American Airlines plane. Long Island resident Paul Belloisi, age 56, of Smithtown, was sentenced to nine years in prison in Brooklyn federal court on Friday, Sept. 6, for possessing and importing cocaine. Belloisi, a former mechanic for American Airlines, was arrested in February 2020 after US Customs and Border Protection discovered 10 bricks of cocaine in an electronics compartment beneath a plane arriving from Jamaica at Kennedy International Airport in Queens . The c…
Barnegat, NJ
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Lucille's Luncheonette For Sale After 50 Years
An iconic New Jersey eatery is being sold after nearly 50 years of business. Lucille's Luncheonette at 1496 Route 539 in Barnegat, is on the market for just under $780,000. Lucille's, which was featured on Anthony Bourdain's "Parts Unknown" in 2015 and made it to the late acclaimed chef's official food trail, was opened in 1975 by Jim and Lucille Bates. "This little roadside cafe on 539 quickly became the place to stop on the way to the Shore for visitors to LBI and became the place for the locals to venture to for a good home cooked meal when you didn't want to cook at home," the eat…
Allentown, PA
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Accident Or Homicide? Shooting Leaves 17-Year-Old Boy Dead In PA
The difficult task of ruling whether an "accidental" shooting may be a homicide is up to authorities in Luzerne County, Daily Voice was told on Friday, Sept. 6. A teenage boy was fatally wounded with a gunshot wound to his chest in Nanticoke on Sunday, Sept. 1, authorities said. The victim was identified as Hunter Sipple, 17, the following day. The shooting with a handgun was "preliminarily accidental" pending further investigation, Nanticoke Police Chief Michael Roke told Daily Voice. "It's been a pretty whirlwind week," Roke said on Friday, Sept. 6. "We have more people coming in f…
Allentown, PA
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Murder-suicide
: Authorities ID Couple Shot Dead In Allentown
Authorities have identified the couple shot dead in a murder-suicide in Allentown, the Lehigh County Coroner announced on Friday, Sept. 6. Livi E. Beltran Fernandez, 44, of Allentown, was found dead of a shooting at about 1:10 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5, in a home on the 2000 block of East Cedar St., according to the Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio. Her cause of death was ruled a homicide. Jesus J. Cruz Ortiz, a 53-year-old man from Easton, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot at the same address, Buglio said. His cause of death was ruled a suicide. Autopsies were completed&…
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Edgewater Real Estate Developer Fred Daibes Pleads Guilty To Bank Fraud
Fred Daibes, a 67-year-old real estate developer previously convicted of bribing disgraced New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, pleaded guilty to bank fraud on Thursday, Sept, 5, authorities said. The former CEO and chairman of the board of directors at Mariner's Bank pleaded guilty in Newark federal court to making false entries in connection with a $1.8 million loan from his bank in 2008, US Attorney Phillip Sellinger said. Daibes said the line of credit was for someone else, when it was actually for his benefit, Sellinger said. The loan said the source of repayment would be from the p…
Shillington, PA
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Man Accused Of Raping 2 Girls At PA Home: DA
A 32-year-old man from Berks County has been arrested in connection with the rape of two girls at a home in Reading, one when she was 11 years old, authorities said on Friday, Sept. 6. Janson G. Paz-Ochoa of Shillington was charged with rape, rape of a child, and multiple other offenses, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. He was arrested on Aug. 27 and is due to reappear in court on Sept. 13, court records show. Berks County District Attorney’s detectives received a childline referral on April 12 from the state Department of Human Services which reported that a&n…
Ridgewood, NJ
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Death Penalty Sought For Bergen County Native Accused Of Killing Friend's Baby, Abusing Twin
The death penalty is being sought against a PhD student from New Jersey who is accused of killing an infant boy and abusing his twin brother in Pennsylvania, according to court records obtained by Daily Voice on Friday, Sept. 6. Nicole Virzi, 30, a PhD student who graduated from Northern Highlands Regional High School, was charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, child endangerment, and more in connection with the incidents last June. The Allegheny County District Attorney's Office filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty in Virzi's case on Thursday,…
