Woodbridge, VA
Police & Fire
Fake Cop Pulled Gun, Asked Driver For Ride In Bizarre Woodbridge Roadside Encounter: Police Fake Cop Pulled Gun, Asked Driver For Ride In Bizarre Woodbridge Roadside Encounter: Police
Fake Cop Pulled Gun, Asked Driver For Ride In Bizarre Woodbridge Roadside Encounter: Police A man claiming to be a police officer didn't ask for a driver's license. Investigators in Virginia say he pulled a gun and asked for a ride instead. Now Prince William County detectives are trying to identify the man after what they believe were two unsettling encounters within minutes of each other Sunday night in Woodbridge. The first happened around 9 p.m. on July 19 along Dale Boulevard near Forestdale Avenue. According to police, a 25-year-old driver was approached by an unknown man who displayed a handgun, claimed to be a police officer, and then asked for a ride. The driver re…

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by Zak Failla
Newtown, CT
Police & Fire
Danbury Driver Dies After Car Plunges 40 Feet Down Newtown Embankment: Police Danbury Driver Dies After Car Plunges 40 Feet Down Newtown Embankment: Police
Danbury Driver Dies After Car Plunges 40 Feet Down Newtown Embankment: Police A driver died after his vehicle veered off a Newtown road, plunged down a steep embankment, and came to rest deep in a wooded area, authorities said. Richard J. Aronson, of Danbury, was driving along Mt. Pleasant Road near Saw Mill Road on Tuesday, July 21, when his vehicle left the roadway, according to Newtown Police. Officers responded to a report of a single vehicle that had gone off the road. When they arrived, they found the vehicle about 40 feet down a steep embankment off the westbound side of Mt. Pleasant Road. Police officers and firefighters climbed down the embankment to reach …

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by Josh Lanier
Greenwich, CT
Police & Fire
Greenwich Art Dealer Admits To Stealing $2M+ From Elderly Client's Estate: Feds Greenwich Art Dealer Admits To Stealing $2M+ From Elderly Client's Estate: Feds
Greenwich Art Dealer Admits To Stealing $2M+ From Elderly Client's Estate: Feds A Connecticut business owner admitted stealing more than $2 million from an elderly client and the client's estate after being placed in a position of trust, federal prosecutors said. David L. Johnson, 66, of Greenwich, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, July 21, before U.S. District Judge Sarah F. Russell in New Haven to a money laundering charge tied to the theft, according to David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. He faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced on Oct. 30. Johnson operated Antique Treasures LLC and Greenwich Auction, both based in Stam…

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by Josh Lanier
Port Jervis, NY
Police & Fire
Raging Camper Fire Threatens Home, Vehicles In Sparrow Bush Raging Camper Fire Threatens Home, Vehicles In Sparrow Bush
Raging Camper Fire Threatens Home, Vehicles In Sparrow Bush A fully involved camper fire threatened a home, multiple vehicles and heavy equipment in Orange County before firefighters quickly stopped the flames from spreading, officials said. Firefighters were dispatched to a camper fire on Main Street in Sparrow Bush at 9:50 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, according to the Sparrow Bush Fire Department. Upon arrival, firefighters found the camper fully engulfed in flames and threatening two vehicles, a small excavator and a nearby home, the department said. Crews from the Sparrow Bush Fire Department and Port Jervis Fire Department deployed two hand line…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hammonton, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Man Defrauded Elderly Woman: Hammonton Police NJ Man Defrauded Elderly Woman: Hammonton Police
NJ Man Defrauded Elderly Woman: Hammonton Police A 50-year-old Hammonton man was arrested and charged with defrauding an elderly woman, authorities said. James Donio faces numerous theft charges after he defrauded the 80-year-old woman over a period of six years, Hammonton police said. Donio became involved in her finances, purporting to be a trusted close friend, but ended up taking $914,200 from her. The woman, a businesswoman and lifelong resident of Hammonton, was taken advantage of through several fraudulent leases, fraudulent discharge of mortgage, and a myriad of unauthorized checks from her personal and business acc…

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by Sam Barron
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Man Improperly Crossing Roadway Struck By Cop: Egg Harbor Twp PD Man Improperly Crossing Roadway Struck By Cop: Egg Harbor Twp PD
Man Improperly Crossing Roadway Struck By Cop: Egg Harbor Twp PD A 58-year-old Pleasantville man was struck by a police vehicle in Egg Harbor Township early Wednesday, July 22, authorities said. At 12:07 a.m., Egg Harbor Township Officer William Danz was operating a marked patrol vehicle traveling eastbound on Black Horse Pike when he struck the man at the intersection near Old Egg Harbor Road, Egg Harbor Township police said. Danz  immediately stopped his vehicle, rendered aid to the pedestrian until emergency medical services arrived, police said. The pedestrian sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to a nearby trau…

