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West NY Man Who Robbed, Tied Up Woman At Route 46 Hotel Learns Fate: Prosecutor
A 35-year-old West New York man was sentenced to 13 years in prison after he robbed and tied up a woman at a Wyndham's hotel, authorities announced Friday, May 29. Louis Verdesoto had previously pleaded guilty to armed robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm in the 2024 robbery, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert M. McNally, and Parsippany Troy Hills Police Chief Richard Pantina said. On Sunday, May 26, 2024, a woman said she was assaulted by Verdesoto, who was brandishing a handgun, authorities said. Verdesoto then duct-taped and zip-tied …
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Child Sex Assaults After NJ Youth Congress: Docs
A newlywed Pennsylvania pastor already facing multiple child sex assault cases is now charged in a third case involving another alleged victim, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice in late April 2026. Michael Arthur McMullen Sr., 68, of Harrisburg, is now accused by a third victim who told police the abuse began when she was around 9 to 10 years old, according to charging documents. WARNING: THE FOLLOWING IS DISTURBING According to the criminal complaint, the victim said McMullen would take her away from others after church services and bring her into a room where he sexuall…
Police & Fire
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: Trail Of Blood Seen On Steps Of Freehold Library After Shooting
Police were investigating after a man was shot multiple times at the Freehold library, according to published news reports. The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office in a Facebook post said only that the office was investigating a shooting on East Main Street between South and Center streets at approximately 4 p.m. The incident was believe to be isolated and there was no danger to the public. Jersey Shore Online shared a photo captured by a drone that shows a trail of blood down the front steps of the building. NBC New York shared similar footage. The library will be closed until Monday…
Police & Fire
Singer d4vd Sexually Abused Teen Before 'Gruesome' Murder, DA Says: New Details
A rising music star with millions of younger fans has been charged with murder after a missing teen girl's body was found in his impounded Tesla. d4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, was officially charged with first-degree murder, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced on Monday, April 20. The New York City-born singer was arrested on Thursday, April 16, in connection with the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Burke, 21, was also charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14 and unlawful mutilation of human remain…
Police & Fire
Two Newark Residents Arrested After Stabbing At Atlantic City Resort: Police
Two Newark residents and a Maryland man were arrested and charged after a man was stabbed and a woman assaulted at a resort in Atlantic City, authorities announced Wednesday, April 15. At 10:37 p.m. on Sunday, April 5, officers responded to the Showboat Resort and and located a 38-year-old Severn, Maryland woman who had been assaulted, Atlantic City police said. She was transferred to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The stabbing victim, Quheem Whitehead, a 38-year-old Newark resident, later arrived at a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. After a…
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Union City Woman Used Teen Accomplice In Pickpocket Scheme At Albany Concert: Cops
A New Jersey woman organized a pickpocketing scheme targeting concert-goers in Albany, authorities said Monday, March 23. Evelyn Tutasig-Ilbay, a 28-year-old Union City native, targeted a GWAR concert at Empire Live in downtown Albany, police said. Tutasig-Ilbay recruited a 16-year-old boy from Brooklyn to travel to Albany and snatch cellphones from people at the show on Saturday, March 21, according to Albany cops. Officers caught onto the scheme when responding to reports of a larceny around 11:15 p.m., authorities said. Concert security told the cops they spotted the 16-year-old boy att…
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Funeral Set For 23-Year-Old NJ Murder Victim Maria Popol
UPDATE: Services have been finalized for Maria Popol, a woman with New Jersey ties killed in Bucks County last week. A funeral service for 23-year-old Popol, of Telford, PA will be held Tuesday, March 24 at the Soto Funeral Home in Passaic. Click here for details. Popol was discovered unresponsive inside an apartment in the 100 block of Main Street on Sunday, March 15, according to the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office and Telford Borough Police. Officers responded to a 911 call that morning and found Popol dead inside the residence on the Bucks County side of the borough, authoritie…