Bay Shore, NY
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Man's 'Horrific' Stabbing Attack On Ex-GF In Front Of Children In Bay Shore Nets 15 Years
A Long Island man will spend over a decade in prison for brutally stabbing his ex-girlfriend in front of their horrified children. Jorge Guevara, age 49, of Bay Shore, was sentenced to 15 years behind bars in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, Sept. 4, after a jury convicted him of attempted assault and related charges. According to prosecutors, Guevara and the victim got into an argument on March 28, 2023, and he threatened her with a knife. The two struggled over the weapon before Guevara grabbed a pair of scissors and stabbed the woman in her neck and shoulder repeatedly. Earli…
Frederick, MD
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Pair Charged With Weapons Offenses Following Multiple Hit-Run Crashes In Frederick, Police Say
Two men are facing weapons charges following a series of hit-and-run crashes that were reported in Frederick County, police say. Frederick resident Chung Thang, 25, and his passenger, Anthony Chin, 27, of Elkridge, were both arrested this week following a report of multiple incidents that rapidly escalated when they tried to escape. According to the Frederick Police Department, at approximately 12:15 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 1, officers were called to the 5700 block of Butterfly Lane to investigate a reported hit-and-run after Thang allegedly struck two parked cars and attempted to flee. A wi…
Harrisburg, PA
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$100K+ Allegedly Stolen By Former PA Attorney General Director
A McKeesport Area School District police chief, Director of the Community Violence Fund program for the McKeesport Chapter of the NAACP, and Regional Director of the PA Office of Attorney General’s Region 5 Bureau of Narcotics Investigation is accused of stealing over $100,000 drug forfeiture money and numerous over monetary thefts, the Westmoreland County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday night, Sept. 5. Brenda D. Sawyer, 61, of North Versailles, was arrested on the following charges on Sept. 5 for her alleged crimes of taking the money which went missing from…
East Hampton, NY
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Knife-Wielding Kidnapper Forces 3 Victims To Withdraw Crash From East Hampton ATM, Police Say
A suspect is behind bars in connection with the knife-point kidnapping and robbery of three victims on Long Island. The incident began in East Hampton as the three male victims were parked in a car along Springs Fireplace Road near West Drive at around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3. East Hampton Police said a man approached the vehicle and held a knife to the throat of one passenger and demanded money. He then ordered the men to drive to a nearby business where they made an unsuccessful attempt to withdraw cash from an ATM. Th group then drove to a Bank of America branch on Newtown Lane, wh…
Sellersville-Perkasie, PA
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Pedestrian Hospitalized After Crash In Perkasie
A pedestrian was hospitalized with multiple injuries after a crash in Bucks County, authorities said. Perkasie Borough Police are investigating the crash that occurred at about 7:15 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5 at Callowhill Road and Dorchester Lane. A 70-year-old pedestrian was crossing in the crosswalk at Callowhill Road and was struck by a Volkswagen Jetta traveling eastbound on Callowhill Road, police said. The pedestrian was transported to Grandview Hospital by medics from St. Luke's Hospital. Perkasie Police were assisted at the scene by Perkasie Fire Company and the Bucks County Distr…
Weymouth, MA
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Weymouth's Lottery Luck Continues: City Claims Third Major Win In 2 Weeks
There must be something in the water in Weymouth. For the third time in less than two weeks, someone from the city has collected a major lottery win. This time it was for $120,000. John Connolly Jr. won the six-figure prize playing Keno on the Wednesday, Sept. 4, drawing. He originally won $40,000, but that was tripled because he purchased the multiplier. Connolly said he would use the money to take a vacation and invest the rest. He bought the ticket at The Brew House at 703 Granite St. in Braintree. The bar restaurant will receive a $1,200 bonus for the sale…
Norristown, PA
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Arson Fire Destroyed Historic Norristown Park Bandshell: FD
