Lakewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Critically Injured After Hit By Car: Lakewood PD Pedestrian Critically Injured After Hit By Car: Lakewood PD
Pedestrian Critically Injured After Hit By Car: Lakewood PD A 20-year-old Lakewood resident was critically injured after being struck by a vehicle in Lakewood on Tuesday, July 21, authorities said. At 9:59 p.m., officers responded to James Street and Ridgeway Place after a driver was traveling westbound on James Street and turned onto Ridgeway Place, striking the 20-year-old, Lakewood police said. The driver remained on the scene, contacted emergency services and displayed no signs of impairment, police said. The 20-year-old was found unconscious and was transferred to a nearby hospital where they remain in critical condition, police said.

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by Sam Barron
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
Driver Slapped With 31 Felony Charges After Car Crashes Into Allentown Home: PSP Driver Slapped With 31 Felony Charges After Car Crashes Into Allentown Home: PSP
Driver Slapped With 31 Felony Charges After Car Crashes Into Allentown Home: PSP The driver who police say sped through a stop sign, slammed into another vehicle, and sent it crashing into an Allentown home before running from the scene has been slapped with 31 felony charges, Pennsylvania State Police announced Thursday, July 23. Kevin Abdiel Santiago has been charged with one count of burglary, 15 counts of receiving stolen property, and 15 counts of persons prohibited from possessing a firearm, according to state police. The charges stem from the investigation into the crash that happened at approximately 1:06 p.m. Wednesday, July 22, at the intersection of North 6…

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by Jillian Pikora
Upper Perkiomen, PA
Police & Fire
Arson: American Flags Burnings, Series Of Fires In Perkiomen By Child, State Police Say Arson: American Flags Burnings, Series Of Fires In Perkiomen By Child, State Police Say
Arson: American Flags Burnings, Series Of Fires In Perkiomen By Child, State Police Say A juvenile is accused of burning American flags and setting multiple fires across several Perkiomen Township neighborhoods before Pennsylvania State Police tracked the suspect down with help from township workers, authorities said. The incidents began around noon on Monday, July 20, when troopers responded to the 100 block of Equestrian Lane for a report of criminal mischief, Pennsylvania State Police said in a release issued Wednesday, July 22. A homeowner told investigators someone had set an American flag on the property on fire before fleeing in a gray Buick sedan, police explained. Wh…

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by Jillian Pikora
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Police & Fire
Teen Admits Making Up Razor Blade Attack In Wyckoff Woods, Police Say Teen Admits Making Up Razor Blade Attack In Wyckoff Woods, Police Say
Teen Admits Making Up Razor Blade Attack In Wyckoff Woods, Police Say A juvenile admitted to fabricating a report that they had been slashed with a razor blade in a wooded area behind the Cedar Hill Shopping Center in Wyckoff on Wednesday, July 22, police said. At approximately 2 p.m. a juvenile reported that an unknown offender had slashed their left forearm with a razor blade in the woods behind the shopping center, Wyckoff police said. Officers immediately established a perimeter, deployed a drone, and searched the wooded area on foot, police said. Investigators did not locate a weapon or find any evidence that an assault had occurred. The juvenile was tr…

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by Cecilia Levine
Arlington, VA
Police & Fire
DC Man Arrested Hours After Crystal City Bank Robbery, Arlington Police Say DC Man Arrested Hours After Crystal City Bank Robbery, Arlington Police Say
DC Man Arrested Hours After Crystal City Bank Robbery, Arlington Police Say He didn't make it a full day. Less than 24 hours after a bank robber handed a teller a demand note in Crystal City and walked out with cash, Arlington detectives say they had the suspect in custody. Police arrested 36-year-old DC resident Brian Frances on Wednesday, July 22, in connection with Tuesday afternoon's robbery at a bank in the 1400 block of South Eads Street, according to the Arlington County Police Department. The robbery happened around 12:24 p.m. on July 21. Investigators say Frances walked into the bank, handed a teller a note demanding money, then fled with an undisclosed …

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by Zak Failla
Fredericksburg, VA
Police & Fire
Wanted Tow Truck Driver Arrested As Police Probe Alleged Scheme Across VA, MD, DC Wanted Tow Truck Driver Arrested As Police Probe Alleged Scheme Across VA, MD, DC
Wanted Tow Truck Driver Arrested As Police Probe Alleged Scheme Across VA, MD, DC A swinging tow truck load was just the beginning. What started as a routine traffic stop in Virginia quickly unraveled into the arrest of a wanted man who police say has spent months under investigation for allegedly preying on drivers across three jurisdictions. The encounter happened July 16 near Plank Road and Huntington Hills, where an officer spotted a tow truck make a sudden lane change that caused the vehicle it was hauling to swing dangerously into traffic, according to the Fredericksburg Police Department. The officer also noticed something unusual about the truck's license plate.…