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NJ Man Threw Deadly Punch At Penn Station
A 21-year-old New Jersey man has been charged in connection with punching a 55-year-old man dead at a Manhattan subway station on Saturday, March 14 authorities said. Nassadir Tate, a Hillside resident, was arrested on Sunday, March 15 at 4:06 p.m. in the Midtown South Precinct, the New York City Police Department said. He has been charged with assault, police said. At 6:55 p.m., police responded to the C/E line at the 34th Street-Penn Station station and found a 55-year-old unconscious and unresponsive on the platform, officers said. He was transported to Lenox Hill Hospital in criti…
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NBC 'Dateline' To Revisit Notorious Murder-For-Hire Plot Involving NY Podiatrist
A Rockland County murder-for-hire case involving a former podiatrist that has made headlines for nearly a decade will again be in the national spotlight as NBC’s “Dateline” airs a new episode examining the plot and its latest developments. The episode, centered around the case involving former podiatrist Ira Bernstein and titled “Take Two,” will air Friday, March 13 at 9 p.m. ET, according to NBC. The broadcast revisits Bernstein's case, involving the former Montebello podiatrist who was convicted in 2017 after plotting with his then-girlfriend, Kelly Gribeluk of Airmont, to hav…
Police & Fire
18-Year-Old Killed In Paterson Homicide, Search Launched For Suspect: Prosecutor
An 18-year-old man was killed in a Paterson shooting Wednesday evening, March 11, and now, the search is on for his killer. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In-Charge Patrick Murray said the victim, whose name was not released, was found with multiple gunshot wounds at Carroll Street and Godwin Avenue just before 6:30 p.m. He was rushed to Saint Joseph’s University Medical Center where he was subsequently pronounced ead. The Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office asks anyone with additional information about this incident to contact …
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‘Call Me Daddy' Creepy Church Leader, Soccer Coach Raped Girl Before Kidnapping Her To Mexico
Kevin Esterly — the Pennsylvania man who ran off to Mexico with a teenage girl in 2018 — has now been convicted of repeatedly raping the same victim when she was a child, prosecutors announced on Wednesday, March 5. The disturbing allegations first emerged when the victim came forward to police in February 2025, saying Esterly had sexually abused her for years, beginning when she was a child. A jury convicted Esterly, now 53, of rape, statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, and endangering the welfare of children following a trial that began with jury selection on …
Police & Fire
Community Rallies For Family Of Missing Woman Found Dead In NY Woods Amid Homicide Probe
The community is rallying to support the family of Kathleen Harrison Trent, the missing Riverhead woman identified as the victim found dead in a wooded area in Manorville, as a homicide investigation continues. Trent, 63, of Forge Road in Riverhead, was reported missing on Jan. 29 after she had not been seen or heard from since Jan. 27, according to authorities. Her body was discovered in a wooded area on Connecticut Avenue, south of River Road, at 3:21 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11, Suffolk County Police said. Detectives believe her death to be criminal in nature following a preliminary inve…
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New Evidence Found Near Nancy Guthrie’s Home: Bloody Glove, Stone With Blood Droplet
A bloody glove and a stone with a blood droplet have been discovered near the Arizona home of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie, who has been missing since Sunday, Feb. 1. According to a report by Tucson NBC-TV affiliate KVOA, a local couple found the items in the desert less than a mile from Guthrie’s home in the Catalina Foothills of Tucson. The couple, who requested anonymity, said they spotted the glove under their car’s headlights on the night of Tuesday, Feb. 11. A second glove, appearing to match the first, was found 10 feet away. T…
Police & Fire
Triple Shooting Outside Newark High School: Police
Three people were shot outside Newark Collegiate Academy on Tuesday, Feb. 17, authorities said. At 8:44 p.m., police responded to Littleton Avenue near 12th Avenue and found a man who had been shot, Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda said. The victim was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment, Miranda said. A second victim also arrived at the for treatment, Miranda said. A 16-year-old boy later arrived at the hospital for treatment, Miranda said. Each victim is in stable condition and each suffered non-life-threatening injuries, Miranda said.