A fire that destroyed a historic bandshell at Elmwood Park in Norristown last week was intentionally set, authorities said. The Norristown Fire Department has confirmed the fire at the Fire Chief’s Memorial Bandshell was arson, the municipality said in a statement on Thursday, Sept. 5. The fire destroyed the almost 100-year-old outdoor performance venue in the early morning hours of Aug. 28.. The bandshell is a fixture of the Elmwood Park and the entire Norristown community. The outdoor venue hosts the Summer Concert Series, Movie Nights at the Park screenings, Fourth of July celebrations…
Manassas, VA
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Police Search For Missing Manassas Park Mom Mamta Kafle Bhatt's Body In Area Of Camp, School
The search for missing Manassas mom Mamta Kafle Bhatt's body reached a fevered pitch on Thursday afternoon, the same day her husband was reportedly granted a speedy trial. On Sept. 5, the Manassas Park and Prince William County police departments continued their active investigation into Bhatt's death, with a fresh search throughout the community after receiving new intel. According to police, on Thursday, they were searching the Blooms Crossing community, the area surrounding the Manassas Christian School, Camp Carondelet, and a portion of Blooms Park. Investigators say that "detectives d…
Lebanon, PA
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Federal Court Overturns Life Sentence, Murder Conviction Of Lebanon Man
A man serving a life sentence following a murder conviction has had his conviction overturned, the Lebanon County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, Sept. 5. Eddie Williams, 50, of Lebanon, had been convicted of murder in the first degree, robbery, and numerous related offenses on Oct. 14, 2015, the DA explained. An order granting Williams's petition for a writ of habeas corpus was affirmed in federal court on Aug. 13, 2024, according to federal court documents obtained by Daily Voice. The case was remanded with instructions that the District Court order Williams'…
Bensalem, PA
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Suspect Stealing From Hotel Employee's Purse Stares At Security Camera: Bensalem Police
Bensalem police are investigating a theft that occurred at Extended Stay America. The theft occurred at about 3:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 4 at the hotel located at 3216 Tillman Drive in Bensalem. An unknown black male entered the hotel's office and stole cash and credit cards from an employee's purse, police said. The suspect stared at a security camera while fleeing on foot in an unknown direction. If you have any information regarding the identity of this brazen offender, please submit an anonymous tip below or contact Bensalem Police at 215-633-3719.
Hagerstown, MD
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Adult Caretaker From Hagerstown Convicted Of 'Karate Chopping,' Abusing Autistic Man: AG
An adult caretaker responsible for assisting a vulnerable patient in Washington County has been convicted of assaulting an autistic man, the Maryland Attorney General's Office announced. Hagerstown resident Kehinde Oluwatobi Ososanya, 38, is facing more than a decade in prison after he was found guilty by a Washington County Circuit judge for his handling of a 30-year-old intellectually disabled patient he was responsible for. According to the AG, Ososanya, who worked at the Arc of Washington County residential program as a direct support professional, took the man to an urgent ca…
Fredericksburg, VA
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One Dead, One In Custody Following Fatal Shooting In Stafford County, Sheriff Says
One person is dead and a suspect was taken into custody by members of the Stafford County Sheriff's Office following a fatal shooting overnight. Shortly after 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 4, deputies were called to the 100 block of Hulls Chapel Road in Fredericksburg, where they found a man shot to death. According to a spokesperson from the sheriff's office, the suspected shooter has been detained, and the incident is believed to be domestic in nature. He added that there is no threat to the public. During the shooting investigation, Hulls Chapel Road was temporarily closed. No details a…
Hackensack, NJ
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Car Careens Through Hackensack 7-Eleven
Firefighters were called to a Hackensack 7-Eleven on Thursday morning, Sept. 5, where a vehicle had plowed through the storefront. Photos show a Mazda that had crashed through the brick and part of the glass at the 469 Passaic St. location around 7 a.m. This morning at approximately 7am Engine 5, Rescue 1 and Deputy 4 responded to 469 Passaic Street on reported vehicle... Posted by City of Hackensack Fire Department on Thursday, September 5, 2024 While the building was seriously damaged, no injuries were reported.
