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NY Dad's Brutal Abuse Of 5-Week-Old Son Causing Brain Injury Nets Over Decade In Prison NY Dad's Brutal Abuse Of 5-Week-Old Son Causing Brain Injury Nets Over Decade In Prison
NY Dad's Brutal Abuse Of 5-Week-Old Son Causing Brain Injury Nets Over Decade In Prison A Long Island father will spend nearly two decades in prison for repeatedly assaulting his five-week-old son, leaving the infant with a life-threatening brain injury. Vincent Distasi, 33, was sentenced to 17 years behind bars Thursday, Jan. 8, after pleading guilty to first-degree assault in Suffolk County Court. Prosecutors had sought a 19-year prison sentence. The five-week-old child was rushed to Stony Brook University Hospital in January 2024, after becoming unresponsive, as Daily Voice reported. The infant required emergency brain surgery to save his life. Doctors later determined the…
NY Mom Wrongly Convicted Of Shaking Infant, Causing Brain Injury, Dad Claims (EXCLUSIVE) NY Mom Wrongly Convicted Of Shaking Infant, Causing Brain Injury, Dad Claims (EXCLUSIVE)
NY Mom Wrongly Convicted Of Shaking Infant, Causing Brain Injury, Dad Claims (Exclusive) The fiancé of a New York mother convicted of assaulting their infant child claims the charges were based on false medical evidence and a coerced confession. Toretto Mosher disputed key claims made by the Schenectady County District Attorney’s Office that landed his fiancé, 22-year-old Julia Servin, behind bars in a statement to Daily Voice Monday, Aug. 4. Servin, of Schenectady, was sentenced to six years in state prison in July after pleading guilty to reckless assault of a child, as Daily Voice reported. Prosecutors said she violently shook the couple’s 5-month-old child, causing serious …
NYC Mass Shooter Blamed Football Head Trauma For Mental Illness, NFL Responds NYC Mass Shooter Blamed Football Head Trauma For Mental Illness, NFL Responds
NYC Mass Shooter Blamed Football Head Trauma For Mental Illness, NFL Responds A former high school football player who shot and killed four people in midtown Manhattan blamed head trauma he suffered while playing the sport for fueling his severe mental illness. New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that Shane Tamura appeared to be targeting the NFL over his claims of having chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Police said the 27-year-old Las Vegas man killed four people on Monday, July 28, before turning the gun on himself at 345 Park Avenue, where the NFL's main offices are located. Tamura shot himself in the chest, not the head, according to The New York…
Netflix Star Sara Burack Killed In Hamptons Hit-Run; Virginia Driver Charged: Reports Netflix Star Sara Burack Killed In Hamptons Hit-Run; Virginia Driver Charged: Reports
Netflix Star Sara Burack Killed In Hamptons Hit-Run; Virginia Driver Charged: Reports A Virginia woman has been accused of the fatal hit-and-run crash involving Netflix star Sara Burack on Long Island.  Amanda Kempton, 32, is facing charges following the death of the 40-year-old Million Dollar Beach House star, who was struck on Montauk Highway early on Thursday morning, according to police in Southampton.  Kempton reportedly said that she believed she struck a traffic cone at around 3 a.m. on June 19, but, in fact, it was Burack, who was rushed to an area hospital, where she later died from injuries sustained in the crash. Burack went into cardiac arrest at …
Harness Racer Hunter Myers Dies After Tragic Crash In Pennsylvania (UPDATE) Harness Racer Hunter Myers Dies After Tragic Crash In Pennsylvania (UPDATE)
Harness Racer Hunter Myers Dies After Tragic Crash In Pennsylvania (Update) The harness racing community is mourning the heartbreaking loss of 27-year-old driver Hunter Myers, who died early Thursday morning, March 21, after suffering critical injuries in a racing accident at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows in Washington, Pennsylvania. Myers, an Ohio native, was originally from Williamsport, Ohio, and later lived in Chagrin Falls. He attended Westfall High School and Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center, graduating in 2016, according to his social media. A lifelong horseman, Myers began driving Standardbred horses at just 5 years old and was competing p…
Child's Brain Injury Sparks Recall Of 10K+ Toddler Stools Sold On Amazon Child's Brain Injury Sparks Recall Of 10K+ Toddler Stools Sold On Amazon
Child's Brain Injury Sparks Recall Of 10K+ Toddler Stools Sold On Amazon More than 10,000 toddler stools sold on Amazon have been recalled after several children were injured in collapsing incidents — including one case where a child suffered a brain injury. The recall affects about 10,300 Onasti Toddler Tower Stools, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday, Mar. 13. The stools can tip over or collapse during use, creating serious fall hazards. The plastic, foldable stools come in multiple colors, including beige, blue, gray, green, and pink. They're about 25 inches long, 24 inches wide, and 32 inches tall. The stools have an adju…
Ex-High School Coach Gets Prison Term For Hit-Run Crash That Gave Teen Traumatic Brain Injury Ex-High School Coach Gets Prison Term For Hit-Run Crash That Gave Teen Traumatic Brain Injury
Ex-High School Coach Gets Prison Term For Hit-Run Crash That Gave Teen Traumatic Brain Injury A former Connecticut zoning official has been sentenced to two years in prison after pleading no contest to a drunken hit-and-run crash that left a teenager with severe brain damage, authorities said. John Egan, 59, the former chair of Waterbury’s zoning commission, received a 10-year sentence on Tuesday, Jan. 7, with all but two years suspended, authorities said. Egan struck Brian Calle, then 17, as he rode his scooter home from work just after midnight on May 26, 2023, at the intersection of Highland Avenue and West Main Street. Egan allegedly fled the scene, leaving Calle critically inju…
Family Pleads for Justice After Man Left in Coma from Hit, Run Crash Family Pleads for Justice After Man Left in Coma from Hit, Run Crash
Family Pleads for Justice After Man Left in Coma from Hit, Run Crash The family of a 66-year-old Connecticut man who was left in a coma after a car crashed into him and sped off is asking for the public's help to find out who was behind the wheel.  Rene Beaudette, of Norwich in New London County, was hit around 5:25 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 655 East Main St. in Norwich, authorities said.  Original Report: Police Searching For Driver Who Left Hit, Run Victim In Coma Paramedics rushed Beaudette to William W. Backus Hospital and later to Hartford Hospital, where he was in critical condition.  A GoFundMe to help pay for his medica…
Mass. Hammer Murderer Gets Life In Prison For Killing Sleeping Wife: DA Mass. Hammer Murderer Gets Life In Prison For Killing Sleeping Wife: DA
Mass. Hammer Murderer Gets Life In Prison For Killing Sleeping Wife: DA A Massachusetts man who beat his estranged wife to death with a hammer as she slept will spend at least the next 25 years in prison, authorities said.  Michael A. Cook Sr., of North Adams in Berkshire Country, was convicted of second-degree murder last week and was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday, Oct. 10, the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office said. However, he will be eligible for parole in 25 years.  Charli Cook, a 41-year-old CNA at the former Willowood Health Care Center, was asleep when Michael Cook broke into her North Adams home in July 2019 and hit h…