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US ‘Do Not Travel’ List Grows To Nearly 2 Dozen Countries: Rundown
For Americans itching to book their next international getaway, the US government has a blunt message: some destinations are simply too dangerous to visit right now. The State Department now lists 22 countries and territories under its highest travel warning level, urging Americans to avoid all travel due to extreme safety risks. The advisory list, reported by Travel + Leisure, places these destinations under Level 4, meaning “Do Not Travel,” citing reasons that range from active war zones to terrorism, kidnapping, and widespread crime. According to the State Department’s website: Afghan…
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Murder-suicide
: Port Authority Cop Shoots Himself, Sister, Mom In Bronx, Reports Say
The NYPD is investigating an apparent murder-suicide that left two dead and one clinging to life inside of a Riverdale apartment early Thursday, Jan. 22. Multiple news reports say that the gunman is either a current or retired Port Authority police officer. ABC Eyewitness News said that the man's PAPD identification was found near his body and he is believed to have been retired. Daily Voice has reached out to the PAPD for a statement. The NYPD said only that officers responded just before 8 a.m. to 2500 Johnson Ave., where a 55-year-old man and a 59-year-old woman were found wit…
Police & Fire
Complaint Paints Fuller Picture Of NJ TGI Friday's Fight That Ended With Dockworker Dead
The man who fatally stabbed Erik Kuns outside a TFI Fridays in Linden was intervening in another altercation the 35-year-old was in with a restaurant manager, authorities said. Darnell Robinson, a 41-year-old Burlington County man is charged with murder in the first degree in the deadly stabbing of Kuns, a Keyport resident that occurred Sunday, Nov. 9, authorities said. A criminal complaint obtained by Daily Voice paints the picture of several altercations that end with deadly consequences. Prior to the stabbing, Kuns got into an argument with the restaurant's manager, according to t…
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Victim Pistol-Whipped During Drug Deal In Bergen County Home Invasion: Prosecutor
Four individuals, including a juvenile, have been charged in connection with an armed home invasion that unfolded inside a Bergen County apartment in October, officials announced Wednesday, Dec. 31. The charges stem from an incident reported around 8 p.m. on Oct. 15, at an apartment complex on Bel Vista Court in Lodi, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. A marijuana transaction was taking place inside the apartment when the victim was confronted by three masked assailants, one of whom struck the victim in the head with a firearm, authorities said. Police said the victim was abl…
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Stillborns, Harvard Cadaver Parts Sold Nationwide By PA Man Sentenced: DOJ
A Pennsylvania man who bought and sold stolen human remains—including stillborn babies and Harvard cadaver parts—and stored them in 5-gallon buckets inside his home has been sentenced to six years in federal prison, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. Jeremy Pauley, 43, of Thompson, Susquehanna County, was sentenced to 72 months by Chief U.S. District Judge Matthew W. Brann for conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen property. He was also fined $2,000 and ordered to serve three years of supervised release after his prison term. He ran a black-market…
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Suspect In 1997 Murders Of NY Army Vet, Toddler Daughter Arrested In Florida: Report
Nearly 30 years after an Army veteran single mother and her toddler daughter were found murdered on Long Island, a suspect is in custody, ABC News reports. Andrew Dykes, 66, was arraigned in a Florida courtroom Wednesday, Dec. 3, on two counts of murder in the deaths of Tanya Denise Jackson and her daughter, Tatiana Marie Dykes, according to the outlet. Dykes is the child’s father. The charges stem from a warrant issued out of Nassau County, law enforcement sources told ABC News. Cold Case Background Jackson, 26, was found dismembered in June 1997 at Hempstead Lake State Park in Lakeview…
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New Mugshot Shows Son Accused Of Killing Parents At Their Long Island Deli
A beloved couple brutally killed inside their longtime deli on Long Island are being remembered as their son faces charges in their deaths. Vito Dambrosio of Seaford, 30, has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the fatal stabbings of his parents, Antonio "Tony" Dambrosio and Angela Pulisciano, both from Seaford, inside A & A Italian Deli in Bethpage on Thursday, Dec. 4, Nassau County Police announced on Friday, Dec. 5. According to a report by Fox 5, Dambrosio allegedly attacked a coffee shop clerk less than 20 minutes before the killings, slap…
Police & Fire
FBI Offers $50K Reward For Indian Man Who Brutally Murdered NJ Wife, Son
The FBI announced Tuesday, Dec. 2, it is offering a $50,000 reward for the arrest and/or conviction of a man accused of murdering a woman and her 6-year-old son in Maple Shade in 2017. Nazeer Hameed, 38, is accused of murdering Sasikala Narra and her 6-year-old son Anish Narra, at their Hamilton Road home on March 23, 2017, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw and Maple Shade Police Chief Christopher Fletcher announced last month. He fled to his native India following the murders, authorities said. Sasikala's husband, who apparently worked with Hameed at Cognizant Technology S…
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Alleged DC Ambush Shooter Worked With CIA In Afghanistan; Wounded National Guard Troops ID'd
Two West Virginia National Guard troops remain in critical condition a day after they were shot just blocks from the White House. Authorities have identified the shooter as an Afghan native who previously worked with the CIA. Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, is accused of ambushing troops on Wednesday, Nov. 26, as they stood guard outside the Farragut West Metro station, authorities said. US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on Thursday identified the victims as 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom and 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe. She said Lakanwal shot them with a .357 handgun after driving…