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
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Suspect Sought In Series Of Philadelphia Bank Robberies
The FBI-Violent Crimes Task Force is seeking the public's help in locating a suspect involved in a series of recent bank robberies in Philadelphia. The suspect is wanted in connection with a robbery that occurred Wednesday, Sept. 4 at the TD Bank located at 6304 Roosevelt Boulevard, as well as two additional robberies at Citizens Bank branches last week, Philadelphia police said. "The suspect is considered armed and dangerous," police said. Anyone with information regarding the identity or whereabouts of the suspect is urged to contact the FBI-Violent Crimes Task Force immediately a…
Bethlehem, PA
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Motorcyclist ID'd After Crash Into Tractor-Trailer: Lehigh County Coroner
A 29-year-old motorcyclist from Monroe County was killed in a collision with a tractor-trailer in Northampton County, authorities said. Robert Swain, of Coolbaugh Township, was pronounced dead on Wednesday, Sept. 4, shortly after 7 p.m. at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Muhlenberg, according to Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio. The cause of death is multiple traumatic injuries, Buglio said. Swain was the motorcycle operator that collided with a tractor-trailer at about 1:40 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 3 on Route 22 westbound in Bethlehem, Buglio said. In addition to the cor…
Huntington, NY
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ID Released For Woman Found Dead Inside Suitcase Behind Huntington Business
Authorities have identified a woman who was found dead in a suitcase behind a Long Island business. Click here for an updated story: Major Break: Suspect Nabbed In Death Of Woman Whose Body Was Found In Suitcase On Long Island Suffolk County Police were called about suspicious activity in a wooded area of Huntington, near the intersection of Nassau and Woodhull roads, shortly before noon Tuesday, Sept. 3. Hours later, the agency revealed that officers found a suitcase containing a dead body. Earlier Report: Body Found In Suitcase In Huntington On Thursday, Sept. 5, police ide…
New Brunswick, NJ
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Bride-To-Be Goes Viral In Search For NJ Mother's Wedding Dress
For 30 years, Samantha Pereira's mother had been preserving her wedding dress in a box in her house. The bride-to-be, a Rutgers grad formerly of Union Township, explained that she had planned on trying it on for her own wedding. But when Pereira took the dress out of the box last month, she and her mother discovered that someone else's dress was inside. "My mother was heartbroken and tears when she finally opened up her wedding dress which she had preserved for 30 years so I can try on for my wedding," Pereira captioned a video shared to Facebook and TikTok. "When we opened up the box we …
Allentown, PA
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Murder-suicide
: Couple Shot Dead In Allentown, Lehigh County Coroner Says
A murder-suicide is under investigation in Allentown, the Lehigh County Coroner announced on Thursday, Sept. 5. A 44-year-old woman from Allentown was found dead of a shooting at about 1:10 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5, in a home on the 2000 block of East Cedar St., according to the Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio. Her manner of death was ruled a homicide. A 53-year-old man from Easton was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot at the same address, Buglio said. His manner of death was ruled a suicide. "The investigation remains active and on-going, however it appears John Doe s…
Milford, CT
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Milford Man Charged With Threatening Victim With Shotgun
A 34-year-old Connecticut man is being held on bond after allegedly threatening a victim with a rubber bullet shotgun at a hotel. New Haven County resident Jason Jacobs, of Milford, was charged on Monday, Sept. 2, at the Red Roof Inn at 10 Rowe Ave., in Milford. According to Milford Police, officers responded to a threat with a weapon charge at the hotel. An investigation found Jacobs threatened the victim while brandishing a rubber bullet shotgun with two children in the room, police said. Jacobs was arrested and charged with: Breach of peace Threatening Risk of injury Carrying dangero…
Bensalem, PA
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Bucks County Man Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Fake Opioid Pills Online
A 38-year-old man from Bucks County pleaded guilty to trafficking counterfeit opioid pills. Robert Davis, 36, of Bensalem, pleaded guilty on Aug. 28, according to U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero. The pills were meant to be used as props in films but were instead used by drug dealers billed as oxycodone or Xanax, Romero said. The defendant was charged in a superseding indictment on May 9, 2023, with selling counterfeit opioid pills through his website, rcproppill, advertising the fake pills for use as props in films or music videos, from about 2015 through August 2019. The counterfe…
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