Drunk Driver Leaving Bar Admits Causing Deadly Newburgh Crash Drunk Driver Leaving Bar Admits Causing Deadly Newburgh Crash
Drunk Driver Leaving Bar Admits Causing Deadly Newburgh Crash An admitted drunk driver is facing years in prison for causing a fatal crash on a Hudson Valley highway that left another person injured. Nicholle Hoke, age 45, pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide in Orange County Court on Wednesday, April 24. Orange County prosecutors said Hoke, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, was leaving an Ulster County bar in New Paltz on the night of June 24, 2023, when she crashed into another car on Route 9W in Newburgh at around 10 p.m. The impact killed one passenger in the other car and seriously injured another. An admitted drunk driver is facing years …
Fatal Meadowbrook State Parkway Crash: 36-Year-Old ID’d As Victim In 3-Vehicle Hempstead Wreck Fatal Meadowbrook State Parkway Crash: 36-Year-Old ID’d As Victim In 3-Vehicle Hempstead Wreck
Fatal Meadowbrook State Parkway Crash: 36-Year-Old ID’d As Victim In 3-Vehicle Hempstead Wreck One person was killed and two others were injured following a multi-vehicle crash on a Long Island highway. The wreck happened at around 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, on the Meadowbrook State Parkway in Hempstead. New York State Police said a Porsche was speeding in the northbound lanes when it struck a Toyota and a Nissan and overturned in the shoulder near exit M5. The Porsche driver, identified as 36-year-old Michael Brown Jr., of Hempstead, died from his injuries, police said. The driver and passenger of the Toyota were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. New York …
All-Day Filming To Close Highland Parking Lot In Rye All-Day Filming To Close Highland Parking Lot In Rye
All-Day Filming To Close Highland Parking Lot In Rye A busy parking lot in Westchester will be shut down for most of a day to make room for a film shoot, police announced. On Monday, April 29, the Highland parking lot in Rye in the area of Purchase Street and Purdy Avenue will close between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. to allow crews to shoot scenes for an episode of a television show called "Swipe," according to the City of Rye Police Department. On the day of the shoot, all cars must be moved from the lot before 6 a.m. Permit holders will be able to move their vehicles to any MTA parking lot free of charge beginning on Sunday, April 28.  As for …
Repeat Offender Gets Prison Time For Drug, Weapon Offenses Near Northeast DC High School: Feds Repeat Offender Gets Prison Time For Drug, Weapon Offenses Near Northeast DC High School: Feds
Repeat Offender Gets Prison Time For Drug, Weapon Offenses Near Northeast DC High School: Feds A District man has will serve more time behind bars after the repeat offender was sentenced for drug and weapon offenses near a Northeast DC high school. DeAngelo Wayne McNeil, 37, was sentenced to three years in prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm and, while near a school, possessing cocaine base with the intent to sell it, federal authorities announced. According to court documents, on Sept. 21, 2023, McNeil was on release in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia for unlawfully possessing a gun and possessing cocaine. He also has a 2018 conviction for similar ch…
Gilgo Beach Murders: Police Searching Wooded Area In Manorville For New Evidence, Report Says Gilgo Beach Murders: Police Searching Wooded Area In Manorville For New Evidence, Report Says
Gilgo Beach Murders: Police Searching Wooded Area In Manorville For New Evidence, Report Says Multiple police agencies are searching a wooded area on Long Island looking for new evidence in the Gilgo Beach serial murders case, WNBC reports. Investigators are focused on a “large, wooded area” in Manorville, near Wading River Road north of the Long Island Expressway, a New York State Police official told the outlet. At least one K9 unit was on scene. A spokesperson for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office would not confirm that the search is specifically related to the Gilgo Beach killings, but told Daily Voice that Suffolk County Police, NYPD, and New York State Police are a…
New Haven Woman Pardoned By President Biden For Drug Offense New Haven Woman Pardoned By President Biden For Drug Offense
New Haven Woman Pardoned By President Biden For Drug Offense A 33-year-old Connecticut woman was one of 11 people in the country who received a pardon from President Joe Biden for a non-violent drug offense. Alexis Sutton of New Haven pleaded guilty to a non-violent drug offense and was sentenced to 48 months of probation in 2014. Since then, the White House has said that Sutton has taken classes to earn her nursing degree and is hoping to become a registered nurse.  According to the White House, she is an active participant in her church, and colleagues, friends, and neighbors describe her as resilient, reliable, caring, hard-working, and a ro…