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by Sam Barron
Kearny, NJ
Police & Fire
Kearny Man Left For A Meeting In 1974 And Vanished Without A Trace: Now Cops Are Reopening Case Kearny Man Left For A Meeting In 1974 And Vanished Without A Trace: Now Cops Are Reopening Case
Kearny Man Left For A Meeting In 1974 And Vanished Without A Trace: Now Cops Are Reopening Case A New Jersey man left home for a business meeting in Brooklyn more than 50 years ago and was never seen again. Now, police are hoping someone still remembers what happened. The Kearny Police Department is taking a fresh look at the disappearance of Nicholas James Maschuci, who vanished on Sept. 18, 1974, and is urging anyone with information to come forward, even anonymously. Maschuci was 60 years old when he left his Kearny home for a reported business meeting in Brooklyn, New York, according to police. He was driving a white 1974 Mercury Grand Marquis and was never heard from again. His d…

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by Cecilia Levine
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Parsippany Man Learns Fate After Shootout With Federal Agents Parsippany Man Learns Fate After Shootout With Federal Agents
Parsippany Man Learns Fate After Shootout With Federal Agents A 44-year-old Parsippany man will spend the next 24 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to attempted murder of a federal officer following an incident last year, authorities said.  On Wednesday, Aug. 13, law enforcement executed a search warrant at Maloy Amador's home as part of a narcotics and firearms investigation, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazier said. As law enforcement entered the residence,  Amador fired a gun toward law enforcement, Frazier said. In an exchange of gunfire, Amador was struck in the arm while one of the officers discovered a bullet had struck his a…

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by Sam Barron
Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
SWAT Called To Arrest Whitewater Attorney In Englewood Cliffs Assault Case: Police (UPDATE) SWAT Called To Arrest Whitewater Attorney In Englewood Cliffs Assault Case: Police (UPDATE)
SWAT Called To Arrest Whitewater Attorney In Englewood Cliffs Assault Case: Police (Update) A prominent attorney known for his role in the 1990s Whitewater scandal was arrested in Bergen County after authorities said he hid inside his home while officers attempted to take him into custody, bringing a SWAT team to the scene. Robert William Ray, 66, was arrested in Englewood Cliffs on Tuesday, July 21, on charges of simple assault and terroristic threats, according to Bergen County Jail records. He remained held in the Bergen County Jail as of Wednesday afternoon, July 22. Officers went to Ray's home to arrest him on the assault charges, but he did not answer the door, Englewood Cli…

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by Cecilia Levine
Ballston Spa, NY
Police & Fire
Drunken E-Bike Ride In Milton Ends In Crash, Criminal Charge: Police Drunken E-Bike Ride In Milton Ends In Crash, Criminal Charge: Police
Drunken E-Bike Ride In Milton Ends In Crash, Criminal Charge: Police A Capital Region man has been arrested for drunkenly crashing an electric bike, police said Wednesday, July 22. Eric W. Cerny, 69, was booked for operating a bicycle with electric assist while in an intoxicated condition, a misdemeanor, according to the Saratoga County Sheriff’s office. Cerny, of Milton, was riding the bike on Galway Road around 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 11, when he was cut off by a motor vehicle and wrecked, investigators said. First responders treated Cerny on the scene, and he refused a chemical test, authorities said. He was eventually released from custody on an appear…

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by Joe Wilkinson
Manassas, VA
Police & Fire
7th Arrest Made In Teen's Killing As Manassas Mobile Home Murder Case Keeps Growing: Police 7th Arrest Made In Teen's Killing As Manassas Mobile Home Murder Case Keeps Growing: Police
7th Arrest Made In Teen's Killing As Manassas Mobile Home Murder Case Keeps Growing: Police The list keeps getting longer. More than a month after an 18-year-old was gunned down near a Manassas mobile home community, Virginia detectives have announced a seventh arrest in the sprawling homicide investigation. Prince William County police said 19-year-old Jaiden Juel France, of Manassas, was arrested Tuesday, July 21, in connection with the June 15 killing of Luis Angel Chavez. France is the latest suspect charged in a case that has steadily expanded from two arrests to seven as detectives continued unraveling what happened the night Chavez was shot. Police said Chavez was in the …

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by Zak Failla
Landover, MD
Police & Fire
Landover Murder Suspect Caught After Nearly 6 Years On Run In DC Following Manhunt: Police Landover Murder Suspect Caught After Nearly 6 Years On Run In DC Following Manhunt: Police
Landover Murder Suspect Caught After Nearly 6 Years On Run In DC Following Manhunt: Police Nearly six years after he vanished, the man accused of gunning down a 22-year-old Maryland man is in custody. The arrest ends a years-long hunt that stretched across multiple jurisdictions, drew in the US Marshals Service, and prompted emotional public pleas from the victim's parents just weeks ago. Prince George's County police announced on Wednesday, July 22, that 34-year-old Dayvon Gordon was arrested Tuesday night in Washington, DC, in connection with the October 2020 killing of Andre Lamont Cox Jr. in Landover. For years, Gordon managed to evade investigators after an arrest warrant w…

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by Zak Failla