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Enfield Man Convicted Of Southington Motel Sexual Assault, Highway Attack: State Enfield Man Convicted Of Southington Motel Sexual Assault, Highway Attack: State
Enfield Man Convicted Of Southington Motel Sexual Assault, Highway Attack: State An Enfield man has been convicted in the brutal sexual assault of a woman at a Southington motel and a violent attack that followed along a Connecticut highway, authorities said.  Jeremy Figueroa-Gerena, 35, was found guilty in Superior Court in New Britain on multiple charges, including sexual assault in the first degree, four counts of violation of a protective order, unlawful restraint in the first degree, and third-degree assault, the state prosecutor's office said.  Prosecutors said the conviction stemmed from the 2024 assault, when Figueroa-Gerena attacked a woman inside a m…
July 4 Shooting Left 1 Dead, 7 Hurt — Now Maryland Man Faces Life In Prison July 4 Shooting Left 1 Dead, 7 Hurt — Now Maryland Man Faces Life In Prison
July 4 Shooting Left 1 Dead, 7 Hurt — Now Maryland Man Faces Life In Prison A Maryland man could spend the rest of his life in prison after police say he opened fire on a Fourth of July crowd, killing one person and injuring several others. Antravon Harmon was found guilty of multiple charges connected to the chaotic shooting that broke out just after midnight on July 5, 2023, during a neighborhood party on Chippewa Boulevard in Salisbury. Prosecutors said Harmon and another man showed up armed with handguns and confronted a group that included Xavier Maddox.  They opened fire into the crowd, sparking a shootout that left Maddox dead and seven others wounded.…
Leonardtown Man Learns Fate From Two Judges After Triple Shooting Rampage: State's Attorney Leonardtown Man Learns Fate From Two Judges After Triple Shooting Rampage: State's Attorney
Leonardtown Man Learns Fate From Two Judges After Triple Shooting Rampage: State's Attorney Two judges. One life sentence. Plus 94 more years. Jontae Lamont Proctor, 22, of Leonardtown, will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being sentenced by two separate judges for a three-month shooting spree that included a murder, a restaurant ambush, and gunfire into a home with a child inside, prosecutors in St. Mary’s County announced. According to State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling, Proctor was sentenced to life in prison plus 94 years of active incarceration following convictions related to three violent incidents across southern Maryland in early 2024. On Feb. 26, Proctor was i…
Lexington Park Man Avoids Life Sentence After Brutal Stabbing Of Former Partner: Prosecutors Lexington Park Man Avoids Life Sentence After Brutal Stabbing Of Former Partner: Prosecutors
Lexington Park Man Avoids Life Sentence After Brutal Stabbing Of Former Partner: Prosecutors A Maryland man who slashed his former partner’s neck in a violent domestic stabbing will spend decades in prison — but he avoided a full life sentence, authorities announced. John Otha Dickens Jr., 35, of Lexington Park, was sentenced to life in prison with all but 58 years active after being convicted of multiple domestic violence charges stemming from two separate incidents involving the same person. Prosecutors say Dickens stabbed his ex in the neck during a domestic dispute on Feb. 13, 2023, leaving her with life-threatening injuries that required emergency medical care. At the time, D…
PA Man Learns Fate After 1988 Child Sex Abuse In MD: ‘There Is No Expiration Date On Justice' PA Man Learns Fate After 1988 Child Sex Abuse In MD: ‘There Is No Expiration Date On Justice'
PA Man Learns Fate After 1988 Child Sex Abuse In MD: ‘There Is No Expiration Date On Justice' More than three decades after sexually abusing a young child in Maryland, a Pennsylvania man finally got what was coming to him, authorities announced. Terrance Pinkett, a 54-year-old from Lansdale, was sentenced in Wicomico County to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to child sexual abuse and second-degree sexual offense. Prosecutors said Pinkett abused a child under his care in 1988, when the victim was younger than 9.  The survivor came forward years later, triggering a full investigation by the Wicomico County Child Advocacy Center that led to the conviction. Pinkett enter…
