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New Details Emerge After Missing Child Found In Dark, Wet Enclosure In Hudson Valley
New details have emerged as the mother and father accused of abducting their daughter and hiding her in a hovel-like room under a staircase at an area home are set to appear in court.
Ulster County residents Kimberly Cooper, age 33, and Kirk Shultis Jr., age 32, of Saugerties, were arrested Monday, Feb. 14, after police found Paislee Shultis, age 6, being held in a dark, wet room underneath a staircase in a Saugerties home.
The couple abducted the then 4-year-old from her legal guardian from Cayuga Heights, near Ithaca, in Tompkins County, New York, in 2019, Saugerties Police Chief Joseph…
CT Teen Charged With Kidnapping Minor
A Connecticut teen has been charged with kidnapping a minor and sexually assaulting her before locking her in the trunk of a car.
Litchfield County resident Christopher Jesus Constanzo, age 19, of Torrington, was arrested on Tuesday, Dec. 7, said Leonard C Boyle, Acting US Attorney of the District of Connecticut.
As alleged in court documents, on Thursday, Dec. 2, Constanzo and a minor female arrived by car at the US Port of Entry at Highgate Springs in Vermont.
Just prior to their arrival, officials at the St-Armand/Philipsburg Border Crossing in Canada had refused Constanzo and the…
Police Involved In Standoff At CT Motel
A suspected bank robber was nabbed following an hours-long standoff with police at a Connecticut hotel.
Hartford County resident David Latino, age 49, of Southington, was arrested on Thursday, Oct. 14, after barricading himself in the carrier Motor Lodge, in Newington, authorities said.
The incident began around 4:30 p.m., when Plainville Police detectives tracked Latino from a bank robbery that had occurred in Plainville earlier in the day to the Carrier Motor Lodge located at 2660 Berlin Turnpike, according to Lieutenant Nicholas Miano, of the Newington Police Department.
When …
Teenage New Hampshire Kidnapping Suspect Nabbed In Connecticut
A teen has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping two juveniles girls from their home.
Cameron Snody, age 19, of Forth Worth, Texas, was arrested on Friday, March 19, by Connecticut State Police in Hartford, after troopers received an Amber Alert out of Swanzey, New Hampshire.
According to police, it was reported that Snody traveled to Swanzey, in Chesire County, in order to meet the two juveniles ages 12 and 17.
Snody then stole a vehicle described as a 2006 Saturn Ion, and fled with the girls, state police said.
Troopers were able to gather information which led them to believe that Sno…
Man Found Guilty Of Raping, Kidnapping Woman At Massachusetts Motel
A 41-year-old man has been convicted of kidnapping and raping a woman at a motel in Shrewsbury after a jury-waived trial in Worcester Superior Court.
Edward Lacey of Worcester was found guilty on Friday, March 19 of kidnapping, two counts of rape, three counts of indecent assault and battery, strangulation, threat to commit a crime, and assault and battery. He was found not guilty of assault with intent to murder.
Judge David Ricciardone presided over the four-day trial. The judge set Thursday, April 1 for sentencing.
Lacey was arrested by Shrewsbury Police on May 12, 2018, and charged wit…
Cigarette Butts Lead Police To CT Man Who Kidnapped 12-Year-Old MA Girl From Park
New details about a kidnapping and sexual assault reveal it was the sexual predator’s nicotine addiction that eventually gave him away to the police.
Joshua Besaw, 37, of Thompson, in Windham County, Connecticut, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday, March 1, followed by 20 years of supervised release for kidnapping and sexual assault.
The assault happened in 2019 when, according to court documents, Besaw encountered a girl at May Street Park in Webster, Massachusetts, and tricked her into entering his vehicle, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Connecticut, said.
Calling himself “Chuck,…
Duo Nabbed For Kidnapping, Murder Of Massachusetts Man Found In Connecticut
Two men have been charged for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping and murder of a Massachusetts man whose body was found in a burning vehicle in Connecticut.
Bradon Batiste, 33, of Spring, Massachusetts, and Calvin Roberson, 38, of Waterbury, were arrested Thursday, Feb. 11, for the Dec. 26 death of a Massachusetts man found in Hartford, said John Durham, U.S. States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
Batiste was arrested in Athens, Georgia, and Roberson was arrested in Waterbury.
Shortly before 9 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 26, Hartford police and fire personnel resp…