Police & Fire
733 Pills, Pound Of Weed In Jeep Near Hackensack Park; Some Drugs Stolen From Pharmacy: Cops
Two men were arrested after detectives found hundreds of suspected oxycodone pills, ecstasy, Xanax, promethazine, marijuana packaged for sale, and drug paraphernalia inside a Jeep Wrangler, according to a press release issued Tuesday, Nov. 25. Detectives with the Crime Suppression Bureau stopped the 2023 Jeep near Atlantic Street Park, on Friday, Nov. 21 at approximately 11:45 p.m., Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Inside the vehicle, detectives found 733 pills of suspected oxycodone, bottles of promethazine, ecstasy, Alprazolam pills, approximately one pound of unregulated marijua…
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Marist Senior Set Up Cameras In Campus Bathrooms, Charged On 16 Felony Counts: DA
A former Marist College student from Westchester County has been arraigned on 16 felony charges after authorities say he secretly recorded people inside gender-neutral bathrooms on the Dutchess County campus earlier this year, prosecutors announced. Kyle Petrozzi, 22, was indicted by a Dutchess County Grand Jury on 16 counts of second-degree unlawful surveillance, all felonies, the Dutchess County District Attorney's Office announced on Friday, Nov. 21. Prosecutors say Petrozzi, who had been a senior at Marist and was set to graduate in May 2025, was expelled after the allegatio…
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Trenton Man Kills Girlfriend, Leaves Her Dead In Camry At PA Dump Site: Prosecutor
A Trenton man shot his girlfriend to death and injured another woman early Sunday, Nov. 16, before he was arrested hours later in Pennsylvania, authorities said. Investigators said Lamont Truitt, 36, approached a silver Toyota Camry on Coolidge Avenue around 5:51 a.m. and began arguing with his girlfriend, 32-year-old Alyssia Murphy of Trenton. He then pulled a handgun and “fired multiple times.” A 25-year-old woman sitting in the car with Murphy was able to get out before Truitt got in the Camry and drove off. Moments earlier, police had been alerted by a ShotSpotter notification reporting…
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Leg Spotted In Trash Can Leads To Grisly Murder Arrest Along River Trail: Affidavit
A gruesome discovery along the Schuylkill River Trail set off a homicide investigation in Norristown, authorities announced on Saturday, Nov. 15. Felix Santos-Colon Jr., 46, who is unhoused in Norristown, was charged with First-Degree Murder in the killing of 44-year-old Oscar Traviezo-Tercero, whose body was found stuffed inside a trash can on Monday, Nov. 10, around 7 p.m., according to the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office. A concerned citizen walking a wooded path near the trail spotted a trash bin lying in brush and initially thought the foul smell was rotting garbage. …
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US Marshals, Gang Task Force Arrest Man For Jersey City Murder: Prosecutor
A 28-year-old Jersey City man was arrested and charged on Wednesday, Nov. 12 after a deadly shooting that occurred in the city earlier this year, authorities said. At 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 3, Jersey City police responded after a car crashed into a tree on Old Bergen Road and Meritt Street and found Devon Reid, a 39-year-old Elizabeth resident, unresponsive and with a gunshot wound to the neck, Acting Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello said. Reid was transported to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead, Mello said. Gerard Rosario was taken into custody by the Gang Task For…
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TGI Fridays Stabbing: Cops ID Man Slain In Linden, Hunt For Killer Beings
Authorities have identified the man who was killed outside a TGI Fridays restaurant in Linden Sunday night, Nov. 9. Erik Kuns, 35, of Keyport, was found suffering a stab wound by police responding to the restaurant at 400 S. Park Avenue around 10 p.m.on reports of a fight, Union County Prosecutor William Daniel said. Kuns was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. The Union County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Task Force and Linden Police Department are investigating the incident. Anyone with information is urged to contact Prosecutor’s Office Homic…
Politics
Trump’s Disapproval Rating Grows, But Democrats Are Seen As ‘Out Of Touch’: New Poll
President Donald Trump’s disapproval rating is rising. But Democrats face their own trust gap, and control of Congress still looks like a dead heat. A Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll conducted Friday, Oct. 24 through Tuesday, Oct. 28 finds 41 percent approve of President Donald Trump’s job performance, while 59 percent disapprove — the highest disapproval in this series since January 2021. The national online survey included 2,725 adults and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 1.9 percentage points The broad dissatisfaction with Trump has not yielded a clear Democratic edge…
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Former Fox Affiliate TV Anchor Accused Of Stabbing Mother To Death
A former local TV news anchor is accused of stabbing her mother to death and has been charged with first-degree murder, authorities said. Police were dispatched at about 7:50 a.m. Friday, Oct. 31 to a “reported cutting” at a home in Wichita, Kansas. Responding officers found a woman outside who was later identified as Angelynn “Angie” Mock, 47. Inside, they found her 80-year-old mother, Anita Avers, “unresponsive in her bed with multiple stab wounds,” according to a department statement. Avers was transported to a local hospital, where she died later Friday morning, police said. The …
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