Lexington Park Man Opens Fire On Same Woman Less Than 24 Hours After Jail Release: Prosecutor Lexington Park Man Opens Fire On Same Woman Less Than 24 Hours After Jail Release: Prosecutor
Lexington Park Man Opens Fire On Same Woman Less Than 24 Hours After Jail Release: Prosecutor He walked out of jail — and headed straight back into trouble. A St. Mary’s County man is heading to prison after he was convicted of tracking down the same woman he assaulted before, then firing a gun at her less than 24 hours after being released, prosecutors announced. Jonathan Salazar-Martinez, 20, of Lexington Park, was sentenced to 45 years in prison, with 15 years of active incarceration, following a violent domestic encounter that nearly turned deadly. The disturbing part? He’d just finished serving time for the previous assault on the same victim. “Repeat offenders must face seri…
Misfiring Gun Foils Murder Plot Involving VA Man, Mother Of Child In Frederick: Prosecutors Misfiring Gun Foils Murder Plot Involving VA Man, Mother Of Child In Frederick: Prosecutors
Misfiring Gun Foils Murder Plot Involving VA Man, Mother Of Child In Frederick: Prosecutors A Virginia man who traveled to Frederick and pulled the trigger on a woman he once threatened to kill — only for the gun to misfire — will now spend the rest of his life behind bars, officials said. David Clayton Hanson, 35, was sentenced Wednesday, Feb. 26, in Frederick County Circuit Court to 93 years in prison after a jury convicted him of the harrowing assault of a woman he shares a child with. Specifically, Hanson was found guilty of:  Two counts of first-degree assault; Two counts of using a firearm in a violent crime;  Illegal possession of a regulated firearm;  Il…
Abingdon Man Who Fatally Stabbed Victim; Killed Deaf Cellmate In MD Gets Life: Prosecutors Abingdon Man Who Fatally Stabbed Victim; Killed Deaf Cellmate In MD Gets Life: Prosecutors
Abingdon Man Who Fatally Stabbed Victim; Killed Deaf Cellmate In MD Gets Life: Prosecutors Gordon Staron is going to spend the rest of his life behind bars. Staron, formerly of Abingdon, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of an elderly man, and then later, his deaf cellmate while he was incarcerated, according to the Baltimore State's Attorney's Office on Thursday. Staron pleaded guilty of the first-degree murder of Javarick Gantt in the Baltimore City's Central Booking and Intake Facility after previously admitting to killing 66-year-old Keith Bell with an axe at a bus stop. The fatal stabbing was reported in the early hours of Sept. 6 , 202…
Murderous Husband Sentenced For Killing Wife Planning To Cut Him Off In Maryland: Prosecutors Murderous Husband Sentenced For Killing Wife Planning To Cut Him Off In Maryland: Prosecutors
Murderous Husband Sentenced For Killing Wife Planning To Cut Him Off In Maryland: Prosecutors A 45-year-old man will spend 45 years in prison after admitting to fatally shooting his wife - who planned to leave him - in September 2020 in Montgomery County, authorities announced. Allen Price, Jr. was sentenced this week after pleading guilty in December last year to second-degree murder and weapon offenses in connection to the death of his wife, Natasha Price inside their Gaithersburg home. According to court documents, on Sept. 17, 2020, Price shot his wife in the 19400 block of Sandy Lake Drive, then jumped out of a second-story window in an attempt to flee from the police, before b…
Suspect Nabbed In Cold Case Murder Of Fast-Food Restaurant Worker Suspect Nabbed In Cold Case Murder Of Fast-Food Restaurant Worker
Suspect Nabbed In Cold Case Murder Of Fast-Food Restaurant Worker A suspect has been apprehended in the cold case murder of an overnight worker at a fast-food restaurant in the area. Danarius Dukes, 43, was arrested on Thursday night, June 2 and charged with the 1993 murder of Theodore “Teddy” Edwards.  Edwards was a 77-year-old janitor that worked the overnight hours at Duchess restaurant located in Bridgeport at 35 Boston Ave.  "The evidence in this case shows that Dukes and three others devised a plan to rob the manager of the restaurant after closing time," Bridgeport Police said. "To carry out their plan, Dukes hid in the bathroom with a g…