Man Who Shot Driver, Dumped Body In Germantown Woods Faces Life Without Parole
He thought he was giving three people a ride.
Instead, prosecutors say Delondre Sawyer was shot in the back of the head while he was behind the wheel, stripped naked, dragged into the woods, and left to die.
A Maryland jury has now convicted the man prosecutors say pulled the trigger.
Quinnton Eric Brown, 39, of no known address, was found guilty Wednesday, July 8, following an eight-day trial in Montgomery County Circuit Court of murder and now faces life in prison without the possibility of parole, according to the state's attorney's office.
The killing unfolded in the early morning hou…
Man Stabs, Beats Mother, 71, To Death At Scarsdale Home: DA
A 26-year-old man is accused of beating and stabbing his 71-year-old mother to death inside their Westchester County home earlier this week, prosecutors said.
Scarsdale resident Chester Green was arraigned on Wednesday, July 8, on one count of second-degree murder in connection with the death of his mother, Marian Green, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced.
According to a felony complaint, Green is accused of killing his mother sometime between Sunday, July 5, and Tuesday, July 7, inside their Fox Meadow home at 43 Butler Rd. by stabbing and beating her m…
Shirley Murder Victim May Have Teased Killers Online Before Death, Third Suspect Arrested
A third man — accused of being a Bloods gang member — has been arrested in connection with the beating death of a Long Island man in mid-June.
Benjamin Sheppard, 33, was scheduled to make his first court appearance on Wednesday, July 1, according to online records.
Sheppard is now charged alongside Korey Sammarco, 36, and Melissa Fawcett, 50, of beating Christopher Martin to death on Sunday, June 14 in Shirley, the Suffolk County Police Department said.
Cops said Martin, 48, was attacked with dumbbells, a sledgehammer, and a television after five people kicked down his door around 7:30 p.m…
Woman Found Dead In North Massapequa Home, Suspect ID’d As Local Teacher: Police
A Long Island man has been arrested after a young woman was found dead inside a residence, authorities announced Tuesday, June 30.
Joseph Horner, 27, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Victoria Castle, 25, in North Massapequa, the Nassau County Police Department said.
Prosecutors said Horner and his wife lived in the same building as the victim and identified her as his sister-in-law, according to Newsday. He told her needed help moving a piano, then attacked her, sexually abused her, and left her for dead, authorities said.
Cops responded around 8:45 a.m. Monday, June 2…
Cult Member Charged After 'Mom' Heard Before PA Parents' Execution: DA
Chilling new details have emerged more than three years after a Pennsylvania couple and the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont, allegedly by suspects with ties to a cult-like group, have been arrested.
Michelle Jacqueline Zajko, 33, of Media, Pennsylvania, has been charged with murdering her parents, Richard and Rita Zajko, after a years-long Pennsylvania State Police investigation uncovered digital, ballistic, financial, and surveillance evidence tying her to the killings, Delaware County District Attorney Tanner Rouse announced on Wednesday, June 24.
Richard Zajko, 72, and …
NJ Resident Who Beat Aunts To Death In Spring Valley Hours After Dancing On TikTok Sentenced
A New Jersey resident who admitted to killing two family members in a brutal double homicide inside a Rockland County, NY home will spend decades behind bars, prosecutors announced.
Alan Abad, also known as Alina Abad, 21, of Westwood, New Jersey, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison in Rockland County Court after previously pleading guilty to the entire indictment charging first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder, Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II announced on Monday, June 22.
The charges stem from the killings of Abad's aunts, Evelyn…
Woodstown Man Hunted Across South Jersey For Aunt's Murder Nabbed By US Marshals
A 27-year-old Woodstown man was apprehended by US Marshals after murdering his aunt, authorities announced Thursday, June 4.
On Saturday, May 30, Woodstown police responded to Lee Street for a wellness check and discovered Jacqueline Martin, 59, dead from multiple gunshot wounds, the Salem County Prosecutor's Office said.
An investigation determined Leroy Martin, Jr., who lived with his aunt, had been involved in a domestic dispute before the shooting and fled the residence, authorities said. The victim's vehicle was recovered the next day in Camden while Martin Jr. evaded capture by moving…
Man Wanted For Ohio Road-Rage Slaying Caught In Meriden After Police Chase: Police
A man wanted for murder in Ohio was arrested in Connecticut after police said he fled from officers near the scene of an earlier shooting, authorities said. Officers also recovered a gun and drugs during the arrest.
Khaliq Hunt, of Greensboro, North Carolina, was arrested in Meriden on Tuesday, May 12, after police spotted him near Pratt Street and Mill Street, the scene of an earlier shooting, authorities said.
Meriden police spotted Hunt walking nearby soon after the shooting. When officers tried to approach him, Hunt sprinted away, police said.
Authorities caught up with him after a bri…
North Adams Husband Convicted Of Wife’s Murder, Sentenced To Life Without Parole
A Massachusetts man will spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury found him guilty of fatally stabbing his wife of five months and the mother of two, prosecutors announced.
Luis A. Rosado, 53, of North Adams, was convicted on Tuesday, May 12, in the killing of Jillian Tatro, who was 38 at the time of her death, the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office said. A judge sentenced him to life without the possibility of parole.
Prosecutors said Rosado murdered Tatro inside her second-floor apartment at 46 Charles St. on May 28, 2022. The couple began dating in Sept…
Netflix ‘Homicide: New York’ Revisits Killing Of Stamford's Joey Comunale
A new Netflix series is revisiting the 2016 killing of Joey Comunale, a Stamford, CT native whose body was found charred and buried behind a New Jersey flower shop after a night out in New York City.
Season 3 of “Homicide: New York” opens with “Party Monster,” detailing how Comunale, 26, disappeared after going out on Nov. 12, 2016.
Comunale, a Westhill High School graduate and former athlete, had plans to go out with friends before heading into Manhattan that night. When his parents did not hear from him the next day, they contacted authorities, prompting an investigation that quickly esca…
Haverstraw Man Had Girl, 14, Send Him Explicit Videos While Jailed On Murder Charge: Feds
A Rockland County man will now serve more than a decade in federal prison for sexually exploiting a teenage girl — while already jailed on a murder case, prosecutors announced.
Anthony Mitchell, 26, of Haverstraw, was sentenced on Tuesday, April 14, to 135 months in prison for enticement and coercion of a minor, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
Prosecutors said Mitchell’s crimes spanned multiple years and began when the victim was just 13 and 14 years old.
According to court documents, between January 2021 and September 2022, Mitchell…