Accused Infant Abuser Commits Suicide On Last Day Of Trial In Pennsylvania: DA Accused Infant Abuser Commits Suicide On Last Day Of Trial In Pennsylvania: DA
Accused Infant Abuser Commits Suicide On Last Day Of Trial In Pennsylvania: DA A man on trial for allegedly abusing his approximately 1-month-old infant son multiple times was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, Lebanon County District Attorney Pier Hess Graf announced.  Brian Paul Hungler, 33 of North Lebanon Township, was on bail during the trial in connection with the May 2022 abuse of his baby boy, according to the DA and public records.  The bail was $25,000 as set by Magisterial District Judge Carl R. Garver on the day he was arrested, May 16, 2022, court records show. It was posted by Professional Bonds…
$100K Lottery Ticket Bought In Falls Church $100K Lottery Ticket Bought In Falls Church
$100K Lottery Ticket Bought In Falls Church A Fairfax County man thought he'd won $800 playing the Virginia Lottery’s Ca$h Corners Crossword scratcher game. He was more than just a little surprised when Virginia Lottery officials looked at the ticket and informed him that he’d actually won $100,000. Miguel Garcia bought his winning ticket at Harris Teeter, located at 6351 Columbia Pike in Falls Church. “I like this game because it’s challenging and takes longer to play,” he said as he claimed his prize. Ca$h Corners Crossword is one of dozens of scratcher games available from the Virginia Lottery. It features prizes ranging from $5…
Fairfax, DC Women Among 16 Drug Offenders Granted Clemency By Biden Fairfax, DC Women Among 16 Drug Offenders Granted Clemency By Biden
Fairfax, DC Women Among 16 Drug Offenders Granted Clemency By Biden Sixteen nonviolent drug offenders were granted clemency by President Joe Biden, including two with ties to Virginia and one from Washington DC. Katrina Polk, 54, pleaded guilty to a nonviolent drug offense at 18 years old. She served her sentence and completed the terms of her release. She her release, Polk has earned her PhD in public policy and administration and advocates for the elderly, according to the White House. "Colleagues, supervisors, friends, and community members uniformly praise her character and work ethic and consider her a role model, noting her demonstrated commitmen…
Pig Kidney Gives Terminally-Ill New Jersey Woman New Lease On Life Pig Kidney Gives Terminally-Ill New Jersey Woman New Lease On Life
Pig Kidney Gives Terminally-Ill New Jersey Woman New Lease On Life Renewed hope comes in the form of a pig's kidney and mechanical heart for a New Jersey woman. Lisa Pisano, 54, who had been suffering from both heart and end-stage kidney disease, became the first-ever patient to undergo the combination transplant surgery, according to NYU Langone Health, whose doctors performed the procedures. Pisano was getting sicker and sicker, and her life expectancy was getting shorter and shorter, according to Dr. Robert Montgomery, who chairs the LYU Langone Health surgery department. Life's simplest tasks like walking around the house, cooking, or cleaning, l…
Wildfire Rips Through 300 Acres Of Wharton State Forest (UPDATED) Wildfire Rips Through 300 Acres Of Wharton State Forest (UPDATED)
Wildfire Rips Through 300 Acres Of Wharton State Forest (Updated) Firefighters were working to contain a 300-acre wildfire burning at Wharton State Forest in Burlington and Camden counties on Wednesday, April 24, authorities said. The fire was about 40 percent contained along Jackson Road in Shamong, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service as of 3 p.m. The Forest Fire Service has responded to the wildfire with ground crews and an observation helicopter. Crews are utilizing a backfire operation to burn fuel ahead of the main body of fire which will help aid containment efforts, state forest fire officials said. Among the park closures are: …
Dog Found Hooked To Tree By Collar, Abandoned In South Windsor Dog Found Hooked To Tree By Collar, Abandoned In South Windsor
Dog Found Hooked To Tree By Collar, Abandoned In South Windsor Online wishes to adopt a dog that was found hooked by his collar to a tree in Connecticut have been pouring in since a good Samaritan found the animal. The incident occurred in Hartford County on Monday, April 22, at the Frank Niederwerfer Wildlife Sanctuary in South Windsor for the report of a barking dog, said officials with the Tyler Regional Animal Care Shelter. According to officers who came to the dog named Kobe rescue, someone left the male black and white pit bull locked to the tree by his collar and walked away. Kobe's collar.  Tyler Regional Animal Care Shelter Officers …