Penn State Cocaine Ringleader's Brother Caught With Coke After Boozy Boat Crash: Docs Penn State Cocaine Ringleader's Brother Caught With Coke After Boozy Boat Crash: Docs
Penn State Cocaine Ringleader's Brother Caught With Coke After Boozy Boat Crash: Docs The younger brother of the accused ringleader in a Penn State fraternity cocaine network was found with cocaine in his wallet after a boozy pontoon crash in a Pennsylvania lake, court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Thursday, Aug. 27 show. Sebastiano Mario Abbatiello, 20, of Westbury, New York, is charged in connection with a July 10 boating crash at Foster Joseph Sayers Lake in Liberty Township, Centre County, according to court documents. Abbatiello is listed as a Penn State undergraduate student in the university directory. He is the younger brother of Agostino Sebastiano Abbatiell…
Norwich Officer Put On Paid Leave After Workers’ Comp Fraud Arrest Norwich Officer Put On Paid Leave After Workers’ Comp Fraud Arrest
Norwich Officer Put On Paid Leave After Workers’ Comp Fraud Arrest A Connecticut police officer passed a demanding fitness test for another department after a doctor cleared him without restrictions, all while he continued receiving injury benefits, state investigators allege. Norwich Police Officer Ryan Dunn, 28, was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 25, and charged with one count of second-degree larceny by defrauding a public community and making or receiving a fraudulent benefits claim, state prosecutors said.  Norwich police placed him on paid administrative leave on Aug. 20, after his superiors learned of the warrant.  The accusations stem …
'Wonder Years' Star Says She Cradled Husband Orson Bean For Hours After Horrific Fatal Crash 'Wonder Years' Star Says She Cradled Husband Orson Bean For Hours After Horrific Fatal Crash
'Wonder Years' Star Says She Cradled Husband Orson Bean For Hours After Horrific Fatal Crash More than six years after a devastating loss, a familiar television actress is opening up about the hours that changed her life. Alley Mills, 75, has revealed that she remained beside the body of her husband, actor and comedian Orson Bean, for about four hours after he was struck and killed by two vehicles in Venice, California. Bean was 91. Mills recounted the tragedy during the Friday, Aug. 21, edition of film producer Mark Joseph’s podcast, “The Mark Joseph Show.”  “I heard a screech of wheels," Mills said in the interview, "and the first thing I saw was his red scarf on the paveme…
Ex Searched Mom's Facebook 300+ Times Then Killed Her, Hiding Body Under Motel Bed: DA Ex Searched Mom's Facebook 300+ Times Then Killed Her, Hiding Body Under Motel Bed: DA
Ex Searched Mom's Facebook 300+ Times Then Killed Her, Hiding Body Under Motel Bed: DA A Pennsylvania man who searched his ex-girlfriend's name on Facebook more than 300 times in the days before killing her, then carried her body into a motel room and hid it beneath a bed, has been convicted of first-degree murder, prosecutors announced. Brian Kuchinka, of Port Allegany, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of 28-year-old K-Leigh Hill-Nelson on Wednesday, Aug. 26, McKean County District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer said. Kuchinka had previously pleaded guilty to criminal homicide and abuse of a corpse, admitting he caused Hill-Nelson's death but dis…
Air Force Veteran Faces Heart Failure As He, CT Community Fights For Family Air Force Veteran Faces Heart Failure As He, CT Community Fights For Family
Air Force Veteran Faces Heart Failure As He, CT Community Fights For Family A US Air Force veteran and father of two is fighting heart failure while his family faces an uncertain future. Stephen Wilhelm of Seymour went to the Veterans Affairs hospital in April with a nagging cough. Tests revealed a serious heart problem. Five months later, he is still battling an uphill fight.  A GoFundMe for his family has raised more than $15,000 as of Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 26. The money will help his family pay its mortgage, utilities, car expenses, and grocery bills. Doctors diagnosed Wilhelm with viral myocarditis, the fundraiser said. The illness causes in…
CT Therapist Competing On ‘Survivor 51’ Vows To Be Show’s Star: ‘Fangs Come Out’ CT Therapist Competing On ‘Survivor 51’ Vows To Be Show’s Star: ‘Fangs Come Out’
CT Therapist Competing On ‘Survivor 51’ Vows To Be Show’s Star: ‘Fangs Come Out’ A Connecticut therapist believes his people skills can carry him to the top of one of television’s toughest games. Eric Macksoud, 34, of Windsor Locks, will compete against 20 other players on “Survivor 51.” The season starts Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 8 p.m. on CBS with a two-hour premiere. Episodes will shift to 90 minutes beginning Sept. 30. Macksoud works as a licensed mental health counselor, and he plans to use his ability to quickly build rapport with people to his advantage. But he has a secret for his fellow castaways.  “I want them to feel I am eating them in their game,” Macks…
Man Who Killed Danbury Taxi Driver Over Fare, Dumped Body In NY Reservoir Learns Fate Man Who Killed Danbury Taxi Driver Over Fare, Dumped Body In NY Reservoir Learns Fate
Man Who Killed Danbury Taxi Driver Over Fare, Dumped Body In NY Reservoir Learns Fate A Dutchess County man who admitted murdering a Connecticut taxi driver whose body was later found in a Hudson Valley reservoir will spend at least two decades behind bars.  Pawling resident Santos Vasquez Ramirez, 28, was sentenced to 21 years to life in state prison on Wednesday, Aug. 26, for the murder of 66-year-old Danbury cab driver Aurelio Orbez, Putnam County District Attorney Robert Tendy announced.  Orbez was reported missing by his family on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, after he failed to return home from work the night before. Six days later, his body was recovered from the Cr…
Cops ID Suspected NJ Sailboat Thief Killed In RI Police Shootout, Was Experienced Captain Cops ID Suspected NJ Sailboat Thief Killed In RI Police Shootout, Was Experienced Captain
Cops ID Suspected NJ Sailboat Thief Killed In RI Police Shootout, Was Experienced Captain The man accused of stealing a luxury sailboat in New Jersey days before he was killed in a shootout with police in Rhode Island has been identified. WJAR identified the suspect as 27-year-old Brendan Norris, of Newport, RI. Norris allegedly stole the 1968 Hinckley Bermuda from Liberty Harbor Marina in Jersey City on Saturday night, Aug. 22. New Jersey State Police released footage showing Norris, then unidentified, undocking the 40-foot boat and sailing away. Police tracked the vessel until it reached the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, where Norris apparently disabled its tracking device, c…
Kidnapping Charges Filed After Passenger Jumps From Fleeing Vehicle In CT: Police Kidnapping Charges Filed After Passenger Jumps From Fleeing Vehicle In CT: Police
Kidnapping Charges Filed After Passenger Jumps From Fleeing Vehicle In CT: Police A passenger who feared for his life jumped from a vehicle as its driver fled police on a chase that went onto a Main Street sidewalk in Connecticut. Daniel Carpenter, 60, of Plainfield, was arrested Monday, Aug. 24, and faces multiple charges, including kidnapping, in the wild chase, Middletown police said.  The incident began as a routine traffic stop on Main and Court streets in Middletown. As police approached Carpenter, he jumped the curb and began driving down the sidewalk, authorities said.  The move damaged several tires and structures along the east sidewalk. Carpenter th…
Man Found Shot Dead At CT Shopping Plaza Man Found Shot Dead At CT Shopping Plaza
Man Found Shot Dead At CT Shopping Plaza A man was found shot to death in a Connecticut shopping plaza parking lot, police said. Officers responded to Ideal Plaza on North Street in Seymour around 1:15 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, after receiving a 911 call about a dead man. Investigators later identified him as Dean Battaglino from New Haven. He had suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Seymour police are investigating the shooting.  They ask anyone with information that could assist with that investigation to call the detective bureau at 203-881-7638. Callers may remain anonymous.
CT I-95 Worker Dies Days After Being Trapped By Concrete Barriers: Family CT I-95 Worker Dies Days After Being Trapped By Concrete Barriers: Family
CT I-95 Worker Dies Days After Being Trapped By Concrete Barriers: Family A Connecticut construction worker has died after concrete barriers trapped him at an Interstate 95 work zone, officials said. Darnell Parker, 54, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, his family said. Parker suffered critical injuries Thursday, Aug. 20, near the southbound Exit 74 off-ramp and New Frontage Road in East Lyme. Emergency crews reached the site around 10:11 a.m. They treated Parker before taking him to Lawrence + Memorial Hospital. Doctors performed emergency surgery to stop internal bleeding, according to a GoFundMe created by Parker’s friends. He was later moved to Yale New Haven Hospital…
Woman Shoved To Ground In Controversial Golf Ad: Young Exec's Company Blasted By PGA Tour CEO Woman Shoved To Ground In Controversial Golf Ad: Young Exec's Company Blasted By PGA Tour CEO
Woman Shoved To Ground In Controversial Golf Ad: Young Exec's Company Blasted By PGA Tour CEO A golf ad showing a man chasing and shoving a woman to the ground has Callaway Golf and Good Good Golf apologizing, and the PGA Tour questioning whether the response went far enough (scroll down to watch). The since-deleted online commercial was produced by Good Good to promote a co-branded Callaway driver and was approved by Callaway before it was posted, Callaway CEO Chip Brewer said. The ad featured Good Good co-founder Garrett Clark, 26, and Alexis Miestowski, 26, a former collegiate golfer who now works with Good Good. Miestowski was shown reaching for the driver in Clark's golf bag be…