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Oceanside, NY
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Illegal Massages At Oceanside Spa Lead To 2 Arrests, ICE Custody: Police
An undercover investigation at a Long Island spa led to the arrests of two Queens women, with one later taken into federal immigration custody, police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 12. Jieli Tian and Zhiwei Wu, both 55 and of Flushing, were arrested at Angel’s Healing Spa at 220 Merrick Road in Oceanside at 3:09 p.m. on Wednesday, according to Nassau County Police. Narcotics/Vice Squad detectives conducted an undercover investigation at the spa and determined illegal massages were being performed there, police said. Tian and Wu were taken into custody without incident and charged with Unaut…
Ossining, NY
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Green Card Marriage Ring: Ossining Woman Charged In 1,000+ Sham Wedding Scheme, Feds Say
Eleven New Yorkers have been charged in an alleged international immigration fraud scheme that arranged more than 1,000 sham marriages and collected tens of millions of dollars, federal prosecutors said. The defendants were arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 12, after a two-count federal indictment was unsealed, according to the US Department of Justice. The network operated for more than a decade and arranged sham marriages between foreign nationals, primarily citizens of China, and US citizens to fraudulently obtain immigration status, prosecutors allege. Those indicted inc…
Yorktown, NY
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Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School Employee Shared, Possessed Child Sexual Abuse Files: DA
An employee at a Northern Westchester middle school is facing felony charges after allegedly possessing and sharing child sexual abuse material online, prosecutors said. Shrub Oak resident Francis John Teeling, 69, an employee of Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School in Yorktown Heights, was arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 11, according to the Westchester County District Attorney's Office. Teeling worked as an itinerant substitute Food Service employee, according to the Lakeland Central School District. Teeling was charged via felony complaint with promoting an obscene sexual…
New Haven, CT
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New Haven Inmate Feared Exposure, Paid Alleged Extortion Before Jail Suicide, Report Finds
A Connecticut jail inmate who died by suicide in April was likely being extorted by his cellmate and feared for his safety, according to a new state investigation. The report also found that a correction officer falsified records to conceal his “dereliction of duty.” Segundo Gamboy Guaranda, 33, was arrested Aug. 13, 2025, and charged with first-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor. A 13-year-old girl alleged that she went to Guaranda’s room while looking for her cat and that he sexually assaulted her there. Guaranda initially denied the allegation but later admitted during a…
Somerville, NJ
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Somerville Couple Shared Year Of Marriage Before He Was Charged With Her Murder
For their first year of marriage, Alyne and Ignacio Espinal appeared to be a happy couple, sharing photos of beach trips, restaurant outings and celebrations on Facebook. Then, just after their first anniversary, Ignacio Espinal, 55, was charged with murdering his 46-year-old wife inside their Somerville home, authorities announced Wednesday, Aug. 12. On Thursday, Aug. 6, at 7:26 p.m., Somerville police responded to a 911 call on Brookside Avenue and found Alyne with multiple lacerations to her chest, neck and thigh, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald, Chief of County Detectives Mered…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Arrest Made In Fair Lawn Hit-Run That Injured Mother, 5-Year-Old
A 67-year-old Fair Lawn woman was arrested hours after authorities say she struck a mother and her 5-year-old son in a marked crosswalk, seriously injuring the boy, then drove away. Maritza Salazar-Perez was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 11, at approximately 3:45 p.m., nearly nine hours after the crash at Broadway and Fair Lawn Parkway at 32nd Street, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Salazar-Perez was driving a 2011 Honda Pilot and making a left turn from 32nd Street onto Broadway when she struck the 47-year-old woman and her son as they crossed Broadway in a marked crosswalk, Musella s…
Towson, MD
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Smoothie Run Busts Baltimore Cop's Alleged Scheme To Fake Traffic Stops: Prosecutors
A Baltimore Police officer accused of logging fake traffic stops to dodge service calls was secretly followed by investigators who say they caught him sitting idle and handling personal business while his records told a very different story. On Monday, Aug. 10, Maryland prosecutors announced that Officer Dequwan Houchins had been indicted on four counts of false entry in a public record and five counts of misconduct in office following an undercover investigation into his traffic enforcement. And investigators weren't just checking paperwork. They were following him. The investigation beg…
Fort Lee, NJ
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Son Who Worked To Save Dad's Fort Lee Mexican Restaurant Arrested In Taxi Driver Assault: Cops