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by Zak Failla
Southeast-Brewster, NY
Police & Fire
Bodycam Shows Putnam Deputies Hounding Suspended Southeast Driver Before Finding Gun: Sheriff Bodycam Shows Putnam Deputies Hounding Suspended Southeast Driver Before Finding Gun: Sheriff
Bodycam Shows Putnam Deputies Hounding Suspended Southeast Driver Before Finding Gun: Sheriff Body-worn camera footage shows the moment Putnam County deputies arrested a man after finding a loaded handgun in a vehicle carrying two toddlers during a traffic stop early Tuesday, July 21. Deputy Victoria Crimmins stopped a vehicle traveling 54 mph in a 35 mph zone on Route 22 in Southeast at approximately 2:42 a.m., according to Putnam County Sheriff Brian Hess. The driver, identified as 27-year-old Edwin G. Bowers III of Wassaic, was found to have a New York driver's license that had been suspended six times on three separate dates, Hess said. Bodycam footage released by the sheri…

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by Cecilia Levine
Pittsfield, MA
Police & Fire
Former Miss Hall's Headmaster Indicted in Teacher Abuse Scandal, DA Says More Charges Possible Former Miss Hall's Headmaster Indicted in Teacher Abuse Scandal, DA Says More Charges Possible
Former Miss Hall's Headmaster Indicted in Teacher Abuse Scandal, DA Says More Charges Possible Former Miss Hall's School headmaster Jeannie Norris has been indicted in the teacher abuse scandal that has already led to rape charges against a former teacher. Berkshire County District Attorney Timothy J. Shugrue announced on Wednesday, July 22, that Norris, 80, of Durham, North Carolina, has been charged with one count of reckless endangerment of a child. The indictment comes as the investigation into abuse allegations at the Pittsfield all-girls school continues. Shugrue said he expects more charges against Norris, who served as headmaster from 1996 to 2012. The case follows the March…

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by Josh Lanier
Sterling, VA
Police & Fire
Woman's Trail Attacker Captured After She Fought Him Off In Loudoun County, Sheriff Says Woman's Trail Attacker Captured After She Fought Him Off In Loudoun County, Sheriff Says
Woman's Trail Attacker Captured After She Fought Him Off In Loudoun County, Sheriff Says She refused to let him take her. Now, deputies say he's the one who ended up in custody. A Virginia man has been arrested one week after investigators say he grabbed a woman on a walking trail in Loudoun County, only to watch her fight free and run to safety. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office announced on Wednesday, July 22, that 34-year-old Rolando Sanchez Velasquez, of Sterling, is accused of attacking the woman near Algonkian Parkway and Lowes Island Boulevard on the night of July 15. According to investigators, the woman was walking alone when Sanchez Velasquez approached and gr…

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by Zak Failla
Glastonbury, CT
Police & Fire
Ledyard Man Had Sexual Relationship With Glastonbury 14-Year-Old: Police Ledyard Man Had Sexual Relationship With Glastonbury 14-Year-Old: Police
Ledyard Man Had Sexual Relationship With Glastonbury 14-Year-Old: Police A Ledyard man is facing multiple felony charges after police said he had an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old. Cesar Luis Valiente-Caballero, 23, was arrested last week following a Glastonbury police investigation, authorities said. He is charged with second-degree sexual assault, risk of injury to a child, witness tampering, and interfering with an officer/resisting arrest. The investigation began in April. It centered on allegations of "a consensual sexual relationship with a 14-year-old," according to an arrest report. Court records show Valiente-Caballero was released …

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by Josh Lanier
Garden City, NY
Police & Fire
Targeted Police Blitz In East Garden City Nets Two Drug Arrests: Authorities Targeted Police Blitz In East Garden City Nets Two Drug Arrests: Authorities
Targeted Police Blitz In East Garden City Nets Two Drug Arrests: Authorities Two people were busted for drug possession during a targeted operation on Long Island on Tuesday night, July 21, police said. Antony Perry, 58, and Lashana Wright, 46, were arrested near Stewart Avenue and Merchants Concourse in East Garden City around 11 p.m., the Nassau County Police Department said. County police were on “intensified patrol” in the area near Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum for vehicle and traffic enforcement, according to authorities. Perry was also charged with unlicensed operation of a vehicle. Perry, of Brooklyn, was released on his own recognizance following his a…

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by Joe Wilkinson
Westport, CT
Police & Fire
Fairfield Woman's Alleged Abuse Of Disabled Client In Westport Caught On Camera: Police Fairfield Woman's Alleged Abuse Of Disabled Client In Westport Caught On Camera: Police
Fairfield Woman's Alleged Abuse Of Disabled Client In Westport Caught On Camera: Police A Connecticut caregiver is accused of physically abusing her disabled client while inside a YMCA, police said. Elisa Feinman, 68, of Fairfield, allegedly abused an intellectually disabled client at the Westport Weston Family YMCA on Saturday, July 19, at the YMCA on Allen Raymond Lane, according to the Westport police.  Officers responded after YMCA staff reported seeing a caregiver physically mistreating her intellectually disabled client. Investigators reviewed surveillance video as part of the case and arrested Feinman, who police identified as a paraprofessional, Westport pol…

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by Josh Lanier