A man who made headlines for carrying on the legacy of his late father's longtime Fort Lee Mexican restaurant has been arrested for assaulting a taxi driver before threatening police officers and spitting at them during his arrest, authorities said. Fort Lee police responded to McLoud Drive just before 11:35 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, on a report of a fight between a taxi driver and customer, Fort Lee Deputy Police Chief Edward Young said. Officers found the taxi driver with injuries to his face, police said. The Fort Lee Volunteer Ambulance Corps evaluated and treated him at the scene…
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Neighbor Fired Shot Into Occupied USR Home; Firearms, Ammo Seized: Prosecutor
The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office has announced charges against a 60-year-old man accused of firing shots into a neighbor's home. Michael L. Norcia, 60, was arrested following the shooting around noon Friday, Aug. 7, on Hidden Glen Road, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Monday, Aug. 10. Norcia lives on Mill Glen Court, an adjacent street that backs up to Hidden Glen Road, according to Musella. Upper Saddle River police responded to a report of possible shots fired and determined gunfire had struck an occupied home, authorities said. No one was struck, and no injur…
Aberdeen, MD
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Aberdeen Man Walks Into Sting After Arranging Meetup With '14-Year-Old Girl': Sheriff
He thought he was meeting a 14-year-old girl in Maryland. Instead, deputies were waiting. Laurence B. Purser, 31, of Aberdeen, was arrested after investigators say he engaged in explicit communications with an undercover detective posing as a teenage girl, Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler announced on Monday, Aug. 10. And investigators say Purser knew exactly how young the girl was supposed to be. Throughout the investigation, Purser was repeatedly told that the person he was communicating with was 14 years old, according to the sheriff. That allegedly didn't stop him. Purser ultim…
New Rochelle, NY
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'License Plate Flipper' With Bogus Out-Of-State Plate Found At New Rochelle Park
A trip to a popular Westchester County park ended with a Bronx woman losing her car after an officer found a device capable of switching between a legitimate New York license plate and a fraudulent out-of-state plate, police said. The vehicle was found at Glen Island Park in New Rochelle by a Westchester County Police officer assigned to a detail there, the department said on Sunday, Aug. 9. The officer noticed the vehicle was equipped with a "license plate flipper," which allowed it to display two different plates, according to police. One side held a legitimate Ne…
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Elmwood Park Woman Used Wheelchair Part To Beat Relative, Then Attacked Cop: Police
A Bergen County woman with a history of assault is accused of attacking a relative with a wheelchair part and later attacking an officer while trying to escape custody, according to police and court records. Elmwood Park police responded to a home on Donor Avenue on Friday, Aug. 7, for what was initially reported as a medical incident, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Officers arrived to find a man sitting on the front steps with blood coming from his face An investigation found that the man had been assaulted by a family member, identified by police as Tiffany Mendez, 36, of Elmwood…
Westbury, NY
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Fentanyl, Explosives, And ‘Tranq’ In Westbury Home Get Drug Dealer Prison Time, DA Says
A Long Island man found with fentanyl, xylazine, and explosives in his home is headed to prison. Anthony Gianatiempo, 35, of Westbury, was sentenced Friday, Aug. 7 to six years behind bars after pleading guilty to selling drugs and attempted weapons possession, the Nassau County District Attorney’s office said. Gianatiempo sold $820 worth of cocaine, fentanyl, ketamine, heroin, and alprazolam (Xanax) to a person in Cantiague Park on June 18, 2025, according to the district attorney’s office. That sale led to a raid on Gianatiempo’s apartment on Aug. 5, 2025, in which investigators recovere…
Paramus, NJ
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Mercedes Driver Exposes Himself To Women At Garden State Plaza, Paramus Police Say
A 42-year-old man was arrested after police say he exposed himself to women in the parking lot of Westfield's Garden State Plaza in Paramus. Jordan Williams, of Hackensack, was charged with lewdness following the incident in Paramus on Thursday, Aug. 6, Paramus Deputy Police Chief Frank Scott said. Officer Vincent LaBarbiera, who was working with the department’s Crime Suppression Unit, spotted a gray 2026 Mercedes-Benz GLS450 driving through multiple parking aisles and stopping near women walking through the lot, Scott said. Officers began watching the Mercedes, which Williams was dri…
Upper Marlboro, MD
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Suspected Tren De Aragua Gang Member Walked Free Before ICE Tracked Him Down In PG County: Feds
A suspected Tren de Aragua gang member walked out of a Prince George's County jail despite an ICE detainer. Federal agents say they had to hunt him down weeks later. Maryland neighbors learned Wednesday, Aug. 6, that ICE officers arrested two criminal illegal immigrants during targeted enforcement operations in Upper Marlboro after Prince George's County Detention Center declined to honor immigration detainers and released both men back into the community. According to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the arrests happened July 9 following lawful traffic stops. One of the men, 28-yea…
Paterson, NJ
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Arrest Made In New Year's Day Murder In Paterson: Prosecutor
A Paterson man has been charged in connection with a New Year's Day homicide that left one man dead and another wounded near Market Street, authorities announced Thursday, Aug. 6. David Lawrence, 41, was charged with first-degree murder, first-degree conspiracy to commit murder, first-degree attempted murder, second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, according to Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Officer-in-Charge Patrick Murray. The charges stem from a shooting reported at approximately 7:0…
Rutherford, NJ
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World Cup Sex Sting: Bergen Crackdown Nets Six Arrests, Prosecutor Says
An undercover operation at Bergen County hotels and motels tied to the 2026 FIFA World Cup led to the arrests of six people as investigators sought to identify potential human trafficking victims, authorities announced Wednesday, Aug. 5. The arrests were part of a statewide anti-human trafficking effort that led to the recovery of 97 suspected victims and 71 arrests before and during the tournament, New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport's Office announced last month. In Bergen County, the operation was coordinated during June and July by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Human …
Englewood, NJ
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Guy Behind Tenafly Package Thefts Was Posing As Amazon Worker, Cops Say
A 42-year-old New York man accused of posing as an Amazon delivery driver to steal packages from a Bergen County apartment complex has been arrested more than a year after police began investigating the case, authorities said. The investigation began in March 2025 after Tenafly police were alerted to a series of package thefts at a local apartment building, according to Deputy Chief Michael deMoncada. Police said the suspect entered the building lobby wearing a face mask and an Amazon delivery vest before leaving with unattended packages. Detective Michael Vecchiarelli used surveillance vid…
Ephrata, PA
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Man Killed Sister, Stabbing Her 20x In Fight Over Barking Dogs; Case Heads To Court: Lanco DA
A brother accused of stabbing his sister to death after becoming enraged by barking dogs will have his homicide case moved to county court following a preliminary hearing, prosecutors announced on Tuesday, Aug. 4. Bryan Emeric Adolph, 26, of East Hempfield Township, was ordered to stand trial after Judge Brian Chudzik ruled on Wednesday, July 29, that the case should proceed to the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office. Adolph remains charged with criminal homicide, two counts of aggravated assault, and possessing an instrument …
Madison, NJ
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Madison Dad Reported Missing
UPDATE: The body of 49-year-old Cavan Londergan was found in a Morris County park. Click here for more on what we know.
Lancaster, PA
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Dad Who Vanished Walking To Sheetz ID'd As Remains 9 Years Later: Lancaster County Coroner
Nearly nine years after a Pennsylvania father vanished during what should have been a short walk to Sheetz, authorities have identified skeletal remains found along the Susquehanna River as Shane Allen Workman, finally giving his family long-awaited answers, officials announced Tuesday, Aug. 4. The breakthrough came through forensic genetic genealogy after years of dead ends in the investigation, according to the Lancaster County Coroner's Office. Workman was 31 when he disappeared on April 25, 2017. He was last seen leaving the Lewistown home he shared with his parents to walk about a blo…
Pound Ridge, NY
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Cop Dies After Breast Explant Surgery: Reports
The NYPD is mourning the loss of a 31-year-old officer who reportedly died of a botched breast implant surgery in the Dominican Republic. Rebecca De Paula's family members tell Spanish outlet Noticias SIN that she developed a bacterial infection after having her breast implants removed in the Dominican Republic. De Paula developed severe diarrhea and her condition rapidly worsened before she died at a clinic in Santo Domingo following the procedure on Sunday, Aug. 2, according to the outlet. Her family is urging officials to probe whether or not medical malpractice or negligence contributed…
Fallsburg, NY
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Intense Standoff Leads To Arrest After Gunfire Goes Off During Argument In Fallsburg: Cops
A 36-year-old man was arrested after police said he fired off seven shots during an early morning dispute in Sullivan County before leading officers into a lengthy standoff at a nearby apartment complex. Monticello resident Luis Cortes-Martinez, 36, was arrested on Saturday, July 25, following an incident that began at a Loch Sheldrake apartment complex on the same day, Fallsburg Police announced. Investigators said Luis Cortes-Martinez, 36, of Monticello, became involved in a verbal altercation with a man and a woman during the early morning hours at the apartment complex, which …
Ware, MA
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Ware Man Guilty On 28 Counts Of Child Rape, Sexual Abuse, Faces Life In Prison
A judge has found a Western Massachusetts man guilty of more than two dozen counts of child rape and sexual assault following a four-day bench trial, authorities announced. Angel Ramos, 53, of Ware, was found guilty by Hampshire Superior Court Judge Charles W. Groce III on Monday, Aug. 3, of sexually abusing a child from 2018 until 2024, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said. Ramos was convicted of 13 counts of aggravated rape of a child, three counts of forcible rape of a child, six counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, two counts of aggravated …
Enfield, CT
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Enfield Homeowner Scares Off Would-Be Burglar, Who Howls And Throws Chairs, Flower Pot: Police
A failed burglary took a bizarre turn over the weekend when the alleged intruder began howling and making squealing noises before throwing chairs at a homeowner who scared him away, authorities said. Timothy Grigg, 54, faces multiple charges following the alleged Enfield home break-in on Sunday, Aug. 2, police said. According to Enfield police, Grigg got into the home just before 6 a.m. through a rear hatchway, but he was stopped before he could get fully inside when the homeowner showed him a legally possessed firearm. As Grigg walked away from the yard, he began making howling and squeal…
Woodbridge, VA
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Fake Cop Pulled Gun, Asked Driver For Ride Before Woodbridge Arrest: Police
A Virginia man allegedly pulled out all the stops while role-playing as a police officer, but ultimately found himself on the wrong side of the law. James John Rastatter II, 35, of Woodbridge, is facing charges after police say he posed as a police officer while brandishing a handgun during two separate encounters in Woodbridge, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Investigators say the first encounter happened around 9 p.m. on Saturday, July 19, near Dale Boulevard and Forestdale Avenue. A 25-year-old man was driving when Rastatter allegedly approached his vehicle, di…
Rockaway, NJ
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NJ Man Traveled To PA For Sex With Teen Girl: DA
A 49-year-old Rockaway man was arrested and charged after he traveled to Pennsylvania to have sex with a 14-year-old girl, authorities announced Wednesday, July 29. Michael McGuire traveled to Pike County to have sex with the girl in exchange for $300, Pike County District Attorney Ray Tonkin said. When McGuire arrived at the location, he was arrested by detectives, Tonkin said. McGuire was in possession of two condoms and $300 in cash, Tonkin said. He is charged with criminal attempt in trafficking in Individuals, criminal attempt of patronizing a victim of sexual servitude, two charg…
Secaucus, NJ
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Assault Suspect Caught After Camp Shelter-In-Place In Secaucus: Cops
An assault suspect was apprehended Thursday morning, July 30, after a police search prompted a shelter-in-place near Secaucus High School, authorities said. Secaucus police responded to the area of Meadow Lane for a suspect involved in an assault at approximately 7:50 a.m., according to the Secaucus Police Department. Because of the nearby police activity, the summer camp program at Secaucus High School was placed under a shelter-in-place while officers searched the area, police said. In an update issued at 8:20 a.m., police announced the suspect had been taken into custody. The shelter-i…
Arlington, MA
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Man Charged With Rape, Assault In Arlington Arrested By ICE After Release From Mass Jail
A Guatemalan man charged with multiple sex crimes in Massachusetts is in ICE custody after his release from a Middlesex County jail in Billerica. Rocael Ordonez-Cruz, 23, was initially arrested last month in Arlington and charged with assault to rape, rape, indecent assault and battery on a person age 14 or older, and indecent exposure, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said. He was released from state custody last week, and agents with ICE Boston re-arrested him on an immigration violation, the agency said. He will be held in custody while his removal proceedings move forwa…
Arlington, VA
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Bomb Threat Shuts Down Main Street Area In Virginia Town (
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A bomb threat has brought a large police response to a Virginia downtown, forcing evacuations and closing off part of Main Street. The threat was reported just after 3 p.m. on Tuesday, July 29, when someone called the Fauquier County Emergency Communications Center to report a bomb threat targeting a business in Warrenton, according to the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office. Civilian evacuations have been completed, and law enforcement officers have begun clearing the area for any potential threats, authorities said. The area remains closed as of the sheriff's office's latest update, issued …
Hanover-Penn Township, PA
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Undercover Sting: Hanover Tobacco Hut Manager Sold Vape To 'Underage Buyer'
A Tobacco Hut manager has been convicted after police say he sold a nicotine vape to an underage buyer during an undercover operation in York County. Nashwan Moseleh Abdulla Mozeb, 35, of Hanover, was charged with selling tobacco products to minors after an investigation at Tobacco Hut, 1055 Baltimore St. in Penn Township, according to a release issued Wednesday, July 29. The investigation began after the Penn Township Police Department received multiple complaints that the business was illegally selling tobacco and nicotine products to people younger than 21, police said. Detectives with